History of SSW

Question 1

What are the 11 principles of SSW?

Answer 1

• Individualization
• Acceptance
• Non-judgemental attitude
• Confidentiality
• Client self determination
• Purposeful expression of feelings
• Appropriate emotional involvement
• Use of self
• Relational empowerment
• Embracing human diversity
• Challenging Social Injustices

Question 2

What are the 5 concepts of social service work?

Answer 2

Assessment, person in the situation, relationship, process and intervention

Question 3

What is scientific philanthropy? When was it introduced?

Answer 3

The study of social situation; it was introduced in the 1920s

Question 4

What’s the significance of 1921-1930?

Answer 4

1) Freudian influence - psychology of social behaviour influenced social casework theory
2) Development of intervention; referred to as ‘treatment’ - goal was to help the client ‘adjust’. More attention to theory and education
3) The focus was on the individual and their behaviour, attitudes, relationships and childhood

Question 5

What is the significance of 1931-1945?

Answer 5

1) Development of ‘person in the situation’
2) Recognition that problems were individual and social
3) Helping process; ‘study, diagnosis and treatment’
4) Great Depression Era; past explanations for poverty no longer stood true

Question 6

What is the significance of 1946-1960?

Answer 6

1) Biestek; 7 principles of a relationship between caseworker and client; individualization, expression of feeling, client self determination, confidentiality, acceptance, non judgmental attitude, controlled emotional environment
2) Social functioning perspective; problems not pathological
3) Middle class clients experienced pressure for conformity and acceptance

Question 7

What is the significance of 1961 - 1975?

Answer 7

1) Rise in the use of Social Systems Theory
2) Concern for new problems, clients, services and utilization of old methods in newer ways. Need to use a variety of methods to address complex problems
3) Bartlett; social functioning, professional judgement Ina assessment and intervention
4) Meyer; process of individualization intervene points and plans of action

Question 8

What is the significance of 1976 - 1990?

Answer 8

1) Difficult era; inflation, unemployment, social welfare system issues
2) Beginning of Feminist Perspective
3) FOCUS: Client empowerment, personal is political, acknowledgment of the client’s social and political stressors, working to change the environmental systems
4) See the person in the problem; not the problem in the person

Question 9

What is the significance of 1991 - 2000?

Answer 9

1) Emphasis on empowerment
2) Case management; outreach, screening, assessment, care planning, service arrangements, monitoring reassessments
3) Feminists social workers; Calls for a holistic view - lower power imbalance between counsellor and client; help clients connect with others they can relate; change the systems that created problems
4) Generalist perspective: assessment, person in the situation, intervention, relationships, process

Question 10

The four contributing factors of the future of Social Work are:

Answer 10

1) Demographics (ex. More diverse and accessible employment than Children’s Aid)
2) Privatization (ex. Self employment)
3) Funding cutbacks
4) Technology

Question 11

When did the SW profession began?

Answer 11

In the late 19th and 20th centuries