Critically analyse a recent policy initiative and, using available research, critically evaluate the effectiveness of the policy in relation to its specified aims.

The Policy Context of Social Work Practice: Global and UK Perspectives.

Critically analyse a recent policy initiative and, using available research, critically evaluate the effectiveness of the policy in relation to its specified aims. You should make specific reference to its impact on the provision of social work services and the lives of service users/carers or both. You must incorporate a comparative perspective from one other country in your analysis Description

1. Critically analyse key themes and policy developments in relation to social work practice

2. Critically evaluate the relevance and application of research and policy to social work practice

3. Critically analyse comparative approaches to service provision in one other country

4. Evaluate research findings in relation to policy and practice

5. Critically reflect on how anti-oppressive practice can be supported or damaged by government policy