Description: Social Welfare Policy and Advocacy : Advancing Social Justice Through 8 Policy Sectors, Paperback by Jansson, Bruce S., ISBN 1483377881, ISBN-13 9781483377889, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US This guide identifies the skills needed by social workers to advocate for clients in the health, gerontology, safety net, child and family, education, immigration, mental health, and criminal justice sectors. It outlines a framework that connects micro, mezzo, and macro policy advocacy and shows how it can be applied to promote social justice in these sectors. It describes 16 vulnerable populations that need advocacy; seven core problems that advocates must face to address the needs of clients in each of the policy sectors; micro, mezzo, and macro advocacy interventions that address interventions to help specific clients and families and that seek to reform policies in organizations, communities, and governments; challenges advocates must address at each level, specific skills, and examples of interventions; and each sector and its historical development, problems caused by economic inequality, political economy, key advocacy groups, and the relationship to the seven core problems: ethics, human rights, economic justice, the quality of services and programs, the cultural responsiveness of services and programs, preventive strategies and programs, the affordability and accessibility of social programs, the scope and effectiveness of programs that address mental distress, and the lack of linkage of services to communities and households. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Social Welfare Policy and Advocacy : Advancing Social Justice Thr
Author: Jansson, Bruce S.
Language: english
