Before the advent of the internet, only those with a public platform, such as politicians and celebrities, could easily communicate with the public. Now, anyone who has a social media account can quickly and easily disseminate a message or an idea. In fact, many human services organizations regularly use social media to advocate for their targeted service users and to raise awareness about important social justice issues. For instance, human services employees at the National Alliance to End Homelessness regularly use social media to advocate for the needs of the homeless population. Some social media posts include statistics and other important information about homelessness, while others encourage the public to contact elected officials to pass or protect legislation designed to help homeless individuals.

For this Assignment, you create a short, social-media-style post that advocates for a social justice issue that aligns with your professional identity. Please read the professional identity assignment in regards to professional identity.

To Prepare

• Review the Learning Resources on the role of advocacy in human services. Think about the challenges diverse groups of service users face and the ways in which advanced human services professional practitioners can advocate for service users.
• Review the Learning Resources on developing an advocacy message. Pay particular attention to how social media can be used for advocacy.
• Reflect on your professional identity statement and the special interests you identified. Think about a social justice issue related to your interests.
• Create a social-media-style post advocating for a social justice issue that you are passionate about and that aligns with your professional identity. You may use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or another technology (such as, a free infographic app) to create your post. Your post should include a combination of text (no more than a few sentences) and visual elements that communicate the importance/urgency of your issue. You may also wish to include a link to a website that provides more detailed information about the issue.

Running head: PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY STATEMENT

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PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY STATEMENT 2

Professional identity statement

Name:

Professor: Dorothy

Date: March, 14 2021

Why it is important to develop a professional identity and how to write a professional identity statement.

Some of the reasons behind having a strong professional identity are that one can benefit from the ability to be able to consider the values and how they relate to the organization’s behavior as the expectation from the profession (Webb, 2017). It also enables effective dealing with colleagues and patients. Based on the workplace context, one can communicate with the clients on the values and deal with interpersonal issues.

Describe the values and beliefs that influence you as an advanced human services professional practitioner concerned with leading change efforts to benefit individuals and communities and create a more just society.

The values I consider important in the profession include the value of being kind. Kindness is a tool that helps me as a leader to be likable and also influence others. It is the leadership style that I practice and being friendly that most of the employees feel motivated and comfortable at work (Webb, 2017). we also do the very best to uphold the organization’s value by helping the neighboring community by giving back to society. Inculcate the value of responsibility and accountability, which is an essential value and belief. Every individual has a unique role and is expected of him hence creating and achieving a just society.

Explain how you define yourself as a practitioner working in a leadership position.

Are a practitioner in the field, and I hold a leadership position in the organization. I have been leading many departments until when became an assistant manager. Via my leadership skills and style, the organization went far ahead and expanded, and there were fewer conflicts and low employee turnover (Dent, 2017). The best results were being obtained by encouraging creativity and innovations via transformational leadership.

Describe your special interests (e.g., specific issues and populations of interest to you, including those that speak to a social justice passion).

I have a special interest in the elimination of conflict in the workplace. This can be achieved via talks and agreement, job definition, and also being good at conflict resolution. The population of interest is the employees and the other stakeholders.

References

Dent, M. (2017). undefined. Professional Identity and Social Work, 21-34. 

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315306957-2

Webb, S. A. (2017). Professional identity as a matter of concern. Professional Identity and Social Work, 226-239. 

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315306957-16