Social Work Skills for Community Practice : Applied Macro Social Work

Focuses on skill-building to facilitate positive social change

With straightforward content enriched by practical and applicable learning experiences, this comprehensive text prepares social work students for careers in community organising and macro practice. It focuses on building the social work skills required for organising communities, including cause-based coalitions, geographically/identity-based communities, and health and human service organisations, to achieve culturally relevant, equity- and justice-driven social change. The second edition presents new information that includes self-care for the community practitioner, social work grand challenges, cultural humility, community dialogue, trauma-informed and resiliency-focused community development, environmental justice, and many other topics.

Emphasising community practice through the application of macro, mezzo, and micro social work skills, the book uses frameworks drawn from generalist social work practice as well as core competencies identified by CSWE's EPAS. Its focus on a broad range of community practice models makes it accessible to all social workers. The text also highlights the importance of technology as a tool for social work macro practice with skill-building activities. Vivid case vignettes, applied and experiential learning activities, and team and individual-based assignments reinforce content and emphasise skill-building, along with abundant resources for further learning. Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers.