L7: Professionals and Practitioners in Social Workers

Question 1

Social workers help clients use services from various institutions and organizations.

Answer 1

Case Manager / Coordinator

Question 2

Social workers link client systems, such as individuals, families, groups, and communities to needed resources and services.

Answer 2

Broker

Question 3

Social workers provide guidance to clients and assist them in solving problems and in making life-changing decisions.

Answer 3

Counselor

Question 4

Social workers educate clients to help them gain knowledge and skills to address their problems.

Answer 4

Educator

Question 5

Social workers facilitate group activities and discussions.

Answer 5

Facilitator

Question 6

Social workers help resolve arguments and disagreements among client systems in conflict.

Answer 6

Mediator

Question 7

Social workers identify and organize human, material, technical, and financial resources to help address the needs of their client.

Answer 7

Mobilizer

Question 8

Social workers speak on behalf of their clients to promote fair and equitable treatment or to gain access to resources.

Answer 8

Advocate

Question 9

Empowers clients to resolve problems.

Answer 9

Enabler

Question 10

Foster organizational development.

Answer 10

Facilitator

Question 11

Coordinates program and policy development.

Answer 11

Planner

Question 12

Acts as a mentor and guide for support and professional acculturation.

Answer 12

Colleague / Mentor

Question 13

Acts as an intermediary between individuals and resources.

Answer 13

Broker

Question 14

Assembles groups and organizations for resource development.

Answer 14

Convenor / Mediator

Question 15

Stimulates and energizes social change.

Answer 15

Activist

Question 16

Stimulates interdisciplinary cooperation for resource development.

Answer 16

Catalyst

Question 17

Identify vulnerable population and provides education.

Answer 17

Teacher

Question 18

Instructs or educates through staff development.

Answer 18

Trainer

Question 19

Conveys public information about social issues and social services.

Answer 19

Outreach Worker

Question 20

Engages in discovery for knowledge development.

Answer 20

Researcher / Scholar

Question 21

Defined as the use of professional roles, methods, and skills for implementing planned change in diverse settings.

Answer 21

Generalist Practice

Question 22

Allows social workers to understand their clients from their interactions with the people around them and their environment.

Answer 22

Systems Approach

Question 23

Social workers who come across clients suffering from substance misuse and addictions.

Answer 23

Substance Misuse and Addictions

Question 24

Social workers who deal with issues related to maturity, health and medicine, end of life, family relations and support.

Answer 24

Aging and Gerontology

Question 25

Ensures the safety and well-being of children.

Answer 25

Child and Family Social Work

Question 26

Respond to the needs and wants of inmates.

Answer 26

Justice and Corrections Social Work

Question 27

Help persons with developmental disabilities and their families to live normally as possible.

Answer 27

Developmental Disabilities

Question 28

Help workers and employees overcome and resolve their issues that affect work.

Answer 28

Employment and Occupational Social Work

Question 29

Often referred to as medical or health social workers.

Answer 29

Healthcare Social Work

Question 30

Involved in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders and mental illnesses.

Answer 30

Mental Health and Clinical Social Work

Question 31

Social work is a profession recognized all over the world (Zastrow, 2008).

Answer 31

International Social Work

Question 32

Primarily employed in social welfare agencies.

Answer 32

Management and Administration

Question 33

Improving systems to be better and address the clients' problems, such as child abuse, homelessness, and substance abuse, by proposing legislation, conducting research, and suggesting new approaches and programs.

Answer 33

Policy and Planning

Question 34

The social worker should uphold the primacy of the clients' well-being and interest.

Answer 34

Ethical Responsibilities to Client

Question 35

Social workers should treat colleagues with respect even when there are differences of opinion.

Answer 35

Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues

Question 36

Social workers who supervise or consult with other work practitioners should be competent, fair, and respectful in evaluating supervisees.

Answer 36

Ethical Responsibilities in Practice Settings

Question 37

Social workers should have the necessary competencies to do their job.

Answer 37

Ethical Responsibilities as Professionals

Question 38

Social workers should maintain and advance the values, ethics, knowledge, and mission of social work.

Answer 38

Ethical Responsibilities to the Social Work Profession

Question 39

Social workers should advance the general well-being of society and the development of people and communities.

Answer 39

Ethical Responsibilities to the Broader Society