SocWrk Quizzam 2

Question 1

Characteristics of rural social work?

Answer 1

• effective use of generalist practice
• inter agency cooperation
• understand the community (its history values, strengthen relationships)
• utilize community

Question 2

What are the five primary processes of generalist practice?

Answer 2

First, generalist practice emphasizes client empowerment.

Second, it involves working effectively within an organizational structure and doing so under supervision.

Third, it requires the assumption of a wide range of professional roles.

Fourth, it concerns following the principles of evidence-based practice.

Fifth, it involves the application of critical thinking skills to the planned-change process.

Question 3

Characteristics of urban social work?

Answer 3

• specific urban problems (crime, poverty, violence, housing, HIV)
• widespread discrimination toward specific minorities
• immigration issues
• Financial shortage
• Personal stress (noise, overcrowding, lack of mobility)

Question 4

The different task groups?

Answer 4

Team- two or more people working interdependently to
achieve a designed purpose
Treatment conference- a group that meets to establish,
monitor, and coordinate service plans on behalf of a
client system.
Administrative group- a group of social service agency
administrators who meet regularly
Delegate council- a group of representatives from
various agencies or within a single agency that meet
to discuss issues of mutual concern.
Committee- a group that is delegated to consider investigate, take action on, or report on some matter.
Social Action group- a group formed to engage in some planned change effort to modify or improve aspects of the macro environment.

Question 5

Describe the “counselor” role.

Answer 5

One who provides guidance to clients and assists them in a planned-change process.

(ex: a worker might help a troubled teenager make decisions about friendships and sexual activity by identifying alternatives and evaluating their potential consequences).

Question 6

Describe the “educator” role.

Answer 6

One who gives/provides information and teaches skills to others.

(ex: a practitioner might teach child management skills to parents).

Question 7

Describe the “broker” role.

Answer 7

One who links client systems to needed resources.

(ex: a worker might refer a client to a substance abuse treatment center for inpatient treatment).

Question 8

Describe the “mobilizer” role.

Answer 8

One who identifies and convenes community members and resources to identify “unmet community needs” and “effect changes for the better in their community”

(ex: a practitioner might encourage community residents to band together and start a drug education program for residents’ children.)

Question 9

What are some (7) fields that social work draws from as part of its eclectic knowledge base.

Answer 9

Psychiatry
Criminology/criminal justice
Anthropology
Psychology
Sexology
Sociology
Leisure studies

Question 10

Describe the “case manager” (or “case coordinator”) role.

Answer 10

A practitioner who, on the behalf of a specific client, coordinates needed services provided by any number of agencies, organizations, or facilities.

(ex: a worker might coordinate the many services needed by a cerebral palsy patient living in a group home.)

Question 11

Describe the “mediator” role.

Answer 11

One who resolves arguments or disagreements among individual, family, group, organizational, or community systems in conflict.

(ex: a worker might serve as a go-between to reach an agreement between an agency that wants to start a group home for people with intellectual disabilities and neighborhood residents who oppose having the facility in their neighborhood).

Question 12

The different treatment groups?

Answer 12

Therapy- help members change behavioral problems
Support- members share common issues
Educational- provides some type of information
Growth- Focus on increasing potential, maximizing
health and well being, and self-awareness
Socialization- increase communication, social skills, and inter personal behavior.

Question 13

What are the supports?

Answer 13

Emotional- close people who listen, comfort, and
encourage
Informational- teaching, giving information, or advice
giving
Concrete- tangible help; giving or loaning something
Informal- by kinship, volunteers, community groups

Question 14

Describe the “negotiator” role?

Answer 14

One who serves as an intermediary to settle disputes, but clearly takes the side of one of the parties involved.

(ex: a social worker in public welfare might act on behalf on behalf of her clients to negotiate for better benefits for them).

Question 15

Describe the “facilitator” role.

Answer 15

One who guides a group experience.

(ex: a practitioner might run a support group for young women with bulimia).

Question 16

Describe the “spokesperson” role?

Answer 16

One who is authorized to speak on behalf of others.

Question 17

Describe the “manager” role?

Answer 17

One who assumes some level of administrative responsibility for a social services agency or other organizational system.

Question 18

Describe the “coordinator” role?

Answer 18

One who coordinates people by bringing them together and organizing their performance.

Question 19

Describe the “advocate” role.

Answer 19

One who speaks out on behalf of clients to promote fair and equitable treatment or gain needed resources.

(ex: a worker might meet with an administrator on behalf of a client to change an agency policy to benefit the client).

Question 20

What are the 6 steps of in Planned Change Process?

Answer 20

1. ) Engagement
2. ) Assessment
3. ) Planning
4. ) Implementation
5. ) Evaluation
6. ) Termination

Question 21

What is social work practice in the context of communities?

Answer 21

-social workers have to responsibility to examine the community environment in which their clients live and if it has adequate resources.

Question 22

What are the four important interviewing skills?

Answer 22

1. Visualleye contact: look at the person you’re talking to
2. Vocal qualities: your vocal tone and speech rate
   indicates how someone feels about another.
3. Verbal tracking: Don’t change the subject, stay on
   track.
4. Body language: attentive. watch your body language.
   Clients can tell if your interested by body language.

Question 23

Describe the “assessment” step of the planned-change process.

Answer 23

A process occurring between practitioner and client, in which information is gathered, analyzed, and synthesized to provide a concise picture of the client and his or her needs and strengths.

Question 24

Describe the “planning” step of the planned-change process.

Answer 24

Planning specifies what should be done.

Question 25

Describe the “implementation” step of the planned-change process.

Answer 25

The process whereby client and worker follow their plan to achieve their goals. In other words, it is the actual doing of the plan.

Question 26

Describe the “termination” step of the planned-change process.

Answer 26

The end of the professional social worker-client relationship.

Question 27

A 2009 NASW survey found what indication about male and female social workers’ salaries?

Answer 27

Male social workers salaries surpassed females’ by more than 17%.

Question 28

How much more money can an MSW expect to make than a BSW?

Answer 28

$15,000.

Question 29

What is a community?

Answer 29

A number of people who have something in common with one another that connects them in some way and that distinguishes them from others.

A key feature of a community is the fact that participants share some mutual characteristic, such as “common location, interest, identification, or some combination of these characteristics.

Question 30

What are the differences between growth group and socialization group?

Answer 30

Growth group focuses on increasing potential and about continuing the growth process. Socialization focuses on increasing communication, social skills, and personal behavior. Helping them to be functioning members of society.

Question 31

What are social services?

Answer 31

In essence, social services include the wide range of activities that social workers perform to help people solve problems an improve their personal well-being.

Question 32

What are social services agencies?

Answer 32

Organizations providing social services that typically employ a range of helping professionals including social worker in addition to office staff, paraprofessionals, and sometimes volunteers.

Question 33

What are the three Macro Practice skills?

Answer 33

1. agency or public social policies may require change
2. conducting projects within an agency or community
   contexts
3. planning and implementing new social service
   programs within an agency or community

Question 34

What are some things to know about social work practice with families?

Answer 34

It combines micro and mezzo practice because it involves a small group linked by ties of an intimate nature.
The major goal of family social work is to improve a family’s ability to function. It might involve teaching parenting skills, helping the family address a crisis, or linking the family with needed resources.

Question 35

What does NASW stand for?

Answer 35

National Association of Social Workers.

Question 36

What does CSWE stand for?

Answer 36

Council on Social Work Education

Question 37

Describe the “engagement” step of the planned-change process.

Answer 37

The initial period when practitioners orient themselves to be the problem at hand and begin to establish communication and a relationship with others also addressing the problem.

Question 38

Describe the “evaluation” step of the planned-change process.

Answer 38

The process of determining the extent to which a given intervention was effective in achieving its goals