BSW3705 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2026 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

BSW3705 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2026 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references. Background and Purpose of the Assignment For this assignment, students are required to watch the prescribed video on the disappearance of two-year-old Omphile and analyze the case from an integrated social work practice perspective. The case should be understood as a complex child protection matter involving the safety, care, and protection of a young child; family functioning; caregiving responsibilities; community vigilance; statutory social work intervention; police investigation; and broader systems of child safeguarding. Students must apply social work knowledge, values, theory, legislation, human rights, assessment skills, and intervention planning. The assignment is designed to help students think practically about how a social worker placed in an organization could respond to a real case using professional judgment and ethical practice. Explain how the intervention will be implemented in practice. Describe specific activities, social work skills, techniques, and stakeholders. Examples include conducting a home visit, interviewing caregivers, facilitating a family meeting, developing a safety plan, referring the family to the Department of Social Development, facilitating a parenting workshop, organizing a community dialogue, or developing a child protection awareness campaign. Your answer must show a practical understanding of what a social worker would actually do in an organization or community setting. Background and Purpose of the Assignment For this assignment, students are required to watch the prescribed video on the disappearance of two-year-old Omphile and analyze the case from an integrated social work practice perspective. The case should be understood as a complex child protection matter involving the safety, care, and protection of a young child; Classify your intervention as prevention, early intervention, statutory intervention, or aftercare. Explain why the classification is appropriate. family functioning; caregiving responsibilities; community vigilance; statutory social work intervention; police investigation; and broader systems of child safeguarding. Students must apply social work knowledge, values, theory, legislation, human rights, assessment skills, and intervention planning. Choose one level of intervention: micro, mezzo, or macro. Justify your choice clearly. And show how you will intervene. The assignment is designed to help students think practically about how a social worker placed in an organization could respond to a real case using professional judgment and ethical practice. Micro intervention: working with an individual child, parent, caregiver, grandparent, or affected family member. • Mezzo intervention: working with a family group, parenting group, community support group, school group, or group of caregivers. Integrated Social Work Practice | Assignment 2 Explain how the intervention will be implemented in practice. Describe specific activities, social work skills, techniques, and stakeholders. Examples include conducting a home visit, interviewing caregivers, facilitating a family meeting, developing a safety plan, referring the family to the Department of Social Development, facilitating a parenting workshop, organizing a community dialogue, or developing a child protection awareness campaign. Your answer must show a practical understanding of what a social worker would actually do in an organization or community setting. Page 2 • Macro intervention: working with the broader community, child protection systems, awareness campaigns, intersectoral collaboration, and community safety structures. Conduct an assessment based on your chosen level of intervention. At the micro level, you may assess the child’s family system, caregiver capacity, safety risks, supervision arrangements, emotional impact on family members, protective factors, family strengths, and need for statutory intervention. At the mezzo level, you may assess the needs of the family group, caregivers, parents, neighbors, or support group. At the macro level, you may assess the broader community environment, including child safety risks, reporting systems, access to child protection services, community awareness, police-community collaboration, and availability of prevention programs. Explain what information will be collected, how it will be collected, and how it will guide the intervention plan. Design a clear intervention plan based on the assessment. Your intervention plan must include the aim, objectives, target group, activities, responsible persons, resources required, and time frame. Students who choose micro- or mezzo-level intervention must use either the Generalist Intervention Model (GIM) or the Toseland and Rivers group work process. Students who choose macro intervention may use Weyers’ Community Work Model to guide the community intervention process, Apply at least two relevant theories or approaches to the case. Do not only define the theories. Explain how the theories help the social worker understand the case and design an appropriate intervention. or De Beer and Swanepoel's community work process, or any other community workbook. Written Identify and apply relevant legislation and policy frameworks. You may refer to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; the Children’s Act 38 of 2005; the Social Service Professions Act 110 of 1978; the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 where relevant; the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Integrated Social Work Practice | Assignment 2 Page 3 Act where relevant; the Domestic Violence Act where family safety is relevant; the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act 7 of 2013 where trafficking concerns are considered; and relevant child protection policies. Explain how legislation guides social workers in assessment, reporting, protection, family support, statutory intervention, referrals, and intersectoral collaboration. Understanding of the social problem Clear explanation of the case, child protection concerns, family/community context, and relevant stakeholders. 10 Level of intervention reasoning Correct identification and justification of micro, mezzo, or macro intervention. 5 Service delivery classification Correct classification as prevention, early intervention, statutory intervention, and/or aftercare. 5 Human rights, social justice, Ubuntu, and diversity Relevant rights analysis, structural inequalities, Ubuntu-informed response, and sensitivity to diversity. 10 Theoretical framework application Appropriate application of at least two theories or approaches to the case and intervention. 10 Legislation and policy mapping Relevant legislation and policy are correctly linked to social work roles and responsibilities. 10 Explain how the intervention will be evaluated. Explain how follow-up will be conducted to ensure that the child, family, or community remains supported. Assessment or needs analysis Clear level-specific assessment of needs, risks, strengths, resources, and context. 15 Intervention design Clear intervention plan with aim, objectives, target group, activities, responsibilities, resources, and time frame. 15 Integrated Social Work Practice | Assignment 2 Page 4 Assessment area Description Marks Implementation strategy Practical explanation of activities, skills, techniques, referrals, and stakeholder engagement. 10 Evaluation and follow-up Clear indicators of success and a practical follow-up plan. 10 TOTAL 100