BSW4802 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2025 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

BSW4802 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2025 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references ,... Assignment 2 serves as a preparation for Assignment 3, a group assignment. Students will be divided by the lecturers into groups of 10-15 members. Students will receive a group mark for Assignment 3, which is the presentation of a seminar on the analysis of policy and legislation in one service field selected by the group. Assignment 2 must be completed individually and is based on the group’s allocation of a specific problem category within the selected service field to each member of its group. Assignment 2 is a practical assignment that requires you to go to a specific organisation and speak to at least two stakeholders. The goals of this assignment are to provide you with a critical understanding of: • One problem category, with its stakeholders, within the specific service field selected by your group. • The effectiveness of policies and legislation influencing this problem category. Guidelines to complete the assignment • Meet as a group and select a service area (work with children, women, youth, or people with disability). See the calendar with suggested dates. • Allocate a different problem category to each member. This will be the focus of that student’s Assignment 2. • Consult literature and the internet on the problem category. • Identify an organisation working within the problem category. • Approach the gatekeeper/s of the organisation with the permission request letter and request to interview two stakeholders within the organisation. It is suggested that you interview one service provider (e.g., a social worker or supervisor) and one service user. Ask them to sign the permission letter provided. • Prepare an interview schedule. Students need to gain information on: the challenges experienced in the problem category by service users and service providers, services or programmes delivered, the policies and legislation influencing this problem category This study source was downloaded by from CourseHero.com on :55:15 GMT -06:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file//Assignment-2pdf/ suggested improvements to the policies and legislation. • Write an essay of approximately 8-10 pages with Arial, 12-point font, double-spaced, 1-inch margins. Use your prescribed book, two other academic sources and refer to the two interviews with stakeholders. • This assignment is submitted as an individual assignment online. Use the following structure when writing your assignment: 1. Introduction Describe the fact-finding process you used to obtain the information. 2. Problem category within the selected service field Describe the problem category, stakeholders, challenges experienced and programmes rendered. 3. Policies and legislation influencing this problem category and its service field List and summarise the policies and legislation influencing this problem category and its service field. 4. Effectiveness of the policies and legislation influencing this problem category and the selected service field. Discuss the effectiveness of the policies and legislation influencing this problem category and the selected service field. 5. Recommendations to improve policies and legislation Make recommendations to improve policies and legislation and how this can be done. 6. Conclusion Summarise lessons learned through the fact-finding.