...Noxolo Nkosi 206513080 Policy analysis 701 21 April 2013 Decision making one Introduction Human action depends upon a setoff alternatives act from which to choose, belies and some representation of the values of the consequences of the act given the possible belief. In policy cycle decision making is a step that falls within policy formation and implementation (Etzion, 168, from Parsons, 1995). This is the stage in policy cycle where choices are made between alternatives. Decisions are made when it is believed that the decision to be made will produce or will lead to desired state of the world. Values and belief are put forward in decision making and the time frame to which that goal is to be achieved at is also set. Power plays a big role in decision making, techniques as well as strategies is required as to how to select an appropriate and a sound decision. There are people who are appointed as the role players in decision making those people poses power and they have authority for making decision. The issues o decision will be explored with regard to the policy context as well as the policy they impact on policy making , I will also look at how the policy analysis serve to explain or to describe how decision come to be made. Issue • The issue is about the decision analysis techniques which serves to explain how decisions are ought to be made. • The role of...
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...Mary Katherine O'Connor and F. Ellen Netting brings to the fore a thorough analysis of social policy by offering a thorough evaluation of social policy. The duo, in their book, Analyzing Social Policy touch on a number of intricacies and implementation with regards to social policy. Among others, the book in Chapters Five and Six explore the role of research in guiding policy analysis. The book records that research plays a paramount role in guiding the implementation as well as the general analysis of a policy (O'Connor & Netting, 2011). I dare to differ with the duo authors on this perspective. It would be as deceiving as much as it would be misguiding to insinuate that it is possible for the policy makers to rely purely on research to come with a policy aimed at making guidelines to rule the whole sector, say, the health sector. My position, which juxtaposes, the position of Analyzing Social Policy authors, is premised on the sole reason that many of the researches conducted today are not thoroughly conducted hence they cannot form a reliable source of analyzing social policy. In analyzing social policy, every detail that is relevant to a better understanding should be used as a means of ensuring that the analysis gives the best results. However, this cannot be achievable if the source of analysis of a social policy is a research whose authenticity is in doubt. Most research firms and organizations fail to tap the real intentions of research conducted. Ipso facto, such research...
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...Social Policy and Social Programs HSM/240 7/1/11 Marilyn Gardner Axia College of the University of Phoenix Social Policy and Social Programs 2 The agency I had chosen from week one, was the Lincoln Park Community Shelter. This agency has a clear mission statement to bring community together to empower homeless men and women and to make life changes. This mission statement would be the first step in the fundamental policy elements. The second element, Forms of benefits or services delivered would be their vision statement. According to their website it states; • “We will work to become the model for interim housing in Chicago, focusing on attainment of permanent housing for each guest. • We will provide each guest with comprehensive social services, resources and tools to overcome personal and societal barriers in order to attain self-sufficiency. • We will celebrate guests' daily accomplishments and progress toward long-term goals, continually adapting our services to respond to the changing needs of guests (LPCS, 2011).” The third element would be the Entitlement (eligibility) rules. This is where I chose a program from this agency. LPCS has five programs sponsored by this agency. The one program I found interesting is their one-on-one program. The One on One Program provides direct financial assistance to people moving out of homelessness and into...
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...Social Policy Introduction Social Policy is an educational subject concerned with the lessons of social activities and the welfare condition. The Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics names social policy as "an interdisciplinary and practical subject concerned with the analysis of societies' reactions to social need. It search for foster in its students a aptitude to understand hypothesis and proof strained from a wide variety of social science regulations, including sociology, economics, geography, psychology, law, history, political science and philosophy. The name ‘Social policy’ is used to relate on the policies which governments use for social welfare and social security, on the methods in which social benefit is developed in the society and on the educational study of the subject. It also stands for a series of issues broaden far away from the procedures of government-the means by which welfare is encouraged, and the social and economic situations which outline the expansion of welfare. The principle areas of social policy are given below, * Social services, social safety ,community care, education; * Social troubles which includes crime, disability, old age ; * Race, gender, poverty are also included. Task-1 1.1 Identify the historical and contemporary landmarks in social policy and analysis the historical land marks of social and welfare Policies of historical and contemporary landmarks explain that how the qualities of existence...
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...SOCIAL POLICY OBAMA CARE Obama care is the unofficial name for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which was signed into law on MARCH 23, 2010. Effective January 1, 2014, Obamacare requires all eligible individuals, including children, to have health insurance. Failure to be insured can trigger a penalty fee of $ 95 per adult and $47.50 per child in 2014. If you have individual coverage but your dependent children aren’t insured, you can still face penalties on them. No one knows how many Americans will be without health insurance in 2014. A 2012 estimate by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that about 30 million Americans will not have insurance in 2016, and roughly 6 million of them will face penalties. The penalties for individuals are expected to increase each year, and the uninsured will have to pay either a fee or percent of household income (whichever is greater). In 2014, the fee is $95 per adult or 1 percent of household income. In 2015, the fee is $ 325 per adult of 2 percent of household income. In 2016, the fee is $ 695 per adult or 2.5 percent of household income. The penalties for children are half that for adults. To avoid a penalty fee you must have health insurance that meets the law’s minimum standard for coverage. This advertisement does not accurately portrays the social policy. It outlines in details what the penalties would be if individuals are not covered by the deadline. The advertisement also defines...
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...Practice and policy in the Human Services is a course that is designed for students that are currently in the field of social work or Human Services or for students about to embark on the journey of becoming a practitioner. There are two books needed for this course that will be included in the introduction package. It is important that all the contents of the package are present upon receiving it. The first book is titled “Doing anti-oppressive practice – building transformative politicized social work” edited by Donna Baines which focuses on suggesting new and innovative ideas to approach anti-oppressive practice. The book is a completion of ten authors, all with wide-ranging experience in front line and social justice practice. Each author focuses on his or her own individual experience, which would range from health-care to childcare while analyzing the problem and avoiding applying “band-aids”. The authors through their experiences would attempt to solve and understand the social problem rather than attempting to cover it up. The second book titled “Connecting policy to practice in the Human Services” by Brad McKenzie and Brain Wharf is written to prompt readers with an understanding of the impact of policies on the Human Services rather than within the Human Services. HRSV 311 is a course that takes everyday situations, and challenges its students to think beyond the boarders of oppression, globalization, cutbacks and inequity. This is to provide clients with a better life...
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...Assignment Submission Front Sheet Social Work 2015/16 Module Code: SO312 Title of Assignment: what are the key characteristics of social work Word count of assignment (excluding end references/bibliography): 1600 Do you have an ILP in relation to assessment marking? No The relevant section of the ILP is (copy and paste): Submission of course work policy: Despite its complex and dynamic nature, Social work as a profession plays an important role in our contemporary society. The global definition of Social work according to the International Federation of Social workers [ IFSW 2014] is “A practice based profession and an academic discipline underpinned by theories and indigenous knowledge that promotes social change, social justice and the empowerment of people”. This definition highlights some of the key concepts of social work practice including values, ethics and respect for service users by promoting their human rights. This suggest that in their role of helping vulnerable people, social workers must have at the forefront of their practice professional and ethical integrity. To understand the importance of social work in our society, essay will identify and discuss some of the key characteristics of social work which helps define and set it aside from other helping professions. The current debate about the definition of social work identifies viewpoints of other authors. Payne [ 2006] defined social work as the use of “therapeutic, social order and transformational” approach...
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...Housing First Program Social Welfare Policy Social Policy Analysis questions 1. The formal name of the social policy and what is its official purpose The proposed policy is Housing First, which is a policy solution aimed at offering the homeless with fast solutions to their problem and offering the services they need. The policy provides permanent, affordable housing to families and individuals suffering from homelessness (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2014). This policy approach differs from other related strategies in its primary and immediate emphasis on providing accessible and sustainable housing solution. 2. A historical context, explaining the introduction of the social policy. Conventionally, most of the providers of housing to the homeless made it a necessity to show evidence of “housing readiness.” Some of the requirements were to enter treatment or to achieve sobriety before offering permanent housing. To address this problem, the Housing First program needs to provide permanent supportive housing. Being different and separate program from "rapid re-housing", it is a relatively new invention in social policy and human service programs. Being an innovation, this program has not undergone major changes. However, it spanned off from past programs to provide housing to the homeless. It developed as a substitute to emergency shelter/transitional housing progressions system. Major changes in policy have led to the actual implementation of this Housing...
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...Social Media Policies Bobbi McGuire DeVry University Question 1: In my search for an article containing lawsuits involving employee posts on social media networks, I was quite surprised to learn how much of problem this has become. According to Melanie Trottman (2011) of the Wall Street Journal, employees that have been severely disciplined or terminated due to their activities on social media websites have been retaliating by use of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. This law provides employees that work in private-sectors the right to voice their opinion in regards to employment conditions, such as pay and safety. The National Labor Relations Board is the organization that has the final say when determining whether or not an employee has a valid complaint. If the employee’s complaint is found to be valid the NLRB will file a civil complaint against the employer on behalf of the employee. In these cases the complaint is then heard by a NLRB judge who suggests a solution to the employee’s complaint. One lawsuit Trottman provided that caught my interest involved a paramedic from Connecticut that was fired for calling her employer a “scumbag” on her home computer’s Facebook page. As stated by Trottman this was the NLRB’s “first ever involving a firing related to social media” (Trottman, 2011). The findings of the NLRB were that the employee was wrongfully terminated, because the employee made the comment to other employees about the actions of their supervisor...
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...When engaging in policy-practice it is important to understand how social services and social welfare policies are formulated, adopted, implemented, and evaluated. In doing so, social workers then can: Analyze and apply the theories of justice and social justice, apply the historical and contemporary conceptual frameworks of advocacy for social and economic justice, examine the origins of oppression and discrimination within social structures and its impacts on public policy, and examine the personal and professional role in ethical, cultural relevant and social generalist practice across systems of all sizes. In other words, policy practice allows social workers to advocate for individuals within the community by using his/her social work...
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...Social Media Policy Social Media pertains to user-created audio, video, text or multimedia works that are shared in an electronic environment, such as Facebook, Twitter, email, personal blogs or instant messages. In as such, the policy of our company is that employees may use Social Media for their personal use while off the clock and in compliance with our company’s terms related to Social Media. Please note that conduct that is illegal or in direct violation of the company’s policy on Social Media will still be deemed a violation of policy or illegal if it occurs online. Employees are entitled to express their opinions and ideas, but have a responsibility not to violate the company’s policies or negatively reflect on the organization. When communicating online employees should never speak on behalf of the company or about the company without prior authorization from management or marketing, or hold a position that has been approved to speak on behalf of the company. The company reserves the right to restrict and monitor employee’s use of social media. The employee should remember to: Be respectful; Be authentic and always state your name; Be careful and protect your personal information; Be responsible and act with integrity. The employee should never disclose confidential information. The employee should never disclose patient information. The employee should never disclose personnel information. The employee should never disclose legal information. The employee should...
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...Social and Moral Policies of Government Philosophy 2000 – Ethics August 13, 2011 Introduction The movie “Thelma and Louise” is based on two friends taking a vacation for a few days to get away from every day social regulations. Thelma’s is married to her high school sweet heart and is a victim of social rules laid by her husband. Louise is the total opposite of Thelma; she does what she wants when she wants. Louise has an on and off again boyfriend who she decides to leave for a few days until he gets his head on straight. Louise tries to live by the policies of the government but soon find if challenging. Thomas Hobbes believed that morality should be understood as the solution to a practical problem that arises for self-interested human beings (Rachels & Rachels, 2010). We all want to live as well as possible; but in order to flourish; we need a peaceful, cooperative social order and we cannot have one without rules (Rachels & Rachels, 2010). He also believed that “without society they would dwell in a “state of nature”, living in fear and engaged in a war of all against all” (Sommers & Sommers, 2010). Thelma is a very naïve person and believes everything someone tells her. Thelma is a housewife who aides to her husband’s every becking call. She lives in a “Social Contract Theory” and her husband is the keeper. Louise is a waitress who is trapped in a life going nowhere. Louise’s boss is getting a divorce and is letting everyone he knows...
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...08-11-2013 Formative essay 2. “With the increase in global interconnectedness, the scope of strategic policy choices available to individual governments and the effectiveness of many traditional policy instruments tend to decline”. Discuss. Throughout the last decades, the world has experienced a number of developments in for example the spatial, technological, economic, organizational and political areas (Scholte, 2005:91-101). These developments have given growth to an intense academic debate concerning whether or not contemporary society is being fundamentally restructured. The debate is dominated by different strands of scholars either believing in or rejecting this fundamental restructuring (Scholte, 2005:17-19). Central to the debate is states’ ability to decide for and implement policies independently. The object of this paper is to discuss if the scope and effectiveness of states’ strategic policy choices have declined due to the increase in global interconnectedness (Held and McGrew, 2003: 13). The discussion will focus on whether states different positions towards this issue. Also, the implications of economic interconnectedness on the welfare state will be considered. Bearing this in mind, the paper will begin by conceptualizing the term “state”. Also, an outline of the recent development leading to the so-called ‘globalization debate’ will be made in section II. This section will function as a preface to the discussion centered around the positions of sceptics and...
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...Factors Influencing Social Policy Paper Alisha Muller BSHS/355 Delivery of Human Service 6/29/2015 University of Phoenix Factors Influencing Social Policy Paper For the social policy assignment we chose to research an ad for the Affordable Care Act, also known as, Obamacare. This is a very touchy subject for the nation. We wanted to find an ad that used a fun way to present the Act in a lighter way. We thought that this ad accomplished that. Plus roller derby is always cool because it shows the strength that women can possess. When critiquing the ad we described the ad, assessed if the ad accurately portrayed the social policy, and the pros and cons of the ad. The ad that we have chosen for this assignment features the Roller Derby team members Sylivia’s Wrath, Craazy LuLu and Harper Bizarre Hell on Wheels of team Pain Killers. They ladies are looking very tough. Instead of the slogan got milk? It says got insurance? The words that are displayed next to the girls say that derby is dangerous and if you are going to play them you better have insurance so that you can be treated after they are finished. The ad also says that they have insurance and you too can have insurance thanks to Obamacare. The roller derby advertisement does not accurately portray the Affordable Health Care Act obamacare. The advertisement does not tell you that you have to have health care by March 2014. The advertisement does not tell you can purchase new coverage plans at any time. The advertisement...
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...An Essay: An evaluation of how workplace practice is influenced and directed by a specific social policy. Social policy is “the theoretical pursuit of norms about how we think society ‘ought’ to behave” (Alcock et al. 2008) in action it consists of plans and interventions put in place by the government and social services to improve the wellbeing of society. There are five main areas influenced by social policies derived to improve services for the classic welfare state namely, education, housing, social security, health and social work. Social policy is intimately concerned with how to address and ameliorate social problems and with the analysis of the success or failure of policies designed to improve welfare and wellbeing (Alcock et all. 2008:2-3) Historically social policy can be seen as far back as 1388 when “attempts were made to fix wages and to limit the mobility of labour which may cause wages to rise” (Alcock, 2008:9) a more methodical system of poor relief was introduced in Victorian times, the Elizabethan Poor Law Acts of 1598 and 1601 to house and provide work for the poor under the direction of local parishes. Following this the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 set the foundations for social policy and the modern welfare state today by changing the way that poor law was dealt with, it was streamlined into universal laws and principles that towards the end of the 18th century prompted formation of the English government. The...
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