FINAL EXAM PART 1 Flashcards
Where did social work practice with individuals and families originate?
originated in charity organizations.
people would volunteer with charity organizations to provided one on one support to those living in poverty.
Clinical Social Work
•Case Management
•Service Navigation
•Advocacy
What are the components of the social work relationship?
Define them and identify the processes inherent in the social work relationship.
Care and concern
Genuineness
Empathy
Collaboration
hope is a neglected factor
Processes:
1. Client Centered approach: focusing on individual & families and highlighting their active involvement in solutions
- Self awareness: recognizing biases, and privilege
- Attunement: paying attention to clients reaction to them and their work together
How many phases are involved in the helping process? What are they?
- Exploration and Assessment
- Contracting/Planning
- Implementation/Intervention
- Ending and Evaluation
Describe the importance of self-awareness.
Develop care and concern for families & individuals
identify bias and privelidge
aware of their own reactions, beliefs, and
experiences.
What is included within a written assessment?
- how individuals and families understand their issues
- what they hope to be different after their social work encounter
- strengths and limitations
Why is it important to clarify the importance of your work with clients?
It is important to clarify the importance of your work with clients as a key element of the Contract/Planning phase of the helping process.
You should review this phase, and have knowledge of the key elements, including purpose, target problems, and goals.
What does a genogram identify?
is a visual representation of family
that illustrates a family’s history, structure,
demographics, functioning, and patterns of
relating to one another
Define family structure and tracking.
family structure: the way the family is organized including roles family members hold and closeness and distance between members
Tracking: observing patterns of interaction between family members while listening to the issues they are discussing
Define task group and treatment group, and provide examples.
Task: a group that focuses on completing a specific assignment or goal for
a clientele, organization or community
• Range from committee work (employees working
together to make recommendations) to action
groups (individuals who come together to
pressure a decision-making body)
Treatment: A group that focuses
primarily on socio-emotive or behavioural
needs of participants
• Range from therapy groups (behaviourally-
oriented eating disorder group) to self-help group
(Alcoholics Anonymous)
What social work theories are used with group and community work?
Cognitive Behavioural Theories
•Group interventions engage members’ feedback on other members’
interpretations in order to change and correct faulty thinking so that
one’s behaviour more closely matches the social situation.
•Ecosystems Theories
•Addresses problems of “fit” between group interactions and
individual needs are named and used to enhance group cohesion
and support individual growth.
•Narrative Theories
•Members listen to their own stories as well as the stories of others,
which provides members with the opportunity to address negative or
damaging life stories and collaborate in the stories reconstructions.
What is the difference between an open and a closed group?
Open group a group where members can come and
go at any time during the life of the group;
members leave when they feel ready and return if a
need arises
Closed group a group with fixed or closed
membership where membership does not change
during the life of the group
What is cohesion and how does it function within a group?
Concept in understanding group dynamics.
Refers to a sense of belonging shared by a group of people who feel accepted by each-other
must be present to engage in therapeutic factors such as creating a trusting environment for members to share freely and give each other constructive feedback
Without cohesion group way disband in achieving its goals
What are the modes of community social work practice? Define them.
Locality development: participatory approach. engage variety of community members to plan a interventon that contributes to change
social planning: technical aspects of problem solving. relies on analysis, statistical data to identify community needs
social action: assumes presence of marginalized group and seeks change via programs. Seek to organize change. defend rights
Describe the difference between social capital, bonding capital, and bridging
capital.
Social capital: features of social organizations
such as networks, norms, and social trust that facilitate
coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit.
Bonding capital: interactions or
relationships that reinforce a common identity and
exclude outsiders and is likely to be found within families or within members of an immigrant group.
Bridging capital extends across diverse and weakly connected social spheres, such as business associates or friends from different ethnic groups.
- What does group and community work look like with Indigenous Peoples?
Outline the stages of group development and the key changes taking place within
each stage.
Stage 1: Forming • Characteristics of Stage 1: Forming • Discussion and clarification of group purpose • Relationship building • Boundary setting
Stage 2: Storming
• Characteristics of Stage 2: Storming
• Storming (or conflict) is a natural stage in a
groups’ life
Norming
• Characteristics of Stage 3: Norming
• Initial development of group norms such as:
• Active listening to members’ ideas
• Refraining from interrupting
• Agreeing to be open; yet honouring privacy
Stage 4: Performing
• Characteristics of Stage 4: Performing
• Having moved through the storming and
entered norming; the group is now ready to
focus on the work that brought them to the
group
Stage 5: Adjourning
• Characteristics of Stage 5: Termination
• Processing of socio-emotional life of the group
and feelings members may have for one another,
the leader, and the group
Who are the Indigenous Peoples outlined by the constitution?
Indigenous Peoples were the original
inhabitants of what the Haudenosaunee
Nation call Turtle Island (also known as
North America)
•Three groups of Indigenous Peoples are:
Indians, Métis and Inuit
Define colonization. How does colonization continue to affect Indigenous Peoples
today?
Imposed a White, capitalist, patriarchal
governance structure
taking over sovereignity of another nation
refers to the invasion or taking over sovereignty of another nation. •Indian Act •Reserve System •Status/Non-Status registration system based on blood quantum and historical policy •Impact of Colonization: •Poverty •High unemployment rate •Lack of education •Inadequate or lack of affordable housing •Dependency on social services
What is a worldview and how does it inform social work practice?
A worldview is the lens through which a group of
people sees the world, their values, and their
relationship
Anti-oppressive perspective: oppression
is the cause of social problems, not individual
deficiency
•Postmodern Perspective: reality only
comes into being through how one interprets
the world around them, therefore, there are
many truths!
•Post-colonial/Anti-colonial Theory:
decolonization
Describe assimilation and its impact on Indigenous Peoples.
integrating people into a larger group by minimizing or eliminating the differences held by the smaller group
•”Kill the Indian in the child”
•Residential Schools
•60s Scoop
What is the difference between status and non-status?
Status/Non-Status registration system based on blood quantum and
historical policy
- What was the “Sixties Scoop”?
removal of a high number of Indigenous children
from their families in the 1960s.
Identify acts of resistance taken on by Indigenous Peoples.
Acts of Resistance:
•Idle No More
•Canadian Roots Exchange
What are the theoretical frameworks within social work practice that emerged
from Indigenous worldviews?
Indigenous Worldviews
as Theories
•Anti-oppressive perspective: oppression
is the cause of social problems, not individual
deficiency
•Postmodern Perspective: reality only
comes into being through how one interprets
the world around them, therefore, there are
many truths!
•Post-colonial/Anti-colonial Theory:
decolonization
Describe resettlement and its impact on migrant groups.
Resettlement refers to the process by
which refugees are given permanent legal
residency in a settlement country
Three categories of permanent residents in Canada: •Economic Immigrant •Family Class •Refugee
What is included within the family immigration class?
foreign nationals sponsored by close relatives or family members in canada and includes spouses and partners, dependent children, parents and grandparents
Define undocumented migrant, refugee claimant, and temporary foreign worker.
•An undocumented migrant is a person who has come to Canada as a visitor, student, or temporary worker, or
refugee claimant and then has continued residence in
Canada after either visa expiration or denial of a refugee
claim
A refugee claimant is a temporary resident in the
humanitarian population category who requests refugee
protection upon or after arrival in Canada but whose claim
has not yet been decided
•A temporary foreign worker is a person hired by a
Canadian employer to fill temporary labour and skill
shortages
- What is the difference between integration and acculturation?
Integration is participation in
economic, social, cultural, and political areas of life of a settlement country while retaining
connections to one’s country of origin
Acculturation refers to a process of
adaptation between two cultures, particularly
how traditions, values, language, and beliefs
change as they come into contact with a new
(usually dominant) culture
- What is the Safe Third Country provision?
he Safe Third Country provision of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act forces most refugee claimants who have transited through the USA to seek asylum there
- Outline the Stages Of Migration Framework.
Prior to leaving the country of origin:
Understanding why migrants left the country of
origin
in Transit/Flight from the country of origin:
Understanding the trajectory (time,
circumstances, temporary resettlement, etc.)
Settlement in a new country:
Understanding issues of settlement, integration,
acculturation, assimilation
- Describe the Live-In-Caregiver Program.
In order to obtain permanent residency and
be able to reunite with their families,
workers in the Live-In Caregiver Program
need the equivalent or 24 – 48 months of
live-in employment
- What are the factors that challenge migrants during settlement?
Goals and expectations Language proficiency Education and employment issues Housing issues Health issues Availability of social support
