Chapter Seven: Social Service Workers

Question 1

What are social service workers sometimes referred to due to their lower level of education?

Answer 1

Paraprofessionals.

Question 2

What led to the creation of the social service worker profession?

Answer 2

The expansion of the social welfare system and the increased demand for service providers.

Question 3

Where are about 70 percent of social service workers employed?

Answer 3

Healthcare organizations and social assistance offices.

Question 4

What duties are social service workers assigned?

Answer 4

Intake reports, referring clients to community resources, interventions, leading client groups, supervising volunteers, and admitting clients to appropriate programs.

Question 5

What’s the difference between social workers and social service workers?

Answer 5

Social service workers tend to have fewer responsibilities and less power.

Question 6

What trends drive the need for social service workers?

Answer 6

Community integration of people with disabilities, increase in social problems, and the retirement of older workers in social welfare occupations.

Question 7

What two provinces have a regulatory process to oversee social service workers?

Answer 7

Alberta and Ontario.

Question 8

What is the scope of practice for social service workers?

Answer 8

It is the assessment, treatment, and evaluation of individual, interpersonal, and societal problems.

Question 9

How do social service workers uphold the scope of practice?

Answer 9

Through work knowledge, skills, and strategies to achieve optimum social functioning.

Question 10

What sets out these principles and interpretations?

Answer 10

The Standards of Practice Handbook.