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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.
Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or
computers. New to the Second Edition: Presents a framework for
self-care for the community practitioner Highlights the importance
of community practitioner readiness, competency, and leadership
Introduces a new trauma-informed and resiliency-focused approach
for community development Discusses strategic compatibility for
interorganizational collaboration Introduces youth-based
participatory research and empowerment evaluations Key Features:
Focuses on skill-building for community engagement and organizing,
facilitating community dialogue, and conducting assessments Covers
planning and implementing community change initiatives and
evaluating and disseminating knowledge from change activities
Provides case vignettes to reinforce content and abundant resources
for additional learning Offers a complete ancillary package that
includes chapter PowerPoints, Test Bank, and an Instructor's Manual
with suggested individual and group activities and more
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