YOU’RE INVITED!
- WHEN: The chats will be held on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 9:00 PM EST.
- WHAT: An awesome new series of Twitter chats over the next few weeks discussing macro social work practice, policy, and collaboration.
- WHO: Myself and colleagues from the Association for Community Organizing and Social Administration (ACOSA), the Network for Social Work Management (NSWM), Social Work Helper, the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, the University of Southern California School of Social Work, social workers and others interested in discussing macro social work practice.
THIS WEEK: Discussion of the Rothmann Report. As described by Rachel West:
Over the past year I have written often about the findings in the Rothman Report, which you can read below. The report found that macro social work is in trouble. Schools of social work are increasingly cutting out macro focused courses, there are few macro field placements available, and faculty and administration are actively discouraging students from pursuing community practice work.
Following the publication of the report, ACOSA formed a commission that was tasked with expanding on the research in the report and coming up with solutions to the concerns raised. Recently the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy (CRISP) wrote an article about the Rothman Commision. You can find that article here.
UPDATE: Read the chat transcript here: View the story “#MacroSW Chat Recap (3/13/14)” on Storify
Karen Zgoda, LMSW 