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Macro Social Work Practice - Coggle Diagram
Macro Social Work Practice
Power
Where can it come from?
State action/policy
Social norms
Money
Ideas
Violence
People
Simple Sections to Pay Attention To
Action - who is doing the work.
Target System - System you are trying to change.
Client - who benefits from the change.
Difficulties while navigating
Ethical and Moral Dilemmas
What can come from macro work and change?
negative consequences
people losing services
people losing funding
people losing jobs
positive consequences
policies making it easier for people to get by
people getting the services or help they need.
constant policy changes to keep up with
Policies are hard to understand, and hard to explain to those who don't understand it
getting people to care, or listen to your cause
Imagine Model
Identify Assets
What skills and resources do members of the team have to help them have a leg up
Specify Goals, Objectives and Action Steps to Attain Them
What is the goal, what is the group trying to do and what specifically can they do in order to attain those.
Muster Support and Formulate an Action System
Who is an important part of the team and what do they do for it.
Implement the Plan
How does the team implement the plan and how is it going
Innovative Idea
What is the idea, what are we doing?
Neutralize Opposition
Who is going to be against the project or the change, and how can we get around it
Evaluate Progress
How is the change going, where is the team at in their plans
Prepare Model
People of influence
In order to get anywhere, it is important to know who can help you make the most difference, who can make sure your voice is heard, who can put in a good word, who can get you money and many other things.
Assess cost
Along with how much it is going to cost financially, it is important to see what the cost is on the team. How much time and effort is going in, and will it be worth the amount of work done.
Establish primary goals
Next, you want to be able to know exactly what your goal is, you know the problem, what is your solution or how can you take stress off of the problem.
Evaluate potential success
Given the above steps, you want to evaluate the likelihood of success. Will it be worth the work, will it make any kind of difference for the population you are targeting.
Reality Evaluation
After figuring out the problem, you have to think about whether or not it is realistic to try and take on that problem, given the team and resources you have.
Review personal risk
Working towards change or making a big deal of certain things can come with a personal risk. You could lose your job, position, or standing with others.
Problem to Address
You have to know what exactly you are trying to address in order to truly solve it. It is best to have to have it be clear to you and your team.