INCORPORATING RESEARCH INTO MACRO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND EDUCATION

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.

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

Journal of Social Service Research ◽

10.1080/01488376.2011.616756 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

pp. 100-109 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

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

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Community Oriented Primary Care and Macro Social Work Practice

Journal of Community Practice ◽

10.1300/j125v06n01_05 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 61-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lee H. Staples

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Social Work ◽

Work Practice ◽

Social Work Practice ◽

Macro Social Work

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

Social Work ◽

10.1093/sw/swt045 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 52-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

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

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Macro Social Work Practice

Encyclopedia of Social Work ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.230 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

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.

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Women and Macro Social Work Practice

Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets ◽

10.1093/obo/9780195389678-0101 ◽

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

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

International Social Work ◽

10.1177/0020872817702705 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 61 (6) ◽

pp. 1169-1186 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

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.

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Critical Race Theory and Macro Social Work Practice

10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.1421 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Aswood Bousseau ◽

Diane Martell

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Critical Race Theory ◽

Work Practice ◽

The United States ◽

Social Work Practice ◽

Critical Race ◽

Race Theory ◽

Organizational Policies ◽

Policies And Programs ◽

Macro Social Work

American racism has produced systems of oppression that continue to impact Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in the United States. Critical race theory (CRT) asserts that racism is a longstanding, pervasive, and permanent component of social structure. Perceptions of and concepts relating to race are used to manipulate societal conditions to add value to and benefit the dominant, white population. CRT can be used as a lens to (a) understand current social and economic conditions, (b) analyze policies including municipal, state, and federal laws, regulations, and court decisions, and (c) develop and implement policies and programs that increase racial justice. For social work administrators, CRT provides a framework for identifying and assessing implicit and explicit racism in internal and external organizational policies, structures, and practices. In community work, CRT places race and racism at the center of localized patterns of disempowerment and inequality.

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Policy Practice

Encyclopedia of Social Work ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.291 ◽

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.

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