Discipline and Practice of Social Work

Question 1

• condition of being without adequate food, money, etc
• state of onw who lacks a social acceptable amount of money or material possession.

Answer 1

poverty

Question 2

Types of Poverty

Answer 2

• Cyclical poverty
• collective poverty
• case poverty

Question 3

that maybe widespread throughout a population, but the accurance itself is of limited duration

Answer 3

cyclical poverty

Question 4

poverty involves a relatively permanent insufficiency of means to secure basic needs

Answer 4

collective poverty

Question 5

similar to collective poverty in relative permanence but different from it in term of distribution

Answer 5

case poverty

Question 6

condition that maybe so general as to describe the average level of life in a society or that maybe concentrated in relatively large group

Answer 6

collective poverty

Question 7

it refers to the inability of an individual or family to secure basic needs

Answer 7

case poverty

Question 8

a helping profession; the main goal is to improve the society’s overall well being, especially for the most vulnerable population

Answer 8

social work

Question 9

is broad and diverse field; it offers a limitless range of career options

Answer 9

being a social worker

Question 10

examples of social worker in the Philippines

Answer 10

• community organiser in urban poor setting
• disaster response social worker
• school social worker
• medical social worker in a hospital
• NGO program coordinator for Indigenous community
• child welfare social worker
• community based rehabilitation social worker

Question 11

core mandates

Answer 11

• social change
• development
• cohesion
• empowerment
• liberation

Question 12

Principles

Answer 12

• respect for diversity
• upholding human rights and social justice

Question 13

Practice

Answer 13

• various forms of therapy and counselling
• group work
• policy formation
• interventions