Involvement of Social Workers in the Formulation of Social Policy

question 10

Multiple Choice

Involvement of social workers in the formulation of social policy has been diminishing for four decades.How would you explain this trend?

• A)social workers are not interested in policy changes that might benefit their clients.
• B)social workers consider policy practice to be something that is out of reach for all but a very small number of practitioners.
• C)the skills social workers develop for direct practice may leave them ill prepared for the analytical and informational demands of policy practice.
• D)policy practice is outside of the scope of state licensing requirements.

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Definitions:

Different Religion

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Official Languages

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