Contemporary Social Work Practice Flashcards
Social work has the following in common with other helping professions, such as counseling, psychology, and psychiatry:
They all have a common core for interviewing and counseling skills
Which of the following is NOT true about general systems theory?
Major terms include person-in-environment, interface, and adaptation
Maintaining a relatively stable, constant state of equilibrium or balance is the definition of the _____ concept in systems theory.
Homeostasis
The mutual reliance of each person on each other person is the definition of which of the following ecological terms?
Interdependence
_____ in the macro social environment are values and beliefs held by people in the social environment that are strong enough to influence people’s activities, including how government is structured or restricted.
Social forces
The NASW Code of Ethics addresses the social worker’s ethical responsibilities to:
All of the above
(Society, Clients & Colleagues)
_____ is the act of representing, championing, or defending the rights of others.
Advocacy
A generalist practitioner performing the role of _____ links client systems to needed resources.
Broker
____ is defined as each individual’s right to make his or her own decisions.
Self-determination
Barriers to attentive listening in the intent of the communication include:
Vagueness
__ involves being in tune with how a client feels and conveying to that client that you understand.
Empathy
Which of the following should NOT be undertaken at the very beginning of the interviewing process?
Goal attainment scaling
____ is defined as translating what you think the client is feeling into words.
Reflective responding
____ involves seeking meaning beyond that of clarification.
Interpretation
Self-disclosure:
Should always relate in some way to the client’s feelings or situation
Discrepancies that social workers frequently target for confrontation include:
All of these are correct.
(Incongruities in verbal statements,
Inconsistency between statements and nonverbal behavior &
Conflict between clients and the situation in which they find themselves)
Which of the following factors should be considered when using confrontation?
Demonstrate respect for the client throughout the confrontation
The specialized type of research that is based on the belief that it is important to work directly with those who are affected by a situation and involve them in the process of gathering data, analyzing the results, and translate the findings to decision makers is called _____ research.
Participatory Action
The primary function of a ____ role is to assist the client in obtaining needed resources.
Broker
It is typical in group development for the most conflict to occur during the ____ stage.
Second
Most deliberative bodies make decisions by:
Majority
Which of the following is considered a task role?
Information seeker
The ____ in a group is usually the one who says “Yes, but…” to all ideas.
Blocker
Assertiveness training typically uses _____ to help group members develop and use new skills.
a and c
Improving an agency’s service might be an appropriate focus for:
Program consultation
_____ involves building the competency of a group or community to undertake large-scale change.
Capacity development
Warmth, empathy, and genuineness are important intervention skills at which level(s)?
All of the above
(Micro, Mezzo & Macro)
Which of the following would be considered a macro skill important in macro practice?
Fund-raising
A budget in which each proposed expenditure is listed individually is called:
Line item
A _____ budget is also known as a functional budget.
Program
Separating people from the problem is basic to:
Negotiating
All of the following are true regarding coalitions except:
Coalitions are always developed to respond to a specific problem and then disbanded when the problem is rectified
When action systems and target systems goals are sharply divergent, ____ is appropriate.
Confrontation
All of the following are true about the role of organizer in social work except:
Where indigenous leadership already exists, the worker may become a mentor or teacher
All of the following are true except:
The only place you cannot conduct the engagement process is on a city street
Which of the following is (are) true about assessment?
It always involves making judgments
The fourth step in the assessment phase of the Generalist Intervention Model is:
Identify client strengths
Before considering whether a problem should be worked on or not, a worker should consider which of the following criteria?
Does the client recognize that the problem exists?
Which of the following is (are) true regarding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)?
It is an assessment mechanism upon which specific intervention can be built
Which of the following dimensions was NOT listed in the text as relevant for assessing family structure?
Motivation
Which of the following is true regarding home visits?
Home visits should be scheduled at the client’s convenience
The text cited ______ as an Internet source which gathers information and data on policy issues, local and state programs, and program designs.
Economic Success Clearinghouse
The final step in the planning stage of the Generalist Model is:
Formalize a contract
Which of the following is not true about establishing goals?
Goals are selected by the worker
The following is an example of the “conditions” portion of an ideal objective:
Participating in a crafts activity hour offered four times each week
The following is (are) true about contracts:
Contracts written by workers and clients are not legal documents
The social work value of _____ is an important variable in culturally competent practice because clients must be confident that their choices have precedence in deciding whether and to what to agree.
Self-determination
The following is (are) true regarding formulating goals and objectives in groups:
a and b only
When prioritizing problems, you decide that the most significant problem is that there is no health delivery service in the targeted area. People are not getting health care because there is none. You begin initiating an entire health program with facilities to be set up in the area where the care is needed. This is an example of a:
Prevention intervention
In program planning, a ____ is a systematic assessment of the resources needed to accomplish a specified objective, and concurrent evaluation of an organization’s existing and anticipated capabilities for providing those resources.
Feasibility study
