SOWK 486- Week 15 - Advocacy

Advocacy Developing Resources, Advocacy, and Organizing as Intervention Strategies Jacob Campbell, LICSW Heritage University Fall 2021 SOWK 486

Agenda Plan for Today What is advocacy and why do we do it Making the connection between micro-practice and macro-practice Skills for Policy Practice Knowing what to change within an organization

Intervention Disciplines in Social Work Are All Practices Equal? Direct Service Practice Community Practice Administrative Practice Policy Practice (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Intervention Disciplines in Social Work Are All Practices Equal? Direct Service Practice Administrative Practice Community Practice Policy Practice Policy Advocacy e orts to change policies in legislative, agency, and community settings by establishing new policies, improving existing ones, or defeating the policy initiatives of other people we mean policy practice that aims to help relatively powerless groups ff (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Linking Micro and Macro Practice The Micro-to-Macro Continuum Macro Actions To what extent are the individual problems pervasive among the larger group experience to which the individual belongs? Micro Observations (Hepworth et al., 2017)

What Are the Needs? Types of Needs Needs Assessment: Understanding and documenting the nature and the extent of resource needs in a community. Normative Needs: A gap or discrepancy between a need considered to be a norm and the resources that exist to respond to that need Demand Needs: The needs of a particular group or community to address deprivation, the absence of a resource, or a particular concern Resilience Agencies listed are Key on Reverse supporting efforts to Prevention/Promotion build resilience in families and children. (Hepworth et al., 2017) Intervention reduce ACEs and - Crisis Change County

Making the Micro to Macro Connection Practice Thinking About Macro Practice Working in small groups develop a list of the micro level problems or conditions presented by clients in the practicum or employment agency. Photo by Matt Collamer on Unsplash (Hepworth et al., 2017)

Making the Micro to Macro Connection Practice Thinking About Macro Practice What pervasive patterns are observed in the list of the problems or conditions of the clients? From the list, select 2–3 primary client problems or conditions. What are the macro-level issues that appear to in luence the problems or conditions experienced by clients? How would the group document the extent of the problem or condition? Does the presenting problem or condition appear to disproportionately a ect a segment of the client population? What are additional group insights and observations about micro to macro problems and conditions experienced by clients? What is the role of social workers involved in direct practice social work in resolving micro client issues that are in luenced by macro social problems or conditions? Prepare a summary of the group’s indings and ideas about and what the group believes should be done. ff f f f (Hepworth et al., 2017)

Case Advocacy Cause Advocacy

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need Political Skills Analytic Skills Interactional Skills gain and use power and to develop and implement political strategy evaluate social problems and develop policy proposals, to analyze the severity of speci ic problems, to identify the barriers to policy implementation, and to develop strategies for assessing programs participate in task groups, such as committees and coalitions, and to persuade other people to support speci ic policies Valueclarifying Skills identify relevant ethical principles when engaging in policy practice. f f (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need Political Skills • Using the mass media • Taking a personal position Analytic Skills Interactional Skills • Advocating a position with a decision maker • Seeking positions of power • Empowering others Value-clarifying Skills (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need Political Skills • Orchestrating pressure on decision-makers Analytic Skills • Finding resources to fund advocacy projects Interactional Skills • Developing and using personal power resources Value-clarifying Skills • Donating time /resources to an advocacy group (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need Political Skills Analytic Skills Interactional Skills • Advocating for the needs of a client • Participating in a demonstration • Initiating litigation to change policies Value-clarifying Skills (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need Political Skills Analytic Skills • Participating in a political campaign • Registering voters Interactional Skills Value-clarifying Skills (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need • Developing a proposal Political Skills • Calculating trade-o s • Doing force ield analysis Analytic Skills • Using social science • Conducting a marketing study Interactional Skills Value-clarifying Skills ff f (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need Political Skills • Using the Internet • Working with budgets Analytic Skills • Finding funding sources • Diagnosing audiences Interactional Skills • Designing a presentation Value-clarifying Skills (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need Political Skills • Diagnosing barriers to implementation Analytic Skills • Developing strategy to improve implementation Interactional Skills • Developing political strategy Value-clarifying Skills (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need Political Skills Analytic Skills Interactional Skills • Analyzing the context of policies and issues • Designing policy assessments • Selecting a policy practice style Value-clarifying Skills (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need Political Skills • Coalition building • Making a presentation Analytic Skills Interactional Skills • Building personal power • Task group formation and maintenance • Managing con lict Value-clarifying Skills f (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need Political Skills • Identifying and using irst ethical principles Analytic Skills • Engaging in utilitarian ethical reasoning Interactional Skills Value-clarifying Skills f (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Skills for Policy Practice Four Skills that Policy Practitioners Need • Considering practical factors that in luence ethical choices Political Skills Analytic Skills • Integrating di erent ethical considerations in speci ic situations Interactional Skills Value-clarifying Skills f f ff (Popple & Leighninger, 2014)

Gentlemen, you need to put more armour-plate where the holes aren’t because that’s where the holes were on the airplanes that didn’t return — Abraham Wald 1942 What Do We Focus On

Areas of Focus in Organizations Culture and Environment of Organizations • Organizational policies or practices and sta behavior that fail to promote client dignity and worth • Institutionalized racism and discrimination ff • Cultural competence at the organizational level