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This text presents an action-strategy model of social change that social workers can use to impact the policy process at the agency level to benefit clients. Social workers must learn to advocate changes in policy at the agency level in order to benefit and empower consumers of social services. The action-strategy model will be useful for all social workers whether they are intervening at the agency level or at larger social systems such as regional or state levels. Value issues, ethical considerations, and diversity permeate every aspect of policy making, from formulation of the initial idea to implementation of a new policy. This book discusses values and diversity inherent in the agency policy change process, as well as how these relate to professional social work values.

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• Preface
• Foreword
• 1 Social Work, Social Change, and Policy Practice in the Agency and Community
• Discussion
• Agency Policy Defined
• 2 The Social Work Theory Base of Agency Policy Intervention
• Discussion
• 3 The Action-Strategy Model of Agency Policy Change: Foundation and Overview
• Discussion
• Evolution of the Action-Strategy Model
• 4 Explanation and Application of the Model: Components I and II
• Discussion
• Component I: Dream About Agency Policy Change
• 5 Explanation and Application of the Model: Component III
• Discussion
• Component III: Develop a Plan of Action Related to the Change Goal/Idea
• 6 Explanation and Application of the Model: Component IV
• Discussion
• Component IV: Implement the Change Strategy to Accomplish Approval of the Agency Policy Change
• 7 Values, Interests, and Diversity in Human Service Agencies
• Discussion
• The Human Service Agency-"Stirring the Pot."
• Values Within the Profession
• Values and the Relationship to Change
• Assumptions and Constraints
• Values and the Agency Policy Change Process
• Diversity Issues: Two Approaches in Human Service Agencies
• Expanding the Diversity Discussion
• Diversity and Values: Connections and Conflicts
• 8 Agency Policy Change, the Practice of Social Welfare Policy, and Social Work in the Twenty-First Century
• Discussion
• References
• Index