Assignment 1: Macro System And Human Service Professional
Charles Anderson
BSHS 325
Professor Lee
Macro Systems Paper
March 9,2015
ABSTRACT
Getting older can bring new challenges to life. Challenges that most will never fully understand until personally experienced. What we once were able to do gracefully now nrequires assistanvce. Independence is gradually being removed and sometime taken. Acceptance can be extremely difficult to a person who feels there is more left in their tank. Although retirement is enevitable, and exciting and productive life can still be lived if properly planned and resources are used effectively.
Macro System and Human Service Professional
The concept of personal empowerment comes within you. Its self-reliance and making your own decisions, …show more content…
These three levels of practice at times overlap and influence each other. The practice of Macro social work is the effort to help clients by intervening in large systems. Macro practice empowers clients by involving them in systemic change. An Example includes changing a health care law. Mezzo social work practice deals with small to medium sized groups such as neighborhoods, schools, and other local organizations. An example would be community organizing. Micro practice is the third and most common type of social work. This is the type of service most people imagine social workers doing. In macro social work the social worker works with individuals and families to solve problems. Examples would be helping individuals find housing, jobs, healthcare and social services (Macro, mezzo, and micro social work, …show more content…
How does this system handle child maltreatment, sexual abuse, crime, and delinquency? None of these are taken lightly. If a child is being mistreated the police and a social worker will get involved. The social worker will have regular visits with the child and the family. If mistreatment is found then the child will be removed from the household and placed in foster care. The parents will lose custody if the children and be charged with child neglect in the correct manner. Sexual abuse is also very serious. When a report of sexual abuse occurs the police are also involved. The perpetrator is charged and is taken into custody. If it is a child they may be given counseling and regular checkups. Crime is also handled in a similar way. The police and courts get involved and then time is handed to the person who did the crime. It depends on the severity of the crime. This system also hs delinquency prevention programs and organize funding’s for these programs (Macro Practice In Social Work, 2012).
References
Macro, mezzo, and micro social work. 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012 from http://socialworklicensemap.com/macro-mezzo-and-micro-social-work/ Perspectives on Poverty. 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2012 from http://www.school-portal.co.uk/groupdownloadfile.asp?groupid=46096&resourceid=133736 Macro practice in social work. 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012 from
BSHS 325
Professor Lee
Macro Systems Paper
March 9,2015
ABSTRACT
Getting older can bring new challenges to life. Challenges that most will never fully understand until personally experienced. What we once were able to do gracefully now nrequires assistanvce. Independence is gradually being removed and sometime taken. Acceptance can be extremely difficult to a person who feels there is more left in their tank. Although retirement is enevitable, and exciting and productive life can still be lived if properly planned and resources are used effectively.
Macro System and Human Service Professional
The concept of personal empowerment comes within you. Its self-reliance and making your own decisions, …show more content…
These three levels of practice at times overlap and influence each other. The practice of Macro social work is the effort to help clients by intervening in large systems. Macro practice empowers clients by involving them in systemic change. An Example includes changing a health care law. Mezzo social work practice deals with small to medium sized groups such as neighborhoods, schools, and other local organizations. An example would be community organizing. Micro practice is the third and most common type of social work. This is the type of service most people imagine social workers doing. In macro social work the social worker works with individuals and families to solve problems. Examples would be helping individuals find housing, jobs, healthcare and social services (Macro, mezzo, and micro social work, …show more content…
How does this system handle child maltreatment, sexual abuse, crime, and delinquency? None of these are taken lightly. If a child is being mistreated the police and a social worker will get involved. The social worker will have regular visits with the child and the family. If mistreatment is found then the child will be removed from the household and placed in foster care. The parents will lose custody if the children and be charged with child neglect in the correct manner. Sexual abuse is also very serious. When a report of sexual abuse occurs the police are also involved. The perpetrator is charged and is taken into custody. If it is a child they may be given counseling and regular checkups. Crime is also handled in a similar way. The police and courts get involved and then time is handed to the person who did the crime. It depends on the severity of the crime. This system also hs delinquency prevention programs and organize funding’s for these programs (Macro Practice In Social Work, 2012).
References
Macro, mezzo, and micro social work. 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012 from http://socialworklicensemap.com/macro-mezzo-and-micro-social-work/ Perspectives on Poverty. 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2012 from http://www.school-portal.co.uk/groupdownloadfile.asp?groupid=46096&resourceid=133736 Macro practice in social work. 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012 from