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Advanced Generalist Social Work Practice with Communities

SWK 535
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University of North Dakota (UND)
University of North Dakota (UND)
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
Jeffrey Anvari-Clark
Jeffrey Anvari-Clark
Assistant Professor
1
Timeline
  • February 1, 2023
    Experience start
  • February 9, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • April 29, 2023
    Experience end
Experience
3 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Social Enterprise, Non profit, Any
Legal, Education, Environment, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Individual & family services
Categories
Public health Community engagement Social work Event planning Grant writing
Skills
communication research problem analysis
Learner goals and capabilities

Working in groups of 4-6, students can complete a substantial project or provide service for your organization. This may take the form of an ongoing project (course is offered in the Spring semester of each year), but the ideal project can be completed by the end of the semester (late-April).


Learners
Graduate
Any level
15 learners
Project
25 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables
The final project deliverables might include:
  1. A 10-15 minute presentation of key findings and recommendations.
  2. A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights, and recommendations, or a grant or project proposal (if applicable).
Project timeline
  • February 1, 2023
    Experience start
  • February 9, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • April 29, 2023
    Experience end
Project Examples

Projects or service examples that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:

  • Projects that respond directly to issues of social isolation, financial / economic instability, service interruption, etc. for your agency
  • Projects that assist an agency with policy, program development, grant writing, etc.
  • Research project, or part of a research project
  • Community health intervention, or part of one
  • Public policy analysis, or part of one
  • Other project that relates to the planning, implementing, managing, or evaluating of a public health service, program, or initiative
  • Students could produce a community engagement event plan for an organization. This would include identification of need/interest, the population of the community, community assets, gaps that exist that the event can fill, the impact this event would have on the community, and strategies to measure impact.
  • Identifying assets and potential networking collaborations within the community
  • Engaging the community in conversation and assessment related to topics in health and human services
  • Lead and mobilize community based initiatives
  • Evaluating community development initiatives
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the course to review the project scope.