A lot of people think social work is only about direct practice, but there is a whole other side to this field. Macro social work focuses on systems, policy, communities, and long-term change. It’s the part of social work that shapes why clients need services in the first place! Many of us start in direct practice because that’s what we’re taught in school. Over time, you start to see the bigger patterns that keep showing up across clients. That’s when macro work starts to make more sense. My ne