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    Social Work Issues

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    A 6 page research paper that addresses various issues in social work, such as the competencies encompassed by a Master of Social Work degree program; a description of participatory action research; difference between quantitative and qualitative research and information from archival data. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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    listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Social Work Issues Research Compiled for The  Paper Store, Enterprises Inc. By - properly! MSW Competencies The Masters of Social Work degree program  at Youngstown State University encompasses a competency-based curriculum that draws on the core competencies defined by the Council on Social Work Education to delineate ten core competencies. The first of  these competencies is that the MSW graduates will be able to conduct themselves as social work professionals; and the second is that they will use social work ethical principles in  formulating their practice behaviors. Graduates will engage in critical thinking in formulating and communicating professional judgments and will embrace diversity and difference. They will be proponents of human rights, as  well as social and economic justice, while engaging in practice that is based on research and conduct practice-informed research. In so doing, they will apply their knowledge of human behavior  and the social environment. They will also become involved in policy formation that advances social and economic well being, while delivering efficacious social services. The last two competencies are to  remain flexible to the social contexts that shape practice and become involved with assessment, intervention and evaluation with their clients, whether these are individuals and families or groups, organizations or  communities. Research can be used to enhance each of these competencies. For example, Competency 5 indicates that social workers should advance human rights, as well as social and economic  justice. Research can inform social practitioners about the most prevalent issues in these areas and what is being done, which can inform how they achieve this practice goal. The utility 

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