Mid term

Question 1

What does the Triple A approach to critical thinking stand for?

Answer 1

Ask, Asses, Assert

Question 2

The perspectives of social welfare

Answer 2

Residual, Institutional, Developmental

Question 3

Residual perspective

Answer 3

The perspective that it is people’s own fault if they need outside help. The idea that Social Welfare benefits should only be given when people fail to provide for themselves.

Question 4

Institutional Perspective

Answer 4

Views that people’s needs are a normal part of life. Society has a responsibility to support its members and provide needed benefits and services.

Question 5

Developmental

Answer 5

*newest view- focuses on programs that have a positive outcome in the economy

Question 6

Political ideologies

Answer 6

Conservatism, liberalism, Radicalism

Question 7

Conservatism

Answer 7

the philosophy that individuals are responsible for themselves, government should provide minimal interference in peoples lives and change is generally unnecessary.

Question 8

Liberalism

Answer 8

Philosophy that government should be involved so that all people’s rights and privileges are protected

Question 9

Radicalism

Answer 9

A more extreme approach, belief that the current political and social structure is not adequate of truly providing social justice

Question 10

Ethical Standards and Values of NASW Code of Ethics

Answer 10

Service, social justice, Dignity and worth of a person, importance of human relationships, integrity, competence

Question 11

Service

Answer 11

providing help, resources so people can achieve max potential

Question 12

Social Justice

Answer 12

upholding the goal that all citizens have equal opportunities regardless of their backgrounds

Question 13

Dignity and worth of a person

Answer 13

appreciation of the individual

Question 14

Importance of human relationships

Answer 14

valuing the interactions between social workers and clients

Question 15

Integrity

Answer 15

maintaining trust, morals

Question 16

Competence

Answer 16

having the necessary skills and abilities to work with clients

Question 17

Empowerment and Strengths Perspective

Answer 17

To effectively assist clients and their needs, social workers focus on their strengths

Question 18

Strengths Perspective

Answer 18

“Every individual, group, family, and community has strengths”
“Trauma and abuse, illness and struggle may be injurious but they may also be sources of challenge and opportunity”
“Social Workers should assume that they “do notknow the upper limits of the capacity to grow and change and take individual, group, and community aspirations seriously”
Social Workers “best serve clients by collaborating with them”
“Every environment is full of resources”-

Question 19

Resiliency

Answer 19

the ability to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble, confusion, or hardship

Question 20

Percentage of earnings difference between women and men

Answer 20

78.7%

Question 21

The Planned Change - Steps/Process

Answer 21

o	Engagement
o	Assessment-
o	Planning
o	Implementation and Evaluation
o	Termination

Question 22

Engagement

Answer 22

establishing communication(nonverbal and verbal)

Question 23

Assessment

Answer 23

gathering information-identifying strengths of client, community

Question 24

Planning

Answer 24

choosing a course of action with a client- pros and cons

Question 25

Implementation and Evaluation

Answer 25

following the plan and then evaluating the effectiveness

Question 26

Termination

Answer 26

the end of the professional relationship

Question 27

What is Cultural Competence ?

Answer 27

"Mastery of a particular set of knowledge, skills, policies, and programs used by the social worker that addresses the cultural needs of individuals families, groups, and communities." 1. develop an awareness of personal values, assumptions, and biases 2. establish an appreciation of other cultures that nurture attitudes that respect difference 3. understand how ones own culture heritage and belief system differ from and may influence interaction with clients who have a different cultural background 4. recognize the existence of stereotypes about discrimination against an oppression of various diverse groups 5. commit to learning about clients' cultures 6. acquire effective skills for working with people from other cultures

Question 28

What is Generalist Social Work?

Answer 28

It is the application of a wide range of knowledge, values, and skills to target individual, family, group, organizational and community processes

Question 29

The roles of a social worker pg.110

Answer 29

``` counselor educator broker case manager mobilizer mediator negotiator facilitator advocate ```

Question 30

counselor

Answer 30

providing guidance and assistance

Question 31

educator

Answer 31

gives information or teaching skills to others

Question 32

broker

Answer 32

Linking clients to resources

Question 33

case manager

Answer 33

Coordinates services on behalf of a client

Question 34

mobilizer

Answer 34

identifying and convenes community resources to act on creating change

Question 35

mediator

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Resolves arguments or disagreements among individual, family, group, or organizational structure

Question 36

negotiator

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Serves as an intermediary, settles and dispute, resolve disagreements

Question 37

facilitator

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Guides a group experience

Question 38

advocate

Answer 38

Speaks on behalf of clients to promote fair and equitable treatment or gain resources

Question 39

Levels of social work intervention- Micro/Mezzo/Macro

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o Micro: dealing with one individual o Mezzo: a group or small society (family, school..) o Macro: a big community (city)

Question 40

The NASW( National Association of Social Work) purposes

Answer 40

o Identify social work values o Summarize broad ethical principles for practice o Identify considerations when addressing ethical dilemmas o Providing broad ethical standards that holds the profession accountable o Socializing new practitioners to the mission, goals and ethics of the profession o Communicating specific standards that the profession may use to judge its members conduct

Question 41

Elizabethan Poor Law

Answer 41

1601 The first piece of legislation establishing support for needy people through taxes Eligible recipients are the following: Dependent children-children were placed in whatever citizen placed the lowest bid for public reimbursement to provide child’s care until an average age of 24 for boys and 21 for girls Impotent poor-individuals who were physically or mentally unable to work- given food and shelter Able-bodied poor- individuals who were offered any job and forced to work or suffer jail or even death. They may be forced into workhouses

Question 42

Speenhamlands System

Answer 42

The idea that the income of all poor people would be supplemented the government so that everyone would have the minimum income deemed necessary for survival. The system was a failure for two reasons: 1. Wages fell because why would businesses pay higher wages if the government would supplement 2. Unemployment soared because people did not have to work, they would get the same amount whether they worked or not. * There were no work incentives

Question 43

Jane Addams

Answer 43

Hull House 1889-2012

Question 44

Mary Richmond

Answer 44

focused on individuals - formulated theories and techniques for social work

Question 45

The New Deal

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Came under Franklin Roosevelt and out of the Great Depression It created a wide range of social programs such as Public Works Administration whose goal was to stimulate depressed industries by contracting with private businesses to build public facilities Extended Federal control in social welfare matters

Question 46

The Great Society

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President Lyndon Johnson Programs such as Operation Head Start and the Food Stamp Act of 1964, Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 The intent was to eliminate poverty and provide a quality of life for all

Question 47

Social Welfare Policy Development and phases

Answer 47

1. Recognizing the values in society (may vary over time) 2. Identifying problems and needs 3. Identification of opinion about an identified problem 4. Legislation then weighs identified issue through public opinion, interest groups, political climate plays a role 5. The policy is then implemented through a social welfare program 6. The policy is practiced by social service and other professional providers

Question 48

Public Assistance

Answer 48

Established for people in need, funds come from general tax revenues- federal, state and local level.

Question 49

TANF Program- requirements, what is it

Answer 49

developed in 1996 from( AFDC)- much stricter guidelines, time limits for assistance, does not require states to provide child care as AFDC did also up to individual states to provide transportation assistance gives states more control, allows states to determine their eligibility-states then may establish very low income requirements to offset their budget issues not succesfful

Question 50

Social Stratification

Answer 50

sociologists who study how societies are structured tend to divide the population into categories of social population based on the extent to which people have access to the goods and services of the society values

Question 51

Percentage of Federal Budget spent on Safety Net Programs

Answer 51

10%

Question 52

Myths and Truths of Public Assistance

Answer 52

many feel that its their own fault that they are needy and that they should do something about it, unlike people receiving social insurance, they never paid for public assistance and do not deserve benefits many people are in need of help

Question 53

Rural Social Work

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o 1.Low population density- number of residents per square mile o 2.significant distance from urban cities o 3.Concentrating its activity in specialized areas- lumbering, farming o *Rural communities often cope with poverty, lack of transportation, inadequate childcare, insufficient health care

Question 54

Urban Social Work

Answer 54

Population is usually denser and often contains diverse populations Consists of a range of industries Traffic Noise, questionable air quality High contact with individuals on a daily basis Many layers within a bureaucratic systems Greater frequency of poverty, discrimination, crime, homelessness, substance abuse than that of the rural communities High rate of conflict with diverse groups based on ethnicity, race, culture Unavailability of resources High rates of psychological stress related to noise, abandoned buildings, crime.

Question 55

almshouses

Answer 55

charitable housing for elderly who no longer made enough income to pay rent

Question 56

de-Institutionalization

Answer 56

reducing the isolation of mental people