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SOCW 6311 wk 8 Assignment: Planning a Needs Assessment II One of the many reasons social workers conduct needs assessment is to provide support for new programs. Social workers have many methods available to collect necessary data for a needs assessment. Social workers can use existing data from a wide range of sources, including local and national reports by government and nonprofit agencies, as well as computerized mapping resources. Social workers can gather new data through interviews and surveys with individuals and focus groups. This data can provide the evidence that supports the need for the program. To prepare for this Assignment, review the needs assessment plans that you and your classmates generated for this week’s Discussion. Also, review the logic models that you created in Week 7 and any literature on needs of caregivers that you used to generate them. Consider the following to stimulate your thinking: Getting information about the needs of the target population: Who would informants be? What is your purpose for interacting with them? What questions would you ask? What method would you use (interview, focus group, questionnaire)? Finding potential clients: Who would informants be? What is your purpose for interacting with them? What questions would you ask? What method would you use? Interacting with the target population: Who would informants be? What is your purpose for interacting with them? What questions would you ask? What method would you use? Submit a 2- to 3-page paper outlining a hypothetical needs assessment related to the support group program for caregivers. Include the following: The resources needed to operate this service The program activities The desired outcomes A plan for gathering information about the population served Justifications for your plans and decisions A one-paragraph conclusion describing how you might conduct a follow-up to the needs assessment at the implementation stage of the program evaluation Resources Dudley, J. R. (2014). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do . (2nd ed.) Chicago, IL: Lyceum Books. (For review) Chapter 6, “Needs Assessment” (pp. 107–142) Chapter 7, “Crafting Goals and Objectives” (pp. 144–164) .

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Finding potential clients:
Who would informants be?
What is your purpose for interacting with them?
What questions would you ask?
What method would you use?
Interacting with the target population:
Who would informants be?
What is your purpose for interacting with them?
What questions would you ask?
What method would you use?
Submit
a 2- to 3-page paper outlining a hypothetical needs assessment
related to the support group program for caregivers. Include the
following:

The resources needed to operate this service
The program activities
The desired outcomes
A plan for gathering information about the population served
Justifications for your plans and decisions
A one-paragraph conclusion describing how you might
conduct a follow-up to the needs assessment at the
implementation stage of the program evaluation
Resources
Dudley, J. R. (2014).
Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do
. (2nd ed.) Chicago, IL: Lyceum Books.
(For review) Chapter 6, “Needs Assessment” (pp. 107–142)
Chapter 7, “Crafting Goals and Objectives” (pp. 144–164)

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Capstone Project Part II: Needs Assessment People often use advocacy to create positive change for society. Advocacy represents the strategies devised, actions taken, and solutions proposed to influence change for the betterment of society. The key to successful advocacy and creating a successful strategic plan is to conduct a needs assessment to determine the needs or priorities for a given agency, organization, or community. A needs assessment is a systematic way of determining the gap between what an agency, organization, or community has and what is desired to meet the needs of individuals, groups, communities, or societies. The needs assessment will reveal whether there may be unmet services. It can then provide information about those needs and help inform your planning to meet them. The needs assessment also consists of planning who you need to target, how you will effectively gather new data, and/or how you will use existing data to inform your planning decisions. To prepare: · Think about the needs of the agency, organization, or community that you identified as being the focus for your strategic plan. · Consider how you might collect data from stakeholders regarding met and unmet needs. By Day 7 The Assignment (2–3 pages): · Outline/describe steps you would take to conduct a needs assessment. · State which stakeholders you would contact and why you would contact each. · Develop a stakeholder survey related to your professional or societal issue. o The survey must be at least 10 questions. o Provide a justification for each question on the survey. o Provide a rationale for the type/format of questions on the survey. o State how you would vary items on the survey based on the role of the stakeholders who would complete it (administration, leadership, staff, recipient of surveys). .

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SOCW 6311 wk 6 Discussion: Program Evaluation: Benefits and Concerns of Stakeholders All questions in bold then answers 300 to 500 words without questions Dudley (2014) points out that social work practice is usually embedded in programs. While you looked at practice evaluation using single-subject design in Week 3, this week, you shift focus to program evaluation. Program evaluation serves many purposes, including accountability to funders and to the public. Often, funding sources such as government agencies or private foundations requires periodic program evaluations. These evaluations can help provide answers to many different questions, and can contribute to improvement of services. There are a variety of program evaluation models that are appropriate for addressing different questions as well as facilitating the collection and analysis of many different types of data. To prepare for this Discussion, identify a program within an agency with which you are familiar, which could benefit from process evaluation and outcome evaluation. You do not need to identify the agency in your post. Also, review the different evaluation models highlighted in this week’s resources ( needs assessment, program monitoring, client satisfaction study, outcome evaluation, or cost benefit study). Post a brief summary of the program that you selected. I live in Tacoma Washington I work for CHI Hospice and intern at Sound options elderly care This is social work Recommend a program evaluation model that would answer a question relevant to the program. Explain the potential benefits of the program evaluation that you proposed (both process and outcome). Identify 2–3 concerns that stakeholders might have about your proposed evaluation and how you would address those concerns. Then explain 2–3 concerns that stakeholders may have about your proposed program evaluation and how you would address those concerns. Resources Dudley, J. R. (2014). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do. (2nd ed.) Chicago, IL: Lyceum Books. Chapter 1, “Evaluation and Social Work: Making the Connection” (pp. 1–26) Chapter 4, “Common Types of Evaluations” (pp. 71-89) Chapter 5, “Focusing an Evaluation” (pp. 90-105) .

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