Abstract
This chapter addresses the mutual influence between social work and social policy, presents the concept of social policy practice (SPP) among social workers and its associated concepts, and explains its importance in achieving the mission and goals of the profession, especially social justice. The chapter focuses on how social workers practice social policy, levels of practice, and the role of social workers in the stages of the social policy-making process. It also focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to policy practice. In addition to how to measure social policy practice for social workers as a fundamental pillar in efforts to improve it, the chapter presents tools for measuring social policy practice for social workers as the first Arab attempts in this field.
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