Social Work Macro Practice

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A thoroughly up-to-date look at the field of social work using a unique macro practice model focused on making changes within diverse communities and organizations.

Social Work Macro Practice approaches the field of social work recognizing that all social workers must be able to engage, assess, and intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. It focuses on enabling social work practitioners to undertake whatever types of macro-level interventions are needed in an informed, analytical manner, confident that they can do a competent job and achieve positive results. Bringing readers up to date on the latest changes in the field, this practice-oriented edition integrates many field-based vignettes and examples throughout and elaborates a planned change model introduced in previous editions. Among the numerous updates, improvements, and new material, the new edition incorporates material on international/global content, pays special attention to the use of technology, and reinforces the role of advocacy in all aspects of social work practice. The Enhanced Pearson eText features embedded videos and assessments.

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Provides a thoroughly up-to-date look at the field of social work using a unique macro practice model focused on making changes within diverse communities and organizations.

KEY TOPICS: Macro practice, community theories, organizational theories, diverse and oppressed populations, target populations, assessing communities, assessing organizations, approaches to change, strategies and tactics, planning change, implementing change, monitoring and evaluating change, Authentic engagement, capabilities perspective, capacity building, change, change agent, client-centered models, coalition building, collaboration, community engagement, community development community organization, community practice cultural competency, cultural humility, diversity, empowerment, ethics, evaluation, evidence-based and evidence-guided practice, framing theory, groups, human service organizations, implementation, intersectionality, logic model, meaningful participation, monitoring, organizational culture, outcomes, policy, power, practice approaches, practice arenas, professional identity, programs, projects, tactics, theory, social action, social justice, strategic planning, strategy, strengths perspective, systems theory, target populations, values, voluntary action

MARKET: Current and future social workers