PROFESSIONALS & PRACTITIONERS IN SOCIAL WORK

Question 1

Roles and Functions of a Social Worker:

Answer 1

• Resource Broker
• Social Broker
• Mediator
• Advocate
• Enabler
• Counselor/Therapist
• Mobilizer of Community Elite
• Documenter/Social Critique

Question 2

Primary Functions:

Answer 2

• Rehabilitative Function
• Preventive Function
• Developmental Function

Question 3

Core, Rights, Responsibility:

Answer 3

• Commitment to clients
• Self-determination
• Informed Consent
• Competence
• Cultural Competence & Social Diversity
• Conflict of Interest
  ETC.

Question 4

Areas of Specialization:

Answer 4

• Child, Family, School
• Community
• Hospice (nursing home) & Palliative (terminally ill) Care
• Medical & Health
• Mental Health & Substance Abuse
• Military Veterans
• Psychiatric

Question 5

Child Welfare:

Answer 5

• Adoption
• Legal Guardianship
• Foster Care
• Residential Care