05 Oct Pay-for-performance programs are gaining in popularity as conditioning some or all of a worker’s pay on performance measures focuses his or her attention and effort on that measure, then reinforces continued effort with reward.

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Human Resource Management Pay-for-performance programs are gaining in popularity as conditioning some or all of a worker’s pay on performance measures focuses his or her attention and effort on that measure, then reinforces continued effort with reward.  Competency-based compensation is a recent extension of the pay-for-performance...

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05 Oct Many organizations prefer to recruit from within, which can result in a lack of new “blood” and new ideas into the organization.

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Human Resource Management Many organizations prefer to recruit from within, which can result in a lack of new “blood” and new ideas into the organization. In this forum, defend your position on internal recruitment and your preference on recruiting from the inside or bringing new ideas...

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05 Oct Analyze the NASW Practice Standards

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Social Work in Behavioral Health Analyze the NASW Practice Standards Instructions For this week's assignment, you will utilize both sources of the NASW practice standards that you learned about. Review and analyze both documents again, and then prepare a critical analysis of the following:   Explore how the goals for...

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05 Oct Create a Handbook of Best Evidence-Based Practices for a Selected Behavioral Health Issue

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Social Work in Behavioral Health Create a Handbook of Best Evidence-Based Practices for a Selected Behavioral Health Issue Instructions   For this week’s Signature Assignment, you will once again revisit your focus topic and the behavioral health issue that you chose in Weeks 3 and 5. You will also...

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05 Oct Evaluate Social Work Roles in Behavioral Health

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Social Work in Behavioral Health Evaluate Social Work Roles in Behavioral Health   Instructions   For this week’s assignment, reflect on the many roles (macro and micro) that social workers can have within behavioral health. Assume you have been asked to prepare an educational brochure to help those you may...

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05 Oct Social Work in Behavioral Health Plan an Intervention

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Social Work in Behavioral Health Plan an Intervention Instructions   Review the fictitious case study below. Based on this scenario, complete the following:   Document a stressor or problem the client discussed in the scenario.   Using CBT as your evidence-based practice model, plan one intervention that could be used to help your...

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05 Oct Social Work in Behavioral Health Assess Evidence-Based Programs

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Social Work in Behavioral Health Assess Evidence-Based Programs Instructions   This week, you will revisit your focus topic and the behavioral health issue that you chose in Week 3. You will also continue to visualize yourself in your role as a clinical manager at a local non-profit mental health...

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05 Oct Create a Biopsychological (Spiritual) Assessment

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Create a Biopsychological (Spiritual) Assessment Instructions   Now, pick up from where you left off last week. Last week, you identified rapid assessment instruments that could be utilized for screening/assessing a client that has the behavioral health issue that is related to your focus topic. You will now...

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05 Oct Social Work in Behavioral Health

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Social Work in Behavioral Health Recommend Rapid Assessment Instruments Instructions   Identify a behavioral health issue that is related to the topic you are focusing on throughout your MSW program. Then, identify at least three standardized rapid assessment instruments that you believe would effectively supplement a biopsychosocial assessment. Prepare...

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05 Oct Antibiotic Resistance Discussion

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Antibiotic Resistance Discussion Topics – anything you are interested in with a microbiology angle!    Examples: Human microbiome, Viral diversity, comparative microbial genomics, gene expression, horizontal gene transfer, viral evolution, phages (environmental/medical use), antibiotic resistance, microbial metabolism (photosynthesis, respiration, fermentation), climate change, pathogen evolution   Media article   A news story from...

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