History of Social Work Profession Flashcards
(23 cards)
what is social work?
practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people
when did Bill 9- The Social Work Profession Act receive Royal Assent and become law?
April 27, 2017
What are the professional attributes?
- systemic body of theory
- professional authority
- difference between a customer and a client
- sanction of the community
- regulative code of ethics
What is professional identity?
How a social worker thinks of themselves; often defined as a practitioner’s professional self-concept based on attributes,m beliefs, values, motives, and experiences
what are the 3 qualities of a healthy social identity?
- connectedness
- expansiveness
- effectiveness
what is a technical-rational approach?
associated with procedural knowledge and a technical application of values and skills
what is a reflexive practice?
complexity and uncertainty of practice is understood and appreciated
why is field education a signature course in social work?
prepares students for the profession’s ways of thinking, performing, and acting
how do you work with a technical-rational and reflexive approach?
extract the strengths of each to get a multi-dimensional view
what are meta-competencies?
overarching abilities that allow a social worker to adapt and anticipate responses to unique circumstances and situations; developed through continuous learning and reflection
what are some examples of meta-competencies in social work?
- critical thinking
- respecting diversity and difference
- applying knowledge of human development and behaviour
- advocating for human rights and social justice
- reflexive practice
what is Gibbs’ 1998 reflective cycle?
description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, action plan
what does understanding the self involve?
heightened awareness of one’s social location, positionality, and intersectionality
what partially distinguishes social workers from other professions?
the use of self
how did social work emerge in the mid-1800s?
response to the underprivileged through chairty work that’s based in Christian morality
how was social work present during the Industrial Revolution?
social agencies filled gaps caused in formerly stable social institutions as a result of urbanization
what are some milestones within the social work profession?
- The Charity Organization Society movement
- the Settlement Hosue movement
- the Cooperative movement
- the Social Gospel Movement
- Child Welfare Services
who is Mary Richmond?
-wrote the first book on social casework, identified it as the technique that’s unique to social work
- established currently accepted principle that when social institutions are unable to provide needed services, personal helping should be the responsibility of professionals
what is the Elizabethan Poor Law?
gave local authorities responsibility for the care of the poor
what is social gospel?
form of Christian socialism that saw issues of society as a result of flaws in social institutions
what is the significance of JS Woodsworth?
- associated with the social gospel movement
- instrumental in forming Canadian social and health insurance programs
- founder of predecessor to NDP
what is critical theory?
views issues in the context of oppression and injustice
