Chapter One

Question 0

s.w purpose

Answer 0

enhancing human well-being and helping meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, andliving in poverty

Question 1

generalist s.w.

Answer 1

work directly with client systems at all levels, connect clients to available resources, intervene with organizations to enhance equitable distribution of resources and research all aspect of s.w practice

Question 2

Purpose of SW

Answer 2

• enhancing people’s capacities to resolve problems, cope and function effectively.
• linking clients with needed resources.
• improving the social service delivery network.
• promoting social justice through the development of social policy.

Question 3

Universal basic needs

Answer 3

those needs that all people share, including needs for physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual grouwth

Question 4

Physical needs

Answer 4

food, shelter and clothing;opportunities for physical development; and essential health care

Question 5

Intellectual development

Answer 5

when opportunities synchronize with individual capacity.

Question 6

Emotional Development

Answer 6

Relationships with significant others and self-acceptance

Question 7

Social Growth

Answer 7

includes socialization needs and developing meaningful relationships with other

Question 8

Spiritual Growth

Answer 8

discovering a meaning for life that provides purpose and transcends everyday experience.

Question 9

Motivational Needs

Answer 9

Maslow’s hierarchical

1. physiological necessities - food, water cleep
2. security
3. belongingness and love
4. esteem
5. Self-actualization - maximal potential

Question 10

Personal development

Answer 10

related to physical welfare, psychological welll-being, intellectual development, interpersonal relationships, and spiritual growth.

Question 11

Life tasks

Answer 11

Daily living such as growing up in the family, learning in school, entering the work world, marrying and rearing a family.

-also traumatic situations of life such as bereavement, separation, illness or financial difficulties

Question 12

Identity Development

Answer 12

Mens identity is seen through masculine traits such as autonomy, independence and achievement

Women identity reflect nurturing, caregiving, and helping.

Question 13

Cultural strengths

Answer 13

The values, customs, and symbols associated with each society reflect diversity in cultural heritage and define cultural identity

-they share particular traits, customs, values, and symbols. A source of pride and esteem, cultural identity offers a sense of belonging

Question 14

Physical environment

Answer 14

Include natural and human constructed world and it temporal and spatial arrangements, affects how people view possibilities, meet goals and fulfill needs.

-ecological needs (clean water, uncontaminated soil, and pure air), space for living, housing arrangements, and transportation provisions.

Question 15

CSWE

Answer 15

Competencies for social workers

Question 16

Identify as a professional social worker and conduct neself accordingly.

Answer 16

• advocate for cliet access to the services of SW
• practice personal reflection and self-correction to assure continual professional development.
• attend to professional roles and boundaries
• demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and communication
• engage in career-long learning
• use supervision and consultation

Question 17

Apply SW ethical principles to guide professional practice

#2 CSWE

Answer 17

• Recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice.
• Apply ethical standards and laws relevant to SW
• Tolerate ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts.
• Apply strategies of ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions

Question 18

Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
CSWE #3

Answer 18

• Distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based knowledge, and practice wisdom.
• Analyze model of assessment, prevention, intervention, and evaluation.
• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication in working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities, and colleagues.

Question 19

Engage diversity and difference in practice.

CSWE #4

Answer 19

• Recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures and values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create or enhance privilege and power.
• Gain sufficient self-awareness to eliminate the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse groups.
• Recognize and communicate their understanding of the iportance of difference in shaping life experiences.
• View themselves as learners and engage those with whom they work as informants.
• `Recognize an communicate their understanding of the importance

Question 20

Advance human rights and social and economic justice

CSWE #5

Answer 20

• Understand the forms and mechanism of oppression and discrimination.
• Advocate for human rights and social and economic justice.
• Engage in practices that advance social and economic justice.

Question 21

Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research
CSWE #6

Answer 21

• Use practice experience to inform scientific inquiry.

- Use research evidence to inform practice.

Question 22

Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment.
CSWE #7

Answer 22

• Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the process of assessment, interventions and evaluation.
• Critique and apply knowledge to understand person and environment

Question 23

Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services.
CSWE#8

Answer 23

• Analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance social well-being.
• Collaborate with colleagues and clients for effective policy action.

Question 24

Respond to context that shape practice

CSWE#9

Answer 24

• Continuously discover, appraise, and attend to changing locales, populations, scientific and technological developments and emerging societal trend to provide relevant services.
• Demonstrate leadership in promoting sustainable changes.

Question 25

Engage, assess, intervene and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organization and communities.
CSWE #10

Answer 25

Engagement:

• Substantively and affectively prepare for action with individuals, families, groups organizations and communities
• Use empathy and other interpersonal skills
• Develop a mutually agreed-on focus of work and desired outcomes

Assessment:

• Collect, organize and interpret client data.
• Assess client strengths and limitations.
• Develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals and objectives.
• Select appropriate intervention strategies

Intervention:

• Initiate actions to achieve organizational goals.
• Implement prevention and interventions that enhance client capacities.
• Help clients resolve problems.
• Negotiate, mediate and advocate for clients.
• Facilitate transitions and endings

Evaluation:
-Critically analyze, monitor and evaluate interventions.