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MACRO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
What is it?
Is rather broad in definition but holds lots of variations. There are many details in regards to the application of social work on a macro level
One of the three levels of social work practice
Macro social work affects ALL levels of social work practice
There is no micro practice without the macro
Practice that focuses on large scale systematic issues affecting communities, cultures and society.
Regarding communities, macro social work can impact
Availability of services
social and cultural systems
quality of education
Healthcare and acessability
mobility and accessible transportation
Important theories on community development and neighborhoods
Ecological Theory
Types of occurring transactions
Systems Theory
Multiple parts working together to accomplish goal
Social Structural Theory
Way systems work together
Many social workers engage in it: Non profit workers, legislation, lobbyists, administration, research, policy analysts, community health, consulting, fundraising, marketing, etc.
Grant writing is a huge element of macro practice
Evaluations are a critical part of macro social work
Made up of lots of smaller parts
Social Policy
Advocacy
community organization
community buliding
Social Justice
Leadership
Planning
Where it holds influence
Education
Organizations
All agencies have this basic structure
Mission statement
Organization levels
Hierarchy
team
flow chart
Healthcare
Politics
Government
Local
National
International
Key Components
An understanding of how systems work
Proper organization
Need to be concise, brief, and educated on issues in order to influence others
POWER
Critical to making change and there are many types
Social
Numbers
Wealth
New Ideas
Force
Saul Alinsky
Tactics of gaining power
Power can be what you appear to have, not what you have
ridicule
Do not go outside of your own experiences
pressure
Pick target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it
get creative and create something that people will enjoy
Threats can sometimes be more terrifying than the real action
Push hard enough that negative becomes a positive
maintain constant pressure
"do what you can with what you have"
sometimes beans lol
Means and Ends to Power
Start from where you are at when trying to obtain power
Advocacy
Humanity Projects
Living and Society
Conflict Strategies
non compliance
"Stonewalling"
Deceit
Seduction
Emotional Extortion
Divide and Conquor
Negativism
Look at power from all sides
Community organizing
Need to have a clear vision
Understand the process and remember your purpose
we need the help of others to move thoughts to action
Communication
the most important skill
Tailor it to your audiance
"it does not matter what you know if you cannot communicate it"
The Future
Start from where you are but hope for better and work towards it
Critical skills in relation to obtaining power
flexability
Determination
Listening skills
Communication skills
Humor
Appropriate assertiveness
Understands from Rules for Radicals
Power is needed anytime you want to change or fight a system
The three levels of macro practice
The action system
Those who work to make change
The target system
What you are trying to change
The client system
Those who will benefit from the change
This will always be the most important system
