Examples Of Advocacy

Advocacy is important to the social work profession. In many ways, it enacts social work values concerning social and economic justice (Ezell, 2001). Advocacy is a core function in social work. It is also an important part of the organizational life of many social workers. As a professional community, social workers hope that they can prevent a range of social ills and reinforce social work’s place in society. While not every social worker is comfortable with integrating politics into their professional practice (Haynes & Mickelson, 2000) The responsibility to advocate is prominent in the Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers (NASW, 1996), and it is taught as a core value in social work education.
Social workers who engage in advocacy usually differentiate between case advocacy (advocacy for an
Advocates come in various shapes and sizes as well. A lobbyist can be anything from a high-powered former political leader to a volunteer social worker with little or no training.
In the case study of Social Work Policy: Children and Adolescents, Susanna is a 15 yrs. of age Caucasian female who lives at home with her 12 yrs. of age sister and her parent in a middle-class suburban neighborhood. Susanna family has been involved with the child protected services for over a period of six months due to truancy. The strategy that I will apply to this case study will be “Attendance Improvement Strategies.”
I will inform Susanna as well as her family how important for Susanna not to be missing school. I will bring awareness about the disciplinary action of chronic absence and truancy. I will identify with the family by addressing factors contributing to chronic absenteeism and habitual truancy, including suspension and expulsion. In last, elaborate the important of being in