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Core Competency 8: Engaging In Policy Practice

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Core competency eight involves engaging in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being. I think that engaging in policy could consist of multiple aspects of social work. I had to chance to participate in some policy practices through my experience in the classes, and internship. This core competency is associated with two practices that I will be linking to specific artifacts. The first practice behavior is analyzing, evaluating, formulating, and advocating for policies that respond to emerging local, regional, and societal trends to advance well-being. This practice behavior relates to the Great American Smokeout event that I participated in at my internship. This artifact will consist of a flyer that was distributed to patients that were interested in quitting smoking. The second practice behavior is analyzing specific policies and practices and their impact on diverse populations. This practice behavior relates to media presentation I did for my children and family class. The presentation focused on a policy that was being proposed that affected recipients of the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

The Great American Smokeout event represents a time when I had to formulate and advocate for a policy. This …show more content…

For instance, it could be time consuming and hard to gauge which policy to promote, or advocate for in social work. There are a lot of policies that could be changed, or enforced to advance the well-being of society. For instance, policies surrounding smoking, and welfare are a few policies that I analyzed and engaged in to promote economic and social well being. I plan to learn and experience more ways in practice where I can advance the well-being of society. I also plan to continue analyzing policies that affect diverse populations, and advocating for policies that relate to emerging local, regional, and societal

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