Working with the Community

Question 1

Upstream thinking?

Answer 1

Examining the community surrounding individuals can help gain insight and effectiveness in helping can be achieved. Helpers are nurses, doctors, therapists etc. and they often focus just on the individual needs. Community focus= helping more than 1 individual

Question 2

What is a community?

Answer 2

Number of people who share distinct location, beliefs, interest, activity, other characteristics that identifies their commonality/differentiates them from those not sharing it

Question 3

Community agency?

Answer 3

Insinuation designed to provide social and psychological services to community

Question 4

Community orientation?

Answer 4

You design interventions that go beyond office/individual. Shift in thinking community as the client. Helping only the individual will maintain the status quo and this leads to reinforcing social injustices, inequalities, and discriminatory treatment.

Question 5

Community mental health movement?

Answer 5

Began in 1950s, based on idea that human problems are rooted in failures in social system.

Question 6

Stabilization>exploration

Answer 6

Human needs must be met first (food, shelter…). Someone who’s homeless isn’t going to benefit from self exploration/growth when they struggle to find food. We need to change the conditions that affects people rather than try to change people who are affected by conditions.

Question 7

How to become a skilled community practitioner?

Answer 7

Become familiar with resources in community, have knowledge of cultural backgrounds of clients, alter interventions to meet clients needs, implement program to apply to broad range of people, teach/empower client to be their own advocates, and connect with community.

Question 8

Roles of community workers?

Answer 8

Advocate, change agent, consultant, advisor, facilitator of indg support systems, and facilitator of indigenous healing systems.

Question 9

Advocate?

Answer 9

Speak on behalf of marginalized communities, help clients deal with institutional barriers, and get involved in activism

Question 10

Change agent?

Answer 10

Confront/bring about change within the system that contributes to the problems that clients face. Assist clients in developing power to bring change in their environment

Question 11

Consultant?

Answer 11

Encourage people from diverse cultures to learn skills to interact with forces in their communities.

Question 12

Advisor?

Answer 12

Initiates discussion with clients about ways to deal with environmental problems that contribute to personal problems

Question 13

Direct client services?

Answer 13

Focus on outreach activities in a population at risk for developing mental health issues

Question 14

Indirect client services?

Answer 14

Focus on client advocacy and work to empower disenfranchised

Question 15

Direct community services?

Answer 15

Focuses on preventative eduction, geared to the population at large

Question 16

Indirect community services?

Answer 16

Attempts to change social environment to meet needs of population by influencing public policy

Question 17

Educate the community?

Answer 17

Help community become aware of resources available to them, find creative ways to mitigate barriers to treatment, reduce stigma r/t mental health, and recognize community members as experts.