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.

Educator and practitioner views of professional competencies for macro social work practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 1169-1186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven R Applewhite ◽  
Dennis Kao ◽  
Suzanne Pritzker
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Macro Practice ◽  
Management And Development ◽  
Macro Social Work

To effectively prepare students for practice, macro social work educators need to keep pace with employers’ demands. This article reports findings from a survey of social work educators ( n = 52) and macro practitioners ( n = 184) in Texas to assess congruence in competencies perceived as necessary for macro practice. Findings reveal that both groups prioritize competencies related to interpersonal dynamics and leadership, program management, and community practice, and view financial management and public relations as least important. However, findings identify differences in practice competencies (e.g. policy practice, organizational management, and development), suggesting a need to better align educational and professional priorities.

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.

Transforming Classroom Learning Through Community Study Projects in Macro-Social Work Practice Courses

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-210
Author(s):  
Madhavappallil Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Community Study ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Macro Practice ◽  
The Usa

This article describes the use of an experiential community study project in teaching a macro-practice course with focus on community engagement in an advanced generalist practice Master of Social Work (MSW) programme in the USA. Implemented in stages, this project is designed to provide students an opportunity to develop community practice knowledge and skills. Quantitative and qualitative data collected from students show how this project developed in them the ability to analyse community characteristics and problems as well as helped them become more culturally sensitive. In developing community profiles and assessing community needs, students could also enhance their analytical and critical thinking skills. These experiential projects are very relevant and useful for social work students and programmes which do not have an opportunity for community practice in their field placement as part of their education. The author argues that such initiatives are likely to reduce the marginalisation of macro-practice courses in social work programmes. Pedagogical and practice implications for macro-practice courses and social work education are also discussed.

Identity Construction through Theatrical Community Practice

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 364-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy C. Hammock
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
The Social

Despite the longstanding use of theatrical techniques in community social work practice, the role of theater in the construction of identity is understudied in the social work literature. Drawing on over 100 hours of observation and 22 in-depth interviews with members of a theatrical community education troupe for youth, I describe how participation as performers in a play to prevent dating violence constructed youths’ identities as survivors of violence. Findings reveal that the process of identity construction through theatrical community practice occurred in three overlapping phases: first, learning the language to name the identity; next, embodying a character experiencing dating violence; and third, publicly claiming the identity in group interaction with audience members. Based on these findings, I draw implications for community social work practice with youth.

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.

scholarly journals The New Color is Green: Social Work Practice and Service-Learning

10.18060/1340 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma T. Lucas-Darby
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Human Welfare

Attention to saving the environment is gaining momentum daily. Citizens have a fundamental right to protect the environment from harm due to human activities. The profession of social work has a role to play in greening and sustaining the environment. The inclusion of this content in social work courses is a natural fit given the profession’s person-in-environment perspective which emphasizes the relationship between individuals, their behavior and the environment and advocacy for preservation of human welfare and human rights. Participatory environmentalism considers the role of community members in demonstrating their civic responsibility toward preservation of the natural environment and resources. Social work students must be encouraged to accept vital leadership roles that address environmental concerns in addition to serving client populations. A community practice course which includes a service-learning requirement chose “greening” as a theme. Students worked with communities to identify and implement semester-long “green” projects.

Organizational Wellness and Macro Social Work Practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erlene Grise-Owens ◽  
J. Jay Miller ◽  
Larry W. Owens
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Staff Turnover ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
Macro Practice ◽  
Macro Social Work ◽  
Organizational Wellness

The profession of social work increasingly experiences the damaging impact of professional burnout, staff turnover, and compromised services. Organizational wellness involves planful efforts to address these concerns and promote employee well-being. A rationale for organizational wellness is articulated, including its value for social work. The evolving paradigm of a holistic, systemic approach to organizational wellness is then discussed. Next, how social work is ideally situated to lead organizational wellness efforts is detailed as an arena of macro practice and as providing a framework for designing and developing an organizational wellness culture. Using social work competencies, social workers can use this framework to provide leadership in conceptualizing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining organizational wellness. Further critical considerations underscore how this leadership promotes the profession’s mission, supports the profession’s viability, and establishes a vital arena for ongoing macro practice.

Civil Society in Macro Social Work

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn Clare R. Hermoso ◽  
Carmen Luca Sugawara
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
The State ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Macro Practice ◽  
State And Market ◽  
Macro Social Work

The connection between macro social work practice and civil society is inextricable. Macro practice focuses on forming and strengthening people’s organizations, communities, and other collectivities that make up the structure and foundation of civil society, defined as the sphere outside of the state and market where people can exercise their right to participate in decision-making on political, social, and other matters that affect their lives. Working with civil society can compensate for some of the limitations of working within state institutions. Civil society’s potential and ability to serve as an arena for realizing individual and community well-being, human rights, and social justice warrant positioning it on equal footing as the state as an area of practice for the social work profession.

scholarly journals Practice in a Pandemic: School Social Workers’ Adaptations and Experiences During the 2020 COVID-19 School Disruptions

2021 ◽  
pp. 104438942110098
Author(s):  
Michael S. Kelly ◽  
Rami Benbenishty ◽  
Gordon Capp ◽  
Kate Watson ◽  
Ron Astor
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
School Social Work ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Virtual School ◽  
School Social Workers ◽  
Traditional Practice

In March 2020, as American PreK-12 schools shut down and moved into online learning in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, there was little information about how school social workers (SSWs) were responding to the crisis. This study used a national online survey to understand how SSWs ( N = 1,275) adapted their school practice during the initial 2020 COVID-19 crisis. Findings from this study indicate that SSWs made swift and (relatively) smooth adaptations of their traditional practice role to the new context, though not without reporting considerable professional stress and personal challenges doing so. SSWs reported significant concerns about their ability to deliver effective virtual school social work services given their students’ low motivation and lack of engagement with online learning, as well as significant worries about how their students were faring during the first months of the pandemic. Implications for school social work practice, policy, and research are discussed.

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