Child Welfare 

                                                 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

 

This course will look at the major historical, ideological, legal, and professional themes that inform child welfare policy.  Issues including current legislation, history of child welfare, foster care, and adoption will be examined. In particular, we will focus on the social construction of mothering, of child neglect and of child abuse.  Contemporary policies and programs for populations disproportionately engaged with child welfare services including Aboriginal children, immigrant and refugee children, and children of single parents will be examined.  Students will be expected to engage in a process of integrating factors of gender, class, disability, race, culture and sexual orientation into their critical analysis of the ideological nature of Child Welfare.

 

This course does not teach you specifically how to become a worker in child protection, although we will discuss child protection, frameworks and issues of child protection work. Rather, it is intended to give you a perspective on the breadth and scope of Child Welfare work, and the issues that face workers in terms of policy, practice, ideology, and ethical issues. The course will be of interest to any students who will be working with children and families.

 

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have:

1)   An understanding of the major historical, ideological, legal and professional themes that inform child welfare policy.

2)   The ability to critically analyze current policy and practice issues in child welfare and their implications for social work practice.

3)   The ability to articulate and integrate one’s personal and professional ethical perspective and its influence on social work practice in child welfare.

4)   The ability to articulate the relationship of child protection, child welfare, structural realities, and the implications for practice.

5)   An understanding of the role of the state in defining and influencing child welfare practices.

6)   The ability to analyze social issues affecting children and families.

7)   An understanding of racism, sexism, and heterosexism in child welfare services.

 

 

COURSE EXPECTATIONS

 

 

REQUIRED TEXTS

 

Kufeldt, K. & McKenzie, B. (Eds.) (2011) Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice. (2^nd Edition) Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier Press.

 

 

 

 

TOPIC: Single Parent fathers.

 

Paula,

This paper is for my Child Welfare Course. You have already written the outline of the Final 10-12 page paper and i have attached the Outline you wrote for me last month as a guide for writing the major paper.

You will recall you already wrote the 1- page Individual Paper Proposal towards the Final 10-12 page paper. The Instructor has approved the Proposal and you can now go ahead and do the major paper which should be 10-12 pages and the Topic is: Single Parent fathers.

 

 

 

                                                        

 

 

 

 

Length:  10-12 pages typed, double-spaced. References and title page on additional pages.

 

 

TOPIC: Single Parent fathers.

 

Purpose: This 10-12 page and double-spaced paper (reference list will be in addition to the Abstract, Title and Reference pages). It is a major research paper and it is an opportunity for you to:

§  identify your emerging theoretical and ethical perspective regarding an issue in child welfare and

§  identify the ways in which your perspective informs and guides your social work practice in child welfare in general,  and/or with children and families

§  Your focus should be on an issue that is either currently critical in child welfare or which has future implications for practice and policy.

In this paper you are required to explore critically and in more depth, a topic relevant to the policy and practice of child welfare.  You are expected to develop your own ideas and understanding of a specific topic using course material and library research, as well as relevant practice experience. 

·       The term paper must be more than just descriptive, that is, you are expected to demonstrate a critical understanding and analysis of the issues involved. 

·       You must present an idea, issue or topic and present it critically, by looking at different arguments and points of view as well as your own. 

·       You must also explain and/or defend your point of view. 

 

The paper is intended to give you an opportunity to reflect on and challenge your current assumptions and philosophies about social work practice in child welfare, and to identify the major conceptual and theoretical ideas that support your approach to practice. 

·       The paper should convey your grasp of what BELIEFS and THEORIES you bring to practice, and what you are trying to accomplish through your practice.

·       The paper identifies your understanding of the issue, but this goes beyond describing the issue, it uses a critical analysis to review the issue.

·       In reading the paper, it should be evident: how you have gained a sense of what major questions remain unanswered for you, and

·       How do you anticipate reconciling these questions in your every day practice?

·       What theories help frame the issue? What ethical issues are a part of this child welfare issue?

·       In your concluding remarks, you are expected to name current unresolved issues in your selected area of child welfare, as well as identify implications for practice. 

·       This paper is both a personal and scholarly reflection on your emerging practice as a social worker.

References: You should draw from between 12 and 15 “good” peer reviewed references for this major paper. The references must come from articles from journals, book chapters, books, reports, and articles from the class.

 

 

Reminder: use APA, 6^th edition writing, formatting, and reference style, and the School of Social Work and Human Services APA Template.

 

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 Choose five philosophers discussed in Chapter 1 of the textbook and in a 1500 word paper:
Summarize the views of the philosophers relating them to the concept and nature of law. What is law, in this philosopher’s view? How does law function as a system?
Analyze the philosopher’s views, discovering why they are logical or illogical, consistent or inconsistent, persuasive or unpersuasive. Matters that might be relevant to your analysis could include the manner in which the philosopher addresses the commonplaces of authority and common good or the philosophers’ attempts to address inadequacies of earlier philosophies.
Criticize the philosopher’s views, explaining why such views are logical or illogical, consistent or inconsistent, and persuasive or unpersuasive. Illustrate your criticisms with examples of situations or “clear cases” that demonstrate the philosophy’s success or failure to satisfactorily account for the concept and nature of law

1. Length of the paper should be at least 1500 words, excluding cover page and references.
2. Viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained.
3. Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
4. Writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
5. Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.
6. Appropriate citation style should be followed
7. For Austin, Hart, Dworkin, Fuller and Aquinas, did you:
8. Summarize each philosopher’s concept of law as a system?
1. Describe a legal scenario illustrating the concept?
2. Analyze how the philosopher’s views relate to the competing theories of natural law and positive law?
3. Evaluate how the philosopher’s theory satisfies or does not satisfy the commonplaces of authority or common good?
9. Did you analyze and evaluate how Hart, Dworkin do or do not improve upon Austin’s command theory?
10. Did you show internal citations in the body of the text as well as a proper list of references at the end of the paper, following APA style?

a)balance sheet

 

b)income statement

 

c)statement of cash flows

 

d)balance sheet and income statement

 

e)all of the options

1) Privacy laws are in a near constant state of flux. Conduct research to identify the current state of privacy law. Has any major legislation recently been proposed or approved? What are the implications for firms operating in effected industries? What are the potential benefits to consumers? Do consumers lose anything from this legislation? Include the urls of your sources.

 

2) Do any of the products that you use leverage artificial intelligence? What kinds of AI might be used in Netflix’s movie recommendation system, Apple’s iTunes Genius playlist builder, or Amazon’s Web site personalization? Conduct research online, if necessary, to answer this question. Include the urls of your sources.

 

3) Think about the data that is collected by FACEBOOK.  In what ways can those data assets be leveraged to provide business intelligence that could give your organization a competitive advantage over their rivals?  (If you don’t think your organization has rivals or competitors, consider the fact that they have to stay effective and productive if they want to remain operational).  If you are analyzing a personal web-based information system, you may want to consider if the collected data gives the company who created and maintains the system a competitive advantage over their rivals, rather than considering the question from the perspective of the user of the system.