Social Work Skills for Community Practice: Applied Macro Social Work, 2nd Edition

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 organizing and macro practice.

It focuses on building the social work skills required for organizing communities, including cause-based coalitions, geographically/identity-based communities, and health and human service organizations, 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.Emphasizing 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 emphasize skill-building, along with abundant resources for further learning.Social Work Skills for Community Practice: Applied Macro Social Work 2nd Edition is written by Mary-Ellen Brown, MSW, MPA, LCSW, Ph D; Katie Stalker, MSW, Ph D and published by Springer Publishing Company. ISBNs for Social Work Skills for Community Practice are 9780826158352, 0826158358 and the print ISBNs are 9780826158345, 082615834X.