Title
Sustaining and Strengthening a Macro Identity: The Association of Macro Practice Social Work
Department/School
Social Work
Date of this version
2010
Document Type
Article
Keywords
macro-practice, professional organizations, social work identity, AMPSW, community practice
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2010.519684
Abstract
Macro practice focuses on community-level interventions, such as management, organizing, research, and policy advocacy. Despite social work’s deep roots in this type of work, macro practice and macro practitioners often practice without support or connections with other macro practitioners, and are underrepresented in the profession. In 2006, a group of social workers, including academics and practitioners, formed the Association of Macro Practice Social Work (AMPSW). AMPSW works to strengthen the professional identity of macro practitioners, elevate the status of macro social workers, and address common concerns within the social work profession.
Volume
18
Issue
4
Published in
Journal of Community Practice
Citation/Other Information
Hill, K. M., Ferguson, S. M., & Erickson, C. (2010). Sustaining and strengthening a macro identity: The Association of Macro Practice Social Work. Journal of Community Practice, 18(4), 513-527. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2010.519684