Describe the population or problem with which you are interested in working.

Now that you have taken more steps toward seeing how your social work inspiration ties to practice, history, ethics, and culture, how might this apply to the type of clients or problems you envision working with in a social work practice? Perhaps your initial assumptions have broadened when reflecting more about culture. Or, maybe an added perspective on social work history has affirmed your hope to focus on a specific population or problem.
This Assignment provides you with the opportunity to learn how social workers intervene with diverse populations and about different fields within the profession, based on a population or problem of interest that you hope to focus on in your practice. As part of this Assignment, you also have the opportunity to familiarize yourself with Walden Library skills that you are developing this week to support your academic performance.

Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you do the following:
Describe the population or problem with which you are interested in working.
Population – mental health adolescents
Identify the roles social workers take with this population/problem.
Describe what you learned about working with this population.
Identify types of skills and knowledge you want/need to develop in order to effectively work with this population/problem.
Support this paper with 3 sources, including from the Learning Resources throughout this course and information found.
Sources –
Alvarez-Hernandez, L. R., & Choi, Y. J. (2017). Reconceptualizing Culture in Social Work Practice and Education: A Dialectic and Uniqueness Awareness Approach. Journal Of Social Work Education, 53(3), 384-398. doi:10.1080/10437797.2016.1272511
Barsky, A. (2018). Cultural competence, awareness, sensitivity, humility, and responsiveness: What’s the difference? New Social Worker, 25(4), 4–5.
Sue, D. W., Rasheed, M. N., & Rasheed, J. M. (2016). Theoretical foundations for multicultural social work practice. In Multicultural social work practice: A competency-based approach to diversity and social justice (pp. 29–58). Jossey-Bass.

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