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Macro Social Work Practice
Macro Social Work Practice - Foundations III - Graduate Level
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Social Work
Post-Graduate
02/01/2015

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Term
Macro Practice
Definition
Large-scale or big social work practice. The ability to see or intervene in the big picture, specifically with larger systems.
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Community Organizing
Definition
A term that is used in social work to describe efforts to strengthen community participation and integration.
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Social Advocacy
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Macro
Definition
Large-scale or big
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Locality Development
Definition
Community capacity building and engaging citizens in determining and resolving community based issues.
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Social Planning
Definition
Rational problem solving aimed at combating community based problems.
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Social Action
Definition
Confronting and changing power relationships and the structure and function of important social institutions in communities.
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Charity Organization Society
Definition
Movement that brought it's ideas over from England. These organizations believed that many of the poor were unworthy. They kept detailed records so that no single person would receive aid from more that one source.
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Settlement Houses
Definition
Neighborhood houses or community centers that focused on the experiences, thinking, and actions of local populations in a single area.
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