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When a policy is launched, its success is dependent on a variety of stakeholders. As the politics of decision makers, executives, staff, clients, and social workers begin to influence the implementation process, their beliefs-and subsequent actions-determine the fate of the policy.
Often a social worker must step out of the comfort of his or her social service world and may find himself or herself making difficult decisions about ethical issues and/or may find himself or herself involved in implementing policies that he or she feels is against his or her social work values. How does a social worker handle the intricacies and challenges of policy implementation on both a personal and professional level?
In this Discussion, you explore policy implementation and the challenges faced by social workers during policy implementation.
Compile a Discussion Post Covering the following topics, content, and headings:
Question 1: Your thoughts on whether social workers might try to undermine the implementation of specific policies.
Question 2: What ethical issues might they confront?
Question 3: Discuss how social workers can implement policies that they feel may be against their social work values.
Question 4: Discuss a specific policy's impact that you would try to mitigate in the implementation phase.
Question 5: Provide an experience you have had with a policy you had difficulty implementing or a policy you are aware of that you would have serious qualms about implementing