Assessment Details - Each student is to write an essay on their preferred way of practising as a social worker, drawing on critical theory and practice including radical, structural, social constructivism and post-modern social work perspectives.
Your essay should include: An introduction to the topic focusing on the contribution of critical approaches, relating them to your preferred field of practice, social work role or level of intervention.
An identification of key issues, for example discussions of the impact of political, economic, and social issues on current social work practice in this role or practice area.
An analysis based on critical theory drawing on radical, structural and post modern practice theories, as well as current policy and practices. An evaluation of critical theory social work approaches in terms of their strengths and weaknesses.
Critical theory and practice recommendations for you as a developing social work practitioner, it is expected that you will refer to a minimum of 12 articles/ readings in your essay.
Assessment Criteria - Tasks Relevance of particular critical theory to topic
Effective use of evidence/ data/ sources Extent of research/ analysis Structure and development of argument Critical reflection about implications of analysis for social work practice Clarity of expression Grammar, punctuation and spelling Referencing using APA (6th edition) conventions.
2000 words.
10 apa reference.