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This 3 page research paper discusses the need for social workers to be politically active, as well as the perceived barriers that affect this involvement. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Poe and Thomas, 2010). However, 75 percent of those social workers that performed the role of advocate report that this role pertains to "individual or case advocacy" (Rocha, Poe and
Thomas, 2010, p. 317). Considerably fewer workers are involved in political activism, which is a behavior that allows social workers to participate within the political system "on a larger scale,
either within or outside of their jobs" (Rocha, Poe and Thomas, 2010, p. 317). There are many barriers that explain why so few social workers are political active (Derezotes,
2000). They may not feel competent in this area or have situations within their employment setting that cause to fear losing their jobs as a repercussion of political activism (Rocha,
Poe and Thomas, 2010). While there are legal restrictions that place limitations on the degree to which workers can participate politically, which vary depending on the workers "place of employment,"
it is also true that social workers can assume an advocate role in the political arena to a much greater degree than they typically assume (Rocha, Poe and Thomas, 2010,
p. 317). As indicated above, perceived barriers may be internal, that is, personal feelings of doubt and lack of knowledge concerning how to go about effective political activism, or
barriers may be external, i.e., in terms of legal restrictions (Hepworth, et al, 2010). Research shows that the social workers, which have the greatest degree political involvement, are those who
have links to professional organizations and the least political active are those workers in direct practice (Rocha, Poe and Thomas, 2010). There has been considerable concern for promoting social workers
involvement in the political arena because they are "among the few professionals who speak for disenfranchised populations" (Rocha, Poe and Thomas, 2010, p. 317). However, the language in the
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