Assessment of the social‐work related agency/organization you selected for your
volunteering activity (15 pts; Due Date: Please see the course calendar): Now that you
have volunteered at a social work-related organization, you are required to write a paper
based on your knowledge about and experience with the organization. For successfully
completing this sub-assignment, please also review the organization’s website and the
materials provided in it (e.g., reports, resources etc.). Your other sources of information
about the organization can be their staff (in case you decide to talk to them), newspaper
articles about the organization, and reports. The following 10 required items must be
thoroughly described in a narrative form in your paper. Other details regarding formatting
are noted immediately after the 10 items.
a) Name and contact details of the organization (1 point)
b) Mission Statement, Goals & Purposes of the organization. (1 point)
c) Funding sources for the organization (1.5 points)
d) To what licensing and/or accreditation body is the organization responsible? (1.5
points)
e) Population that is served by the organization (e.g., children, teenage parents,
refugees) and types of problems they experience (1.5 points)
f) Methods used to help the people who are served; (e.g., individual counseling, support
groups etc.) (1.5 points)
g) Any details on the organizational leadership and staff members (e.g., academic
degrees, licenses and/or certifications, work experience) (1.5 points)
h) Social Work Code of Ethics (See Highlight 2.1 “Ethical Standards in the NASW Code of Ethics”, page 44 of chapter 2 in your textbook) that the organization appears to focus
on – give 3 examples of ethics that they talk about (e.g., confidentiality, privacy,
informed consent) (1.5 points)
i) Feedback on their website (e.g., things that you really liked on their website? Anything
that you think was missing and would be useful to incorporate on their website? Is it
easy-to-use? If you were their client, is there anything else that you would have
wanted to see on their website) (1.5 points)
j) Your Decision: Now that you have volunteered at and know so much about this
organization, would you be comfortable volunteering with or working at this
organization in the future and with the population they serve? Did your volunteer experience
with and other knowledge gained about this organization impact (positively or negatively)
your thoughts about going into the field of social work? (1.5 points)
Organization, Formatting, and APA style (1 point):
The paper must have 6-8 typed pages of main text + the cover page + the
reference page). Therefore, in total the paper should be 8-10 pages long.
Use Times New Roman, 12-point font, and paper should be double-spaced, and
should include page numbers.
Use correct spelling and grammar. Run-on sentences, sentence fragments, and
misspelled words will be considered in the grading.
Use APA 7th edition style for in-text citations, formatting, and reference list.
For help with APA 7th edition style, look at the following:
• Library page guide for useful videos: https://guides.lib.
• Purdue OWL:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/
_and_style_guide/apa_sample_paper.html
For help with writing, check out the writing studio services offered by the USF library:
https://www.usf.edu/undergrad/
the organization that I volunteered in is feeding Tampa trinity cafe October 16 and October 18 3 hours each total 6 hours https://volunteer.
