Title
Sustaining and Strengthening a Macro Identity: The Association of Macro Practice Social Work
Department/School
Social Work
Date of this version
Winter 12-1-2010
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