Department of Social Science  Assignment Brief - Understanding Social Policy Perspectives in Social Care

Address all aspects of the essay in your essay plan voice-over PowerPoint presentation.

Use the essay guidelines to structure the voice-over PowerPoint presentation.

Submit to Turnitin on module Moodle and to brown folder on Moodle.

Font size – title page (32-44pt); text (24-28pt)

Font – Arial or Times New Roman

Slides should not be clear and not overloaded

Arrange slides according to sections

Title slide – name and student number, programme.

Introduction –your chosen social issue and the reason for your choice

Main body – Address all aspects of the essay in your essay plan voice-over PowerPoint presentation.

Use the essay guidelines to structure the voice-over PowerPoint presentation.

Conclusion – wrap up and make your final point

• Check – spelling, grammar, sentence structure.
• Be creative where you can
• Referencing – Harvard.  Reference all material and images (recommend clip art)
• Submit the assessment cover sheet
• Bibliography/reference list – at end of PowerPoint.

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Discuss the legal responsibilities that social carepractitioners must fulfil when addressing this social issue through their professional practice.

Note: demonstrate a knowledge, understanding of social policy concepts (welfare,redistribution, equality, equity, universality, social justice), and apply and relate to the social issue chosen.

Submit to Turnitin on module Moodle and to brown folder on Moodle.

Font size – 12pt

Font style – Arial or Times New Roman

Spacing – 1.5

Structure – use paragraphs – introduction, main body and conclusion

Check – spelling, grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure.

Bibliography – at the end of the essay

Content alignment – justify

Referencing – Harvard

Attach Assessment Cover Sheet

Appendix –copy of journal articles used and screenshot of books used.

Students’ essays must use and adhere to Harvard referencing as provided on the module Moodle page via TUS library and a handout (McGree, 2017).

Use additional resources, ‘cite them right’, as provided on the module Moodle page and the main library page

Marking will reflect the standard of referencing.

Students should be aware of TUS plagiarism policy as provided on the module Moodle page. 

If in doubt, always reference.

You must always credit the work of others wherever it is used.

Be aware:

Plagiarism is an academic offence and can seriously affect a student’s academic record.

Introduce the essay/topic

• Provide an outline of what will be included in the essay.
• Identify the social issue
• Small background to the essay topic

Answer the title and statement of the essay

• a brief history of social policy and the historical development of the social issue
• identify the factors(political, economic and cultural)thathave affected the social issue.
• demonstrate an understanding of the impact of such factors on social issue
• identify theextentof the social issue, give examples and statistics that support your points.  When referencing statistics or information in documents, cite the source of the information
• the needs, rights and challenges associated with the social issue (access to resources, equality vs inequality, human rights vs discrimination, oppression, injustice and inclusion vs exclusion).
• types of services provided by the stateto address the social issue
• social protection system and social welfare payments
• demonstrate an understanding of some social policies relevant to the social issue, how they evolved,the purpose of the policies in improving the human welfare, rights and needs of those who experience this social issue – a critique

Discuss the legal responsibilities that social care practitioners must fulfil when addressing this social issue through their professional practice.

• conduct
• ethics
• responsibilities
• explain the terms ‘best interest’, ‘will and preference’.
• give examples of how ‘best interest’, ‘will and preference’ are addressed in social care.
• identify a human-rights based approach to social care practice.
• Refer to the Guide to the Standards of Proficiency for Social Care Workers E-book resource on Moodle.
• Use Social Care Workers Registration Board Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics (2019)

Ending the essay

• No new information here
• Don’t restate what the essay did or addressed instead, state what the essay found or interesting findings
• Restate your argument/critique

• develop your own argument/critique based on the information used in the assignment.
• writing style – evaluative rather than descriptive,
• original and creative.