Policy Practice

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demetrius S. Iatridis
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Human Wellbeing ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Macro Social Work ◽  
Work Knowledge

Major socioeconomic developments during the last decades of the twentieth century and the beginning of the new millennium, including globalization, urbanization, the diminishing nationally funded welfare state, privatization, the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, and the consequent rapid expansion of private nonprofit health and welfare organizations, contributed greatly to the integration of social policy in macro social work practice. In this context, policy practice based on specific macro social work knowledge, values, and skills includes problem-solving intervention methods for human wellbeing. This transformation challenges and enhances social work's goals for both individual and societal development.

Technology: Technology in Macro Practice

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G. McNutt
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Traditional Practice ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Macro Practice ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Macro Social Work

Information technology has had a profound effect on social work practice with larger systems. These tools improve traditional practice and allow new forms of practice. This entry reviews the use of technology in macro social work practice. It examines the role of technology in social administration, community practice, and social policy practice; discusses current practice and tools and discusses the challenges faced in the use of technology in macro practice.

scholarly journals Opportunities to “Make Macro Matter” through the Grand Challenges for Social Work

2021 ◽  
pp. 104438942097248
Author(s):  
Samantha Teixeira ◽  
Astraea Augsberger ◽  
Katie Richards-Schuster ◽  
Linda Sprague Martinez ◽  
Kerri Evans
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Grand Challenges ◽  
Macro Practice ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
The Social ◽  
Macro Social Work ◽  
Instrumental Role

The Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative, led by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), aims to organize the social work profession around 12 entrenched societal challenges. Addressing the root causes of the Grand Challenges will take a coordinated effort across all of social work practice, but given their scale, macro social work will be essential. We use Santiago and colleagues’ Frameworks for Advancing Macro Practice to showcase how macro practices have contributed to local progress on two Grand Challenges. We offer recommendations and a call for the profession to invest in and heed the instrumental role of macro social work practice to address the Grand Challenges.

Evaluating a Scale to Measure Student Competencies in Macro Social Work Practice

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Regehr ◽  
Marion Bogo ◽  
Kirsten Donovan ◽  
April Lim ◽  
Glenn Regehr
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Macro Social Work ◽  
Student Competencies

Contemporary Social Work Licensure: Implications for Macro Social Work Practice and Education

Social Work ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. P. Donaldson ◽  
K. Hill ◽  
S. Ferguson ◽  
S. Fogel ◽  
C. Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Macro Social Work ◽  
Social Work Licensure

scholarly journals Social Work with Muslims: Insights from the Teachings of Islam

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullahi Barise
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Western World ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Integration ◽  
Work Knowledge

Social work knowledge and skills are socially constructed. Professional social work was initiated in the Western world in the early twentieth century on the basis of a secular, euro-centric worldview (Graham, 2002, 2005). Thus, social work is shaped by the European and North American (hereafter the West) socio-cultural contexts in which it originates (Payne, 1997). However, multicultural sensitivity has been a value held by the social work profession for decades (e.g., Latting, 1990). Additionally, as professional social work is internationalised, its indigenisation has been gaining more acceptance lately world wide (Hokenstad, Khinduka, & Midgley, 1992; Hokenstad, Midgley, 1997). As well, as more and more models of social work emphasize the importance of understanding clients’ worldview for effective social work, integration of spirituality in social work is increasingly being called for. As Van Hook, Hugen, and Aguira put it, “as wholistic, empowerment-focused, and culturally appropriate approaches to social work practice become more widely adopted, the ability to integrate spirituality and religion into practice will become a critical professional skill.” (2001, p. 3). However, since Islam is a complete way of life, spirituality is viewed in Islam as uniquely comprehensive (e.g., Abdalati, 1986; Barise & France, 2004; Haneef, 1999; Lahkim, Barise, & Boukhobza, 2004; Zaid & Barise, 2004).

Macro Social Work Practice

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Ellen Netting
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Macro Practice ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Macro Social Work ◽  
Policy Arenas

Macro social work practice includes those activities performed in organizational, community, and policy arenas. Macro practice has a diverse history that reveals conflicting ideologies and multiple theoretical perspectives. Programmatic, organizational, community, and policy dimensions of macro practice underscore the social work profession's emphasis on using a person-in-environment perspective. Thus, social workers, regardless of roles played, are expected to have sensitivity toward and engage in macro practice activities.

Women and Macro Social Work Practice

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ellen Netting ◽  
M. Lori Thomas ◽  
F. Ellen Netting ◽  
M. Lori Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Macro Social Work

Professionalization of social work in colonial India: Glancing at the history of social work in India before 1936

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282110489
Author(s):  
Abhijeet Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Colonial India ◽  
Education In India ◽  
History Of ◽  
Work Education ◽  
History Of Social Work ◽  
Work Knowledge

This article discusses a brief history of ‘modern’ social work in India before 1936. I present how abstract conceptions of scientifically informed and organized social work practice were brewing in colonial India, along with attempts to assemble or organize it. I use these accounts to further present certain nuances on the modalities of imported social work knowledge that dominated social work education in India after 1936.

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