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Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

Document Type

Post-Print

Publication Date

2016

Subjects

Social work -- Practice, Social Work -- Methods -- United States

Abstract

This article presents 10 recommendations supporting a re-envisioning of macro practice for the 21st century. These strategies are needed to counter a generational trend of disinvestment in macro social work practice and to support the historic vision of the social work profession as equally responsive to the needs of at-risk, disadvantaged populations and the organizational, community, and policy roots of social injustice. Before describing these recommendations and discussing their implications for the social work profession, I first briefly review the challenges facing macro practice and current initiatives promoting its renewal. The goal of this analysis is to define the essential contributions of macro practice while identifying strategies for responding to current dilemmas facing the social work profession.

Description

This is the authors' version of a manuscript which was published online in the journal: Families & Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services. The final publication is available via: https://dx.doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.2016.97.9

DOI

10.1606/1044-3894.2016.97.9

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19363

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