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Advocacy
in Social
Work Week 3
Advocacy
To engage in purposeful
actions that will help people
advance their:
Rights
Opportunities
Causes
Human Dignity

Grounded in the Code of Ethics

of the NASW-promote social
justice for vulnerable groups.
Case
Advocacy &
Cause
Advocacy
What is the difference?

Case advocacy is advocacy involving one case.

Example?

Cause advocacy involves advocacy for a larger

structural or systematic effect to change policies
common practices, procedures and laws.

Example?
Goals of
case and
cause
advocacy
Case
Meet the individual absolute needs-basic goods
and services that support human survival in the
SHORT TERM (water, food, shelter, medical
needs)

Cause
Relative needs Involves causes that impact a
group of people-goods and services that
promote human dignity and well being over
LONG TERM. (employment, equality, social
justice, quality education, equal opportunity)
Ethics Involved In Advocacy-
Group Work
Client Self-
Determination Self-Interest and
Clients makes decision and choices
Advocacy
based on their will and value Social Workers are client centered.
orientations.

Individual Benefit vs.

Community Benefit Pathways to
Individal reigns supreme perspective Community Benefit
Community reigns supreme
Pathways that will give groups of
perspective.
people access to resources, rights
Debate: some social workers believe
and opportunities.
that advocacy should focus on groups
compared to individual advocacy.
Do you agree or disagree?
Group Work:

Give 2 examples of
the cost of advocacy.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Advocacy Practice and Policy
Model (APPM)
Systems Theory Empowerment
Advocacy takes place with systmes of all
sizes-Ex: Partnering with orgizations to
Theory
change a county or state policy or law Promotes the voice, perception and abiity
restricting their ability to provide needed of clients to influence an issue of
services. important to the client.

Ecological
Strengths
Perspective
Perspective
Social worker smust assess the total
Clients brings a variety of strengths
environment, not just people and
including resources , abilities,
social systems. Involves resources
relationships, knowledge and perspective
such as water, soil, transportation,
to advocate for communtiy change.
animals for case and cause advocacy.
 Theoretical SYSTEMS
Framework THEORY
for the
Advocacy
Practice and
Policy Model ECOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT
PERSPECTIVE THEORY

STRENGTHS
PERSPECTIVE
 The Cycle
of
Advocacy
Begin Collaboration
Management and Program Planning
Reflect on theory and practice
Collect and analyze evidence
Begin advocacy
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 During the past 6 months, city and
community leaders have been threatening
to move the long-standing men’s drop-in
shelter and soup kitchen from its present,
centrally located site.

Politicians and civic leaders want to

renovate this section of the city to
encourage and permit new businesses and
homes.

Most of the conversations by community

leaders have been on removing the
“eyesore.” Clients and professionals
involved with the drop-in center and soup
kitchen are concerned about displacement
to a remote site and adequate space for
services and programs.
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Would it be difficult for you to work with political and community leaders who wanted to
make changes like this that could negatively impact your clients?

Could you do so in a calm and professional manner? What might happen if you did not?

What message does it send to the clients of a program like this drop-in center and soup
kitchen when the agency is deemed a barrier to economic progress?

Why do so many politicians seem not to be concerned with the plight of people
experiencing homelessness?
Review last

class
 Quiz:
DOROTHY HEIGHT IS KNOWN FOR HER ROLE AS:

AN ATTORNEY FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING

MEDICAL MAL-PRACTICE.

THE AUTHOR OF "ADVOCACY TIPS".

THE FIRST CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS TO ADVOCATE

FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR WOMEN
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
AND AFRICAN AMERICANS.

A SOCIAL WORK WHO WORKED WITH ADOPTION

AGENCIES.
Quiz:
RELATIVE NEEDS (LONG TERM NEEDS)
INCLUDE ______.
CHOOSE ONE

MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
FOOD AND SHELTER

MEDICAL CARE

SANITATION
 Quiz:
THE ______ STATES THAT EACH SOCIAL WORKER HAS
AN OBLIGATION TO ADVOCATE FOR LIVING
CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE FULFILLMENT OF
BASIC HUMAN NEEDS.

CHOOSE ONE

STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
ADVOCACY PRACTICE AND POLICY MODEL

CSWE

NASW CODE OF ETHIC

 Quiz:
_____ DICTATES THAT CONSUMERS OF SERVICES
MAKE DECISIONS AND CHOICES BASED ON THEIR
WILL AND VALUE ORIENTATIONS.
CHOOSE ONE

THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGY

DIATHESIS-STRESS THEORY

THE RIGHT TO CLIENT SELF-DETERMINATION

 Quiz:
NEGATIVE OUTCOMES CAN ARISE WHEN WE TREAT
CLIENTS AS ______ RATHER THAN AS ______.
CHOOSE ONE

CASES OR PROBLEMS; HUMAN BEINGS WITH

DIGNITY

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
HUMAN BEINGS WITH DIGNITY; PATIENTS IN NEED
OF CURES

OBJECTS OR CASES; PATIENTS IN NEED OF CURES

HUMAN BEINGS WITH PROBLEMS; HUMAN BEINGS

WITH SOLUTIONS