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

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