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The unique topical focus of the CICW on the intersection of immigration and child welfare issues combined with its unique structure as a geographically diverse network of professionals across the U.S. provides students with an unparalleled opportunity for engaging in macro level social work practice via various digital modalities. Students are constantly challenged to think critically, not only in learning and applying the information and content of immigration and child welfare work, but in how to facilitate meetings and engage effectively with professional partners, communicate and disseminate information in effective and engaging ways across digital platforms. Students must adapt their general perceptions of social work as an individual-level, direct practice to the systems-level, policy-orientated practice of the CICW.

Macro level social work practice offer unique opportunities for students to expand their perceptions and understandings of the social work practice arena. Students are able to gain experience in research and policy analysis and advocacy and how these processes inform the development of best practice. In order to ensure effective learning experiences, social work programs offering macro level practice should pay special attention to developing practicum curricula and seminar experiences with practice behaviors and competencies tailored to macro level work. This is especially important in generalist social work programs that may just be beginning to offer macro level opportunities. Macro level practice also offer potentially more opportunities for students to partner with geographically diverse and distant organizations and agencies, especially as platforms for digital engagement advance. With the increased utilization of digital platforms comes increased responsibility to continue to apply the core social work values of ethical practice and professionalism to virtual engagement modalities. As such, macro level social work practice in the increasingly digital world have the potential to offer students of the social work profession new and expanded opportunities to engage in critical thinking, analysis, and evaluation, ultimately yielding a new generation of social workers that more well-rounded in their abilities to navigate among the micro–, mezzo–, and macro modalities of practice.