Chapter 2: History

Question 1

2 kinds of relief in Poor Law of 1601?

Answer 1

poorhouses (elderly/sick), workhouses (ablebodied)

Question 2

charity visitors identified if applicant was ___or ____

Answer 2

deserving poor; undeserving poor

Question 3

Factory Act of 1833

Answer 3

made it illegal for children <9 to work in textile factories

Question 4

first Poor Law followed this major historical event

Answer 4

Bubonic Plague

Question 5

in 1869, proponents of better organization for charitable assistance in England formed the ____

Answer 5

Charity Organization Society (later Family Welfare Association)

Question 6

what is settlement house movement?

Answer 6

workers move in to neighbourhoods they help–>connected to start of schools of SW

Question 7

founder of US settlement house mvmt and considered early influencer of SW

Answer 7

Jane Addams

Question 8

individualist view of poverty

Answer 8

result of personal failing or character weakness

Question 9

the turn of the twentieth century marks the era of:

Answer 9

social reform

Question 10

idea that political community should seek to ensure that members can all enjoy at least minimally decent standard of living

Answer 10

social minimum

Question 11

what is scientific philanthropy?

Answer 11

move away from moral deservedness, rooted in social reform; encourage scientific assessment of human behaviour and ways of finding solutions

Question 12

Mary Richmond’s description of social work process (med model):

Answer 12

1) collection of social data on family hx and data pt prob
2) critical examination of material leading to diagnosis
3) develop case plan with involvement of client

Question 13

social work directly concerned with probs, needs, adjustments of individual cases, esp those involving study of person’s family hx and personal circumstances

Answer 13

casework

Question 14

first social work school?

Answer 14

U of T (then Macgill)

Question 15

what is social gospel mvmt?

Answer 15

1880s mvmt in Protestant churches that favoured more socially oriented church that work to improve living and labour conditions as well as basic social justice

Question 16

the CASW replaced the _____ which was originally called ____

Answer 16

social service council of Canada; moral and social reform league

Question 17

how did Great Depression shape worldviews on poverty?

Answer 17

shattered idea that market forces should be unregulated and ppl start to see that unemployment is socioeconomic prob requiring national response, not just personal prob solved by charity

Question 18

Canada’s first social worker?

Answer 18

Marguerite Bourgeoys

Question 19

the years of Maurice Duplessis in Quebec were called:

Answer 19

the great darkness

Question 20

___ approach emphasizes understanding of person’s prob by reference to causal events in their early life; ___ approach based on belief in potential of ppl to determine own future directions

Answer 20

diagnostic; functional

Question 21

time of huge expansion for social work profession

Answer 21

1960s-1970s

Question 22

in most Canadian jurisdictions, social work ___ body is separate from ___ association

Answer 22

regulatory; advocacy

Question 23

2 fundamental philosophies that pervade social service practice and impact INDG children:

Answer 23

1) assumption of pious motivation and effect 2) desire to improve others

Question 24

first step of reconciliation?

Answer 24

recognize harm without rationalizing

Question 25

what comes first: Aboriginal decision making or building capacity?

Answer 25

decision making

Question 26

how we rationalize harm instances:

Answer 26

1) acted based on sensibilities of day (we know better now) 2) didn’t know about harm 3) it was outside of their mandate 4) harm so appalling that it cannot be rationalized as coming form place of good intentions (they were immoral exceptions)

Question 27

what is Jordan’s principle?

Answer 27

child-first principle aimed at resolving gov jurisdictional disputes

Question 28

4 phases of reconciliation:

Answer 28

1) truth telling 2) acknowledging 3) restoring 4) relating

Question 29

5 principles to guide reconciliation:

Answer 29

self determination, holistic approach, structural interventions, culture and language, non-discrimination

Question 30

advocates of _____ supported extensive privatization, fiscal austerity, deregulation, free trade, reductions in gov spending to enhance role of private sector in economy

Answer 30

neo-liberalism

Question 31

what is the environmental justice mvmt?

Answer 31

protest fact that pppl who live, work and play in world’s most polluted and damaged enviros are most often ppl of colour and poor

Question 32

what is Idle No More?

Answer 32

Indigenous environmental sovereignty movement

Question 33

what is anti G20 mobilization?

Answer 33

anti-capitalist anti-colonial multi vulnerable group coordinated movement org to protest poverty, lack of inclusion, repressive immigration policies, enviro degradation

Question 34

future challenges for SW?

Answer 34

info technology, income inequality, demographic changes, economic globalization, immigration/multiculturalism

Question 35

what does stove-piped mean?

Answer 35

arranged in vertical hierarchies

Question 36

contemporary caring SW practice includes:

Answer 36

relationnship building, collaborative practice, interdisciplinary practice, evidence based practice, community based practice, mobility