Social policy is a part of social work at almost every turn, yet many of the insights from the profession never find their way into the programs and rules that govern social workers’ efforts. What prompts helping professionals to take up policy work, and which strategies are most effective for influencing policy? Social workers and scholars around the world gathered virtually to discuss these subjects at Social Work in Social Policy: Engagement Strategies for Today and the Next Generation—A Book Event.
Tag: Council on Social Work Education
Next Steps: Whither Social Work Education and Financial Capability and Asset Building?
Coffey, D. S. (2018, May). Next steps: Whither social work education and financial capability and asset building (CSD Perspective No. 18-16). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development. https://doi.org/10.7936/K7T72H1H
Celebrating Six Decades of Social Work and Advancing Financial Capability and Asset Development
Bent-Goodley, T. B., Sherraden, M. S., Frey, J. J., Birkenmaier, J., Callahan, C., & McClendon, G. G. (2016). Celebrating six decades of social work and advancing financial capability and asset development. Social Work, 61(4), 293–296. doi:10.1093/sw/sww058
Case to Cause: Back to the Future
Abramovitz, M., & Sherraden, M. S. (2016). Case to cause: Back to the future. Journal of Social Work Education, 52(Suppl. 1), S89–S98. doi:10.1080/10437797.2016.1174638
The Management Imperative: Displacement, Dynamics, and Directions Forward for Training Social Workers as Managers
Rosenberg, B., & McBride, A. M. (2015). The management imperative: Displacement, dynamics, and directions forward for training social workers as managers (CSD Working Paper No. 15-41). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.