Sherr and Jones Ch. 1 & 2

Question 1

Which type of practice works with individuals?

Answer 1

Micro

Question 2

Which type of practice works with families and smaller groups?

Answer 2

Mezzo

Question 3

Which type of practice works with communities and larger organizations?

Answer 3

Macro

Question 4

Which event is known for hosting the first national effort to define social work?

Answer 4

The Milford Conference (1929)

Question 5

One of the core principles of social work is to respect the _______ and _______ of a person.

Answer 5

Dignity and Worth

Question 6

There is a framework discussed by the authors that helps organize the core competencies of the profession into two groups. What are those groups?

Answer 6

Why we do and What we do

Question 7

List the four steps in the general interventionist model in order.

Answer 7

Engage, Assess, Intervene, Evaluate

Question 8

As they gain self-awareness, social work students can work to eliminate the influences of personal _______ and _______ as they work with diverse groups.

Answer 8

Biases and Values

Question 9

The authors state that after a social worker gathers facts and analyzes the situation, they must do what?

Answer 9

Decide on a plan of action

Question 10

True or False: Clinical social workers provide therapy and can diagnose patients

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What role does a social worker play when they are connecting clients to services?

Answer 11

Broker

Question 12

What role does a social worker play when they are bringing light to an injustice?

Question 13

_______ and gaining as full an understanding of a situation as possible is essential to good social work practice.

Answer 13

Fact-gathering

Question 14

What was the result of the Milford Conference?

Answer 14

A 92-page report describing the details of social work which produced eight commonalities between social workers in different settings.

Question 15

JUST TO READ: What are the 8 commonalities between social workers highlighted in the Milford Conference report?

Answer 15

1. Knowledge of typical deviations from accepted standards of live
2. The use of norms of human life and human relationships
3. The significance of social history as the basis of particularizing the human being in need
4. established methods of study and treatment of human beings in need
5. The use of established community resources in treatment
6. The adaptation of scientific knowledge and formulations of experience to the requirements of social work
7. The consequences of a philosophy which determines the purposes, ethics, and obligations of social work
8. The blending of the foregoing into social treatment

Question 16

1951 Report further attempting to define social work

Answer 16

The Hollis-Taylor Report

Question 17

What was the drive behind defining social work in the Hollis-Taylor report?

Answer 17

Assuring the public of their legitimacy and professionalism, preserving roles for future social workers, and personal piece of mind

Question 18

What is the title of the Hollis-Taylor report? How many pages is it?

Answer 18

Social Work Education in the United States, 422 p.

Question 19

Which report identified the levels of social work practice? What are those levels?

Answer 19

Hollis-Taylor (1951)
individuals, families, small groups, organizations, communities, etc.

Question 20

Which report identified the target of social work? What did they identify as the target?

Answer 20

Hollis-Taylor (1951)
the target was identified as interactions between groups and individuals as opposed to looking at only one or the other like a psychologist vs a sociologist

Question 21

What report introduced the purpose of Social Work? What was that purpose?

Answer 21

Hollis-Taylor (1951)
well-being of individuals and their communities

Question 22

True or False: The Hollis-Taylor Report provided a concise definition of Social Work as a whole.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

What year was NASW founded?

Answer 23

1955

Question 24

How was the NASW formed?

Answer 24

The leaders of 7 separate social work organizations agreed to join together as one association.

Question 25

The most concise definition to date was outlined in which report and by who? How many pages was the article?

Answer 25

the Working Definition of 1958, Harriet Bartlett and the NASW, 6 pages, and it still wasn't very concise

Question 26

He conducted a comprehensive study of social work that empirically supported the Working Definition's goals and values of social work

Answer 26

Boehm (1958, 1959)

Question 27

How did Boehm add to the definition of social work?

Answer 27

His study described the various levels of social work as involving practice with individuals, groups, and communities. He also asserted five specializations in social work.

Question 28

What were Boehm's 5 specializations outlined in his study aimed at adding to the Working Definition of Social Work?

Answer 28

1. casework 2. group work 3. community or organization 4. policy 5. research

Question 29

What did Boehm posit was the potential outcome of social work?

Answer 29

Enhancement of Social Functioning to include restoration of impaired capacity, provision of resources, and prevention of social dysfunction

Question 30

In 1962, he became the second prominent person to critique the Working Definition

Answer 30

Gordon

Question 31

Harriet Bartlett's final written contribution to defining social work is titled what?

Answer 31

The Common Base of Social Work Practice (1970)

Question 32

In The Common Base of Social Work Practice, what are the three main components of social worked identified by Bartlett?

Answer 32

1. direct and indirect practice 2. emphasis on enhancing and restoring social functioning 3. the use of professional interventions

Question 33

Who began the person-in-environment model for social work?

Answer 33

H. Bartlett in her 1970 book, The Common Base of Social Practice

Question 34

Meeting held in 1976 seeking to examine if a common conceptual framework could be articulated for the profession

Answer 34

The Madison Meeting

Question 35

True or False: In 1982, members of the IFSW met to further develop a definition of social work. This conference resulted in the most concise definition yet. A revised version serves as the ISFW's definition today.

Answer 35

True