Cases in Macro Social Work Practice

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Pearson Allyn and Bacon, 2008 - Social Science - 276 pages
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The Third Edition of Cases in Macro Social Work Practice provides relevant, contemporary, macro practice case scenarios that reflect practice dilemmas and challenges typically experienced by social workers in organizational, community, and policy practice areas.  

 

It emphasizes the change process in both domestic and international settings by using a theoretical and practice perspective, and follows the outline of the Fourth Edition of Social Work Macro Practice--written by F. Ellen Netting, Peter Kettner, and Steven McMurtry. 

 

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Svirdoff (1994) suggests that community building is a weaving together of people
-based strategies — traditional human service programs with a defined package
of services to individuals — with place-based strategies — community ...
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Strategic issues are identified and their impacts are implied throughout the case.
LFCSMO sees opportunities to which it responds, accepting some while refusing
others. One reads about indicators used by the organization to assess its ...
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How does strategic planning change as your agency, board, and staff change? 3.
What strategies might you use for leading an agency through implementing its
strategic plan? How might your strategies differ for a one- million-dollar ...

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Contents

Introduction
1
Understanding Problems and Populations
11
Legislative Advocacy
45
Copyright

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About the author (2008)

David P. Fauri is Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. He teaches courses in the B.S.W., M.S.W. and Ph.D. programs including policy, planning and administration. His interests are in the areas of bereavement, caregiving for elders, and politics.

F. Ellen Netting is Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She practiced within the aging network in East Tennessee where she gained expertise in working with elders in diverse community-based settings. Drs. Huber, Nelson, and Netting are Fellows within the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).

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TitleCases in Macro Social Work Practice
AuthorsDavid P. Fauri, Stephen P. Wernet, F. Ellen Netting
Edition3
PublisherPearson Allyn and Bacon, 2008
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized24 Aug 2007
ISBN0205498477, 9780205498475
Length276 pages
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