Social Work Comparing Micro Macro Approaches Social

Social Work

Comparing micro macro approaches

Social Work from Different Perspectives

In this paper, we will assess the roles and duties which a social worker can provide from an individual and through a community basis to any other individual or community. We will also examine the advantages and disadvantages in both of the work types and then prefer our chosen methodology supported by valid reasoning. Finally, we will list our current capabilities to carry out a community/administrative practice approach.

Individual/Micro basis

On an individual basis, social work can be performed by any person having a specific set of means needed to help any other person who is in need of any sort of aid. The means with which any person can rely on to help others can vary such as through financial assistance, skills, technical expertise and so on. There are many different fields which allow its practitioners to help others through social work; one of those fields is nursing. Let's focus on it in some detail.

The field of nursing is related to medical practice; it involves a trained personnel who offers its services to those who are sick or suffering from any sort of physical or mental problems. The field of nursing is a vast topic and the practitioners here are also of various types depending on their overall education in their field and on experience.

Nurses perform various sorts of social work besides their regular duties which bound them to a specific institution which they represent such as any hospital. Nurses often perform health related checkups for those who cannot afford the expensive medication or treatment facilities, these treatments are extremely valuable in many different parts of the world where war, famine or any other calamities arise.

The practitioner of the field of Nursing is required to be extremely calm under any emergency situation, always mentally and physically prepared for any emergency and it should also be able to help more than one person at a time. These are only some of the qualities which can make a nurse an extremely valuable social worker who tends to help humanity regardless of any return favor.

Besides through field of nursing, any person can contribute to the social work through financial means such as donating money to a charity, feeding the hungry and providing shelter to the needy people of society or just to help others in starting any business or job which can benefit the needy person and its family in the short as well as the long-term.

Let's focus on some of the advantages and disadvantages of performing charity on an individual basis.

Advantages

When a person chooses to perform a social work on an individual basis it does not rely on anyone else's assistance. This greatly benefits the person in doing what it wants to do and how it wants to do it. Any person can get involved in social working depending on its expertise and desire to help others. The goodwill it earns by doing the social work is also a huge benefit which it earns from the practice and this encourages others to do the same since it is tougher to perform any social work alone rather than through any organization or charity.

Similarly, an individual social worker is its own boss and does not rely on any foundation for support. It also makes the worker free to perform its services in the manner which it desires i.e. It is not bounded by any restrictions, stipulations or conditions of its employer.

Disadvantages

A single person is often not capable of doing social work at a huge level, i.e. any nurse might help any sick or disabled person for a time being but it may not help hundreds of others who are out of its reach in different other places where the nurse can't afford to go to.

Community/Macro approach

Helping through a community base is often deemed as a more appropriate way to perform a social work as compared to individual basis for a common person since most of the people who want to perform social work do so by doing any sort of monetary support to the needy individuals. The macro approach also helps any person to have a broader platform through which it can help communities far away from its reach and which can only be contacted through vast means that can be done only through group effort.

Community approach also helps in giving any person a sense of responsibility towards its own community and other less fortunate communities. One of the prime examples in this sense is UNICEF. It is an international organization which is dedicated to help children all across the world in various issues such as providing food, education and a safe environment for them to grow up.

The donators and social workers for UNICEF come from all across the globe, their main aim is determined by a panel which often tends to make goals regarding ending hunger, food shortages or any other relative issue under a specific time period. The social workers of UNICEF are fully paid by the organization and are directed as well as properly guided by the institution to provide help where it is necessary and it is often seen to reach out to help those who are in urgent need of it.

Some of its greatest projects regarding children's social work are being carried on in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and South America and many of these have resulted in great success due to the hard work of UNICEF's individual workers.

Advantages

Through a community basis, it is also relatively easy to perform any kind of social work. There are many different charities which tend to provide help, their social working tasks include helping children, women or poor people who cannot afford to live on their own. Through the macro level, any firm or institute can collect a large amount of capital which simply can not be attained through individual efforts. Therefore the quality of social work provided and the amount of people whom the social services are provided to is also great.

Social work performed at macro level also has the advantage of documentation of events, here any person is liable for its actions as to where it served, the duration of its service as well as the type of duty it performed. This is extremely useful when a specific person intends to transfer its expertise regarding social work from one place to another and is often dependent on its experience as well as any certificate of recommendation from the institution where it served.

Social workers in a community setting also tend to learn more through experience as compared to workers who perform individually since gatherings allow a huge amount of personal expertise to be shared among many individuals. This can greatly result in the overall experience being improved by sharing ideas and past cases among fellow workers.

Disadvantage

A disadvantage of performing social work in community settings is that any single worker may have to abide by the rules and regulations regarding the institution through which it is serving others thus greatly reducing its chances of fulfilling its other services according to its utmost capabilities.