#macro-social-work

Your MSW is a systems degree. You were trained for policy analysis, needs assessment, and program evaluation. You just need to learn the language hiring managers use. This guide explains how to transition into macro social work and get hired for the work you were built to do.

Macro social work built Social Security, Medicare, the minimum wage, and the 40-hour work week. Now it makes up less than 10% of the profession. The history is remarkable. Clinical drift is a crisis.

Building a Theory of Change: Why Your Logic Model Is Telling the Wrong Story

Social work centers lived experience in its language, but the credentialing apparatus often filters it out in practice. From licensure to debt to accreditation, who actually gets through? A closer look at the structures shaping the profession.

Awareness without influence is not systems change. Empathy without accountability is not justice. Our new guide examines strategic storytelling as a tool for creating systems change. This guide is meant for advocates, nonprofits, and macro practitioners who seek to create meaningful change.

New article at The Macro Lens: Social work was built on proximity to harm. We've spent decades rewarding distance instead. The Architecture of Amnesia asks who really belongs at the blueprint table.

The federal government just classified theology as a professional degree. Social work didn't make the list. Comment deadline is March 2. Here's what happened, why it matters, and who gets hurt most. 👇

Most MSW students get stuck with whatever practicum their program offers. But you can design your own macro placement. This guide shows how to partner with organizations you care about, arrange external supervision, and build systems-change skills through a "creative laboratory" practicum.