SW 420 Methods of Social Work Practice III
Macro Level Project Guideline
Fall 2022
1. Community Needs Assessment (define)
• Origins of community needs assessment.
• What are community needs?
• Why conduct a community needs assessment?
• What are the benefits of a community needs assessment?
• When should you conduct a community needs assessment?
• Who should be involved in the needs assessment?
2. Define your community (town/city)
• Historic overview of your community (founder(s), development, date established, etc.)
• Demographics and governance of your community (religion, ethnicity, racial composition, has it changed over the years-if so, how and why, community culture, prominent community leaders/spokesperson, official leaders-mayors, aldermen, councilpersons, chief of police, sheriff, etc.)
• Community population/residents (current population, shifts in population, why/how has the shifted occurred)
• Identify your community strengths and assets (resources, services, civic engagements, what is the community famous for, historic events, etc.)
• Identify primary concerns and/or challenges in your community.
• As a future social worker, what are proposed solutions to resolve/reduce/eliminate the concerns and/or challenges in your community?
• Discuss your community involvement: role, civic engagement, etc.
• Discuss your future within your community.
*The assignment must be submitted in APA (7 th edition) format/style, not question/answer format. Students were p rovided a guideline for APA 7th edition, failure to adhere will result in a grade of zero for the assignment.
The assignment must be 7-10 pages (excluding the title page and reference page appropriately formatted), appropriate in -text citation throughout the body of the paper, a minimum of 10 references (must have peer -reviewed journal articles, websites must be from one of the following domains: .org/.gov/.edu-no more than 3 websites will be permitted), references listed on the reference page MUST be cited in the body of the paper. Points will be deducted if all components are not included in the paper. Each component of the paper must be supported by evidence -based information…
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