week 6 - 8015

Part 1

In Week 5, we discussed spirituality and religion as alternative contexts for social work theory. Healy (2014) states, “Some social workers and service users argue that social workers should respond to the client’s spiritual needs as an essential dimension of holistic practice” (p. 109). What is your view on this? How have you worked with the spiritual dimension in your practice? Support your ideas with properly cited references from scholarly resources, which may include your text.

Part 2

In Riverbend City: Water Crisis 3, you continue to interact with residents of a municipality experiencing a public health crisis, now paying particular attention to the public health and medical ramifications of the crisis. The third scenario shows how the contaminated water is compromising the health of the neighborhood, especially the very young and very old. Long-term solutions are needed as well as short-term interventions. As before, you will synthesize the information provided to determine the best theoretical approach to apply.

Write a brief summary of your findings, arguing for the social work theory you feel is best applied, focusing this time on the mezzo and macro levels. Support your ideas with properly cited references from scholarly resources, which may include your text.