Chapter 2 Flashcards
social welfare
- definition
- includes governmental (3)
- allocation of resources
system used for helping people who are displaced (safety net)
- programs, services, institutions
- money, personnel, expertise
examples of governmental
- programs
- services
- institutions
- meals on wheels, big brother
- adult edu
- children and youth bureau
what impacts how a person thinks about policy issues
political, social, religious and economic ideologies
public assistance
- paid for by
- ex
- government tax
- medicaid
social insurance
- paid for by
- ex
- trusts not taxes
- medicaire, SS, unemployment insurance
means testing
A method for determining whether someone qualifies for a financial-assistance program
conservatives ideologies
- people at top have worked hard, earned their success
2. people in distress have caused their own problems and should pull themselves up by their own bootstraps
liberals ideologies
- support a more robust safety net for poor people
- support social intervention and change
- want to distribute resources to poor
social justice
- 3 things about what they do
- goals of advocacy (5)
- protect human rights
- provide basic human needs
- motivates social workers to be advocates
- protect human rights
- fairness
- equality
- freedom
- service
- nonviolence
- fairness
mutual aid
community’s responsibility
-Refers to the cooperative ( as opposed in competitive) factors operating in a society involving the voluntary exchange of resource and service for mutual benefit
poor laws of colonial america
- similar to
- 2 categories
- Elizabethan poor laws
- deserving and non deserving poor
charity organization societies
- definition
- women associated
- individual factors related to poverty, friendly visitors
- improve organizations of social services
- mary richmond, jane addams formed Hull house
mary richmond
- associated in which COS
- wrote first social book in
- introduced
- baltimore/philadephia COS
- 1917 - social diagnosis
- methodology, common body of knowledge
goal of a generalist practice
address problematic interaction between person’s and their environment
Elizabethan Laws
- definition
- deserving poor
- undeserving poor
gov decided that poor people need to be addressed by the community
- children, widows, senior citizens and disabled
- people who could work but don’t
self determination
The right of people groups, and communities to make choice, design a course of action, and live as independently as possible- is stressed repeatedly
ethnocentrism
Occurs when people believe their ethnic group and way of life are superior to others
what coursework do generalists take?
- foundation of
- 6 basic course
- additional courses
- additional concepts
-Liberal arts foundation (sociology, psychology, biology, economics, political science, statistics)
-Human Behavior in the Social Environment
Social Work Research
Social Policy
Social Work Methods or Practice
Field Education
Electives
-Social work core values
Self-determination
Critical thinking
absolute poverty
household income compared to nation’s income
relative poverty
when people are poor relative to those around them
- What programs were part of the Social Security Act in 1935?
- what was added to it later in the 1960s?
- social security and medicare
- food stamps, medicaid, headstart
What are the 5 steps involved in the social work change process?
- engagement
- assessment
- planning
- implementation
- evaluation
income
the amount of money that a person received in return for his services.
wealth
the net worth of a person, the total value of his assets minus his liabilities.
social work roles
- advocate
- broker
- case manager
- counselor
- mediator
- navigator
- researcher
advocate
someone who speaks up for disempowered people
broker
connects ind. to needed resources or services
case manager
takes responsibility for coordinating things that is going on in his/her life
counselor
uses one on one talk therapy to help create a rap-ore and relationship to help people with problems in life
mediator
- definition
- ex
gets involved in situations of conflict
-child custody, impartial reference
navigator
helps clients navigate through paperwork
researcher
develops new knowledge of info to help people down the road
engagement
forming relationship to elicit response from client
assessment
takes a long look at persons life and try to come up with diagnosis
implementation
carry out plan you created
feminiztion of poverty
- 77 cents on the male dollar
- Single & divorced mothers are more likely to be in poverty because they’re more likely to be responsible for children
patterns of income distribution and wealth disparity and the US
- Wealth more unequal than income
- Majority of wealth owned by about 10% of the population
groups at risk of being poor
women, people of color, children, homeless people
