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COMPETENCY

FIVE: ENGAGE IN
POLICY
PRACTICE
CHARLES A. WILLIAMS

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PEMBROKE

PROFESSOR A. OXENDINE

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018


PRACTICE BEHAVIORS

5.01 Identify social policy at the local, state and federal


levels that impacts well-being, service delivery and access to
social services.

5.02 Assess how social welfare and economic policies


impact the delivery of and access to social services.

5.03 Apply critical thinking to analyze, formulate and


advocate for policies that advance human rights and
social, economic and environmental justice.
IDENTIFYING SOCIAL POLICY

• Synonyms of policy include strategy, approach and guideline


• Can be described as rules, regulations or standards

• Purpose: prevention of injustice, maltreatment or disservice in practice


• Provide guidelines for what should or should not be done and how

• Policy exists at the local, state and federal levels


• Preemployment training
• Confidentiality
ASSESSING THE IMPACT

• Policy at all levels will have effects on service delivery as well as access inevitably.
• Income level cut-offs for Medicaid

• Policy that determines how a nonprofit may be reimbursed for care may directly affect
access for certain individuals.

• Agency policy may also have effects on the daily life of individuals.
• Tobacco and restraint free facilities
• All stakeholders must be considered.
• Individual, family, agency, community, state, country

• Critically analyze current policy and formulate changes


TAKING with all relevant stakeholders in mind

ACTION • Assess proposed changes and predict impacts with ideals


of social justice in mind
• Determine whether modified or new policy promotes
human rights and social, economic, and environmental
justice
• Advocate for new or modified policy
REFERENCES

• National Association of Social Workers. (2017). Code of ethics of the national association
of social workers.
Retrieved from: https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-
Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English

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