Social Work Policy Practice: Changing Our Community, Nation, and the World (Connecting Core Competencies)

Ritter, Jessica A.

ISBN 10: 0205828515 / ISBN 13: 9780205828517

Published by Pearson, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Work Policy Practice: Changing Our Community, Nation, and the World (Connecting Core Competencies)
• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205828515
• ISBN 13: 9780205828517
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Demonstrates why policy-making is a critical and exciting dimension of social work practice.

 

Social Work Policy Practice engages students by showing how the mission of social justice and the person-in-environment perspective sets social work apart from other helping professions in the United States.

 

Part of the Connecting Core Competencies Series, this text introduces students to social work policy practice in the United States and describes how policies are enacted into law as well as how to engage in policy practice. It includes compelling stories of advocates, activists, and organizations who try to make change in the political and/or legal arenas on behalf of vulnerable populations. The final chapters of the text focus on the economics that surround the policy change process and take a look toward the future.

 

Upon completing this book readers will be able to:

• Understand the importance of social work policy practice
• Describe how social work policies are made into law
• Engage in policy practice

 

About the Author

Jessica A. Ritter, Ph.D., MSSW, BSW is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Pacific University Oregon where she directs the undergraduate social work program. Dr. Ritter completed her BSW, MSSW, and doctorate in Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. Her social work career has been dedicated to the field of child welfare and work on behalf of vulnerable children and families. She co-authored a chapter on child welfare policy in Dr. Diana DiNitto’s book, Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7th edition. Her current research is focused on evaluating the political participation and political advocacy efforts of social workers, and she has published in this area. Dr. Ritter is a Fulbright Scholar, which enabled her to conducted research on social work policy practice in Gothenburg, Sweden during the fall of 2011. She teaches a range of social work courses in the social work program at Pacific University including Principles of Social Work, Social Work Research Methods, Macro Social Work, and Social Policy & Social Justice. Professor Ritter is the author of the book 101 Careers in Social Work, which provides a current examination and description of the multitude of careers paths that are available to those with a degree in social work. She serves as the Chair of the Legislative Committee for the Oregon Chapter of NASW where she works with others to impact legislation at the state level. Jessica’s passion within social work is social welfare policy, cultivating strong political advocacy skills among social work students and encouraging them to explore this side of macro social work practice.