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Review the Riverbend City: SocialWork andDisaster multimedia simulation before

proceedingwith this assignment.

In this assignment, youwill take on the role of Red Cross Disaster ProgramManager

(DPM) for a recent flood that occurred in Riverbend City, which you learned about

earlier in the course in the Riverbend City: Cultural Aspects of Disaster piece. Your

task is to create a strategic plan in response to the needs of stakeholders who are

involved in the crisis response.

Instructions

● Using the Riverbend City: SocialWork andDisaster simulation, write a 10

page paper where youwill share your plans for responding to the needs of

themeeting participants. Youwill begin by sharing your theoretical

framework(s) for managing crises and natural disasters on both local,

national, and international levels.

● Explain how your framework(s) addressmicro, mezzo, macro, andmeta

levels of practice.

● Then youwill list the needs you are to address and apply social work skills

and knowledge to perform each. Pay attention to the Skills and Abilities

section abovewhen devising plans to address each of the needs.

● Using your text and readings in this week, justify your decisions based on

scholarly material. So, for each need you should include your strategic

plan, your goals and objectives, the social work skills and knowledge

needed to achieve your plan, and the justification for your plan based on

the scholarly research.

● Finally, youwill evaluate any ethical dilemmas thatmight arise in your

planning based on competing needs of various citizen populations, social

service agency agendas, and financial constraints.

Additional Requirements

● Length: 10 pages, not including the title page or reference page.