Disasters occur on national and international stages as well as on local levels. Social work leaders must be among those responsible for responding. Social work practitioners bring various skills based on our code of ethics to address natural and human-made crises and disasters. Consider the devastation caused by natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Sandy, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. You may also consider crises such as the global pandemic COVID-19 or school shootings. Local resources were insufficient to deal with the overwhelming needs of the area. Macro and meta-level responses were required. Consider how you, as a social work leader with skills and knowledge about crisis intervention and disaster relief, would have applied those resources to provide macro and meta-level relief services after such large disasters and crises.
Using your text and the current scholarly literature (10 scholarly articles or government sites) on disaster response, create a PowerPoint presentation to the Red Cross task force assigned to the disaster or crisis response for the entire affected area. Use a sufficient number of slides to address the physical, social and cultural, financial, and political needs of the various island nations and protectorates as a whole. After establishing the list of macro and meta level needs, recommend interventions and/or strategic planning for recovery based on macro and meta level social work practices.
Please ensure the following
1] Assesses macro and meta level needs experienced by victims of a large disaster or crisis; includes examples and strong support from the literature
2] Applies more than two social work skill to address identified needs at the macro and meta level of practice.
3] Provides strong recommendations for social work interventions and strategic planning needed to address aftermath of the disaster or crisis; includes support from the literature.
4] Assesses ethical and cultural issues that must be addressed by social workers during a disaster response; includes strong examples and support from the literature.
Reading Resources
Crisis and Emergency Management : Theory and Practice, Second Edition
Author: Farazmand, Ali,
ISBN: 1-351-57057-9; 1-351-57058-7; 1-315-09526-2; 1-4200-1367-X
Edition: 2nd ed.
Pages: 1 online resource (830 p.)
Publication Date: [2017].
Publisher: Routledge
Ethical considerations for conducting disaster research with vulnerable populations
Author: Ferreira, R. J., Buttell, F., & Ferreira, S. B.
Journal Title: Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics
Publication Date: 2015
Volume: 12
Issue: 1
Start page: 29 End page: 40
Beneficence vs. fidelity: Serving social work clients in the aftermath of catastrophic events
Author: Sweifach, J. S., Linzer, N., & LaPorte, H. H.
Journal Title: Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics
Publication Date: 2015
Volume: 12
Issue: 1
Start page: 3 End page: 12