BSW4802 Assignment 2 (ANSWERS) 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

BSW4802 Assignment 2 (ANSWERS) 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references ....................Mrs. Khoza (Mrs. K.) is a 78-year-old, African woman who lives in a small village outside Nelspruit. About a year ago, her husband died suddenly of a stroke, leaving Mrs. K. to live alone in her home of 52 years. It was the home where she had raised her three children, all of whom graduated from college, have professional careers, and now live in other parts of the country. Her family is a source of pride, and her home has numerous pictures of her children and grandchildren. She gets a pension that assists her to pay the necessary bills and expenditures. About 3 months ago, Mrs. K’s oldest daughter, Vanessa, got a call from one of the neighbours. Vanessa lives a 4-hour drive from her mother and visits her mother once a month. The neighbour stated that Mrs. K. walked to the neighbourhood store in her pyjamas and slippers. Because Mrs. K. has lived in the community for several years, people have been watching out for her since her husband died, and a neighbour gave her a ride back home. Mrs. K was always a lady who dressed impeccably and kept herself busy with knitting for the grandchildren. She also likes to watch television and attend religious activities at church. The neighbourhood is characterised by many older persons, speaking one of the Nguni languages and did not receive the necessary supportive and empowerment centred social services over the past years. The village also does not have the required facilities to assist older persons. A social worker working for the Council for the Aged was contacted by the concerned neighbour to investigate the situation. The organisation has a support group for older persons once a week, but the need to develop a service that can assist older persons with their tasks in their homes are a growing need in this community. The neighbourhood has a library, small shopping centre and public transport. The village also has municipality services like water and electricity. 20 As a result of the call, the social worker went to Mrs. K.’s home for a visit. Mrs. K. had been a cook in a school cafeteria earlier in life and always kept her own kitchen spotless. But now the house was in disarray with several dirty pots and pans scattered throughout different rooms. Mrs K. seemed to be unable to attend to her house and all the responsibilities a big house expected from her. The social worker also contacted the pastor of her church, Rev. Maimane. He stated that Mrs. K. had been walking to church on Sundays, but lately she missed a few services. The social worker needs to do an assessment to determine how she best can help Mrs K. 1. Analyse the information available in the case study from a Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA), by considering the definition, purpose and principles of the SLA and describe and apply the different assets from the SLA approach. [25] 1.1 Definition (5) 1.2 Purpose (8) 1.3 Applying the different assets to the case study (12) 2. Recommend which type of interventions a social worker can consider on a micro, meso and macro level referring to the case study scenario. (5) 3. Older persons are a vulnerable population and therefore a social worker can assist them from a social justice perspective in group work. Propose and explain the basics of implementing a social justice group work model and the types of advocacies a social worker can use. [10] 3.1 Social justice model (4) 3.2 Types of advocacies (6) 4. Social worker fulfil various leadership roles in groups. Elaborate on the type of leadership roles a social worker will fulfil in groupwork with older persons (10) 5. Compile guidelines a social worker needs to take in consideration during the pre-planning and engagement phase in groupwork. (10) 6. Select and motivate the appropriate practice model from Weyers (2011) which the social worker can implement in above case study scenario. (5) BSW4802/101/0/2024 21 7. Differentiate between the concepts of community work and community development. (10) 8. A community has specific dimensions. Suggest the different dimensions of a community and apply the dimensions to the specific case study scenario. (10) 9. One of the attitudinal requirements of a social worker doing community work as discussed in the book of Weyers (2011) is ‘to build on a community’s strengths.’ Validate this requirement with examples. (5)