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This assignment fulfills the competency 2.1.9: Respond to contexts that shape practice. For this assignment I was required to evaluate a current social problem within my community of origin. Through this evaluation I was able to uncover what was making this community vulnerable to the problem.
This assignment fulfills the competency 2.1.9: Respond to contexts that shape practice. For this assignment I was required to evaluate a current social problem within my community of origin. Through this evaluation I was able to uncover what was making this community vulnerable to the problem.
This assignment fulfills the competency 2.1.9: Respond to contexts that shape practice. For this assignment I was required to evaluate a current social problem within my community of origin. Through this evaluation I was able to uncover what was making this community vulnerable to the problem.
practice. For this assignment I was required to evaluate a current social problem within my community of origin. Through this evaluation I was able to uncover what was making this community vulnerable to the problem, what strengths the community possessed that would assist in reducing and eliminating this problem, what should be done to combat the problem, how prevalent the problem was and who was most susceptible to the problem. I chose the topic of homelessness within my community of Jackson, Michigan. I found that homelessness was more prevalent than community members may often think. When attempting to distinguish what could be done to work towards eliminating this problem, I sought out the advice of other professionals who had become familiar with the issue of homelessness in Jackson. I talked with them about the prevalence of homelessness and what they felt would be effective in eliminating the problem. In addition to this, I also sought out the thoughts of other community members. I created a survey so that I could better assess how aware these community members were of this problem. Through this gathering of data I found that many people were not aware that homelessness was this prevalent within our community. Through this assignment I learned a significant amount about my community and the resources available for the homeless population. I was also able to make attempts to promote various services and methods of service delivery that may prove more effective in reaching this vulnerable population, thus partially fulfilling this competency. Additionally, I investigated and appraised the changing trends over time so that I may remain knowledgeable about the population and the problems they had encountered over the years so that I could more effectively work to provide services for them as this competency suggests one should.