Chapter 3 - Generalist Social Work Practice

Question 1

The client and those in their environment who might influence or help find a solution. Social workers help nuclear families, extended families, neighbors, teachers, employers, religious leaders, and others who make up a client
system.

Answer 1

Client System

Question 2

The ability to reflect on and integrate information to form a position, opinion, or conclusion that you can support when questioned.

Answer 2

Critical Thinking

Question 3

Social work activity that involves primarily one-on-one interactions with clients, many times individuals and families.

Answer 3

Direct Practice

Question 4

A perspective that builds on biological science and focuses on people and their social as well as physical environments.

Answer 4

Ecological Perspective

Question 5

An element in the change process that generalist social workers use to increase the change possibilities by helping people and groups access resources to gain control over their lives.

Answer 5

Empowerment Theory

Question 6

Using generic practice processes to work with client systems of all sizes; this type of practice recognizes change across multiple system levels and considers behaviors in the social environment.

Answer 6

Generalist Social Work Practice

Question 7

A principle integral to social work practice worldwide, which highlights the importance of understanding an individual and individual behavior in relationship to the environmental context in which that person lives and acts.
This is sometimes referred to as an ecological perspective to highlight how people are affected both positively and negatively by their surroundings.

Answer 7

Person-in-Environment Perspective

Question 8

The right of people, groups, communities, and organizations to decide their course of action; this concept supports the idea of freedom of choice.

Answer 8

Self-Determination

Question 9

A perspective that supports the role of clients in defining or assessing their conditions and describing what they would like to change based on their needs; it gives credence to the idea that every person has strengths to build on when solving problems.

Answer 9

Strengths Perspective

Question 10

A theory used by social workers to conceptualize problems within human systems and to introduce a change process. It allows for a multidimensional analysis of function, cause, and interrelations when considering avenues of change.

Answer 10

Systems Theory