dictionary quiz 1 Flashcards
Absolute confidentiality
a position held by some professionals that no information about a client shall be disclosed to others, regardless of circumstances. The social worker who practices this position would not put the information obtained from a client into any written form.
Accountability
the state of being answerable to the community, to consumers of a product or service, or to supervisory groups such as a board of directors. An obligation of a profession to reveal clearly what its functions and methods are and to provide assurances to clients that its practitioners meet specific standards of competence
Action system
the people and resources in the community with whom the social worker deals to achieve desired changes.
Activist role
in social work, a rejection of the so-called objective or neutral stance in favor of taking specific actions on behalf of the client system. These actions may include engaging in overt side talking, making specific recommendations to clients, leading campaigns to change a social institution, or exerting an influence on client values.
Adult protective services (APS)
human services often including social, medical, legal, residential, and custodial care that may be provided for adults who are unable to provide such care for themselves or who have no others to provide it. Such people often are incapable of acting judiciously on their own behalf and, thus, are vulnerable to being harmed by or to inflicting harm on others. In such situations, and typically after a legal decision has been made, the social agency or other care facility provides the relevant services until it is no longer deemed necessary
Assessment
the process of determining the nature, cause, progression, and prognosis of a problem and the personalities and situations involved therein; the social work function of acquiring an understanding of the problem, what causes it, and what can be changed to minimize or resolve it
Broker role
a function of social workers and community organizers in which clients are helped identify, locate, and link available community resources, and various segments of the community are put in touch with one another to enhance their mutual interests.
Case aide
in social work a paraprofessional who helps the social worker, as a member of a social work team, to provide specified services for the client. Most case aides are paid employees of the social workers agency, but some are volunteers or part of the natural helping network.
Case management
a process to plan, seek, advocate for, and monitor services, resources and support from different social agencies to enhance clients’ strengths and wellbeing in helping them achieve their goals. Case management is an intervention that involves collaboration with a variety of relevant service providers, including the client, and the client’s family system.
Change agent
a social worker or other helping professional or a group of helpers whose purposes is to facilitate improvement.
Child protective services (CPS)
Human services, often including social, medical, legal, residential, and custodial care, which are provided to children whose caregiver is not providing their needs. Social workers who work in units of government agencies often help legal authorities with investigations to determine if children are in need of such services, help children obtain services themselves.
Child welfare
programs and policies oriented toward the protection, care, and health development of children. Within a national, state, and local policy and funding framework, child welfare services are provided to vulnerable children and their families by public and nonprofit agencies with the goals of ameliorating conditions that put children and families at risk.
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
The national voluntary organization for promoting the interest of children. It sets standards for the child welfare field; publishes books, journals, and training materials; provides information, training, and consultation; provides technical leadership to state and local governments; and advocates for public policies and programs that ensure that needed services are available to protect and support vulnerable children and strengthen families
Client system
the client and those in the client’s environment who are potentially influential in contributing to a resolution of the client’s problems.
Clinical social work
the professional application of social work theory and methods to the treatment and prevention of psychosocial dysfunction, disability, or impairment, including emotional and mental disorders.
