Describe how social workers involved in community practice become "ego involved."
What will be an ideal response?
Workers in direct practice with individuals or groups are likely to become involved in community development activities when gaps in services or unmet needs are identified for clients they are working with. Workers involved in developing needed new services are aware of the human benefits that will result. These payoffs, and the time and effort workers put into community practice projects, often lead them to become highly "ego involved." Success in establishing new services is experienced as a deeply gratifying political victory. On a negative note, a reality is that the development of new services generally involves a number of unanticipated obstacles and requires several times as much time and effort as initially anticipated.
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