Micro Mezzo Macro

Micro Mezzo Macro
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A strength-based approach focuses on the strengths of individuals, organizations, families, corporations, and groups to help in recovery and empowerment. A strength-based approach in social work continues to grow conceptually. Those that hold onto a strength-based approach all agree that the youth, children, organizations, and families can recover from adversity. This approach helps people see the opportunities, solutions, and hope rather than difficulties experienced and hopelessness. Social work works on three levels to help people and create change. There is the micro level which deals with direct interaction and dealing with direct clients. Mezzo level focuses on groups instead of focusing on individuals. It is used to solve problems in businesses, schools, and organizations. Macro-level involves interventions on a large scale and affects a broader number of people ranging from states communities and countries. This paper will look at micro, mezzo and macro strength based approach to social work and human services.
Keywords: micro, mezzo, macro

Micro, Mezzo and Macro
A fourth grader is presented by the teacher for counseling is an example of micro social work. The underlying problems experienced are constantly fighting, uncooperative attitude and failing in examinations. While reviewing the child, I realize that he has been scoring good grades in the past after reviewing his records and right now he is failing and overly aggressive.

After reviewing the child, I realize that the child has a problem that is eating him up from home. I then contact the family to see how the child can be helped. The parents are loving and caring. However, the father has recently lost his job; the mother’s income from part-time employment is insufficient to cater for the family needs, another example of micro social work. They are struggling economically, falling out on rent; prices of gas are way too higher thus making it difficult for the father to look for a job. I attempt to, take suggestions from the father about possible employment opportunities. That is case management, micro social work. Here I find out that the entire community has been walloped by the recent economic recession, job agencies are not taking in new applicants because there are no jobs to be offered. I then check with the city services and realize that buses and community transportation has been cut, mezzo social work example (Saleebey, 1996).
There are no jobs, and many people are living on the streets. Here I realize that the state is having a budget problem and is cutting on basic funding to local transportation, medical care, and jobs. The low funding will impact hard on the local communities because of fewer dollars available to them, mezzo social work example. I reach out to the state via the state services to have a conversation with them on the sad state of affairs affecting the city and its residents through these legislations that are now macro social work in the sense of clientele advocacy. I learn that the state is recovering from economic recess and thus it will reduce redistribution of resources because of the reorganization of resources. Homelessness and hunger are already identified national threats which are already a threat to the child. Proposed legislation that would address the problem is unlikely to pass because of the kind of costs that would be involved. I write to the senators of the state to advocate for the passage of the bill that will have the community, a good example of macro social work advocacy. From the local news, I realize that one of the problems that cause unemployment and loss of jobs is the outsourcing of jobs from the country to other countries. Social workers being involved in policy development are needed to address all the issues relating to the state down to the child. An example of macro social work (Saleebey, 1996).

Reference
Saleebey, D. (1996). The strengths perspective in social work practice: Extensions and cautions. Social work, 41(3), 296-305.