When Social Workers Impact Policy and Don’t Just Implement It

John Gal is Full Professor and former Dean at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Idit Weiss-Gal is a Full Professor and former Head of the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University.

1. Introduction
2. On the social work–social policy interface
3. The environments
4. Opportunity
5. Facilitation
6. Motivation
7. Explaining the policy engagement of social workers and beyond