Questions and Answers
What are the three domains of social work highlighted in the book's framework?
Practice, policy, and research
Which level of social work involves working with small groups and organizations?
Mezzo-level social work
What is the main purpose of social workers producing research?
To guide the interventions they use
Study Notes
- The book's framework highlights the three domains of social work: practice, policy, and research.
- Social workers are change agents who use evidence-based interventions at the micro, mezzo, and macro level.
- Social work practice includes case management, crisis intervention, therapeutic interventions, administration, and program planning.
- Social workers impact lives by being involved in policy work at the local, state, and federal level and within the organizations where they work.
- Social workers produce research that helps guide the interventions that they use.
- Social workers can practice at the micro, mezzo, and/or macro level.
- Micro-level social work involves working with individuals and families.
- Mezzo-level social work involves working with small groups and organizations.
- Macro-level social work involves working with communities, large systems, and society at large.
- Social workers may work at one or all levels over the course of their career.
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