Code of Ethics
Social workers continually strive to increase their professional knowledge and skills, and to apply them in practice.
Competence
This framework is a foundational concept in social work that emphasizes the interplay between individuals and their environments.
Person-in-Environment
This social worker was one of the first women to receive a Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded in 1931.
Jane Addams
When considering a diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, at least some of the symptoms must be present prior to this age.
12
Diagnosing and Treating Mental Health Conditions
Social workers act honestly and responsibly, in accordance to the profession's mission, values, and ethical principles.
Integrity
This is an interdisciplinary framework that studies complex systems and their interactions, emphasizing the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Systems Theory
This social worker was the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of a US President. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor, she drafted much of the New Deal legislation in the 1940's.
Frances Perkins
Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) has different time criteria for diagnosis. In adults, symptoms must persist for at least 12 months after the identified loss. For children, the symptoms of grief must be intense and impair functioning for this amount of time.
6 Months
The term "Social Worker" is often over generalized to refer to any professional in a social-service setting. In fact, it was in this year that the state of Missouri initiated title protection that formally restricted the phrase to individuals with appropriate degrees or licensure.
2003 with the passing of HB 332. (Will also accept 2004 for full enforcement deadline)
Social Workers treat each person in a caring and respectful manner, mindful of individual differences, and cultural and ethnic diversity.
Dignity and Worth of the Person
This, which is also known as social cognitive theory, was developed by psychologist Albert Bandura. It posits that learning occurs by observing other and modeling their behavior.
Social Learning Theory
The American social work profession was established in this century to ensure that immigrants and other vulnerable people gained tools and skills to escape economic and social poverty.
19th century
This diagnosis can be considered when a child/adult exhibits emotional or behavioral symptoms within 3 months of a specific stressor that causes significant impairment in important areas of functioning. Of note, the distress must be out of proportion to the severity or intensity of the stressor and not be better explained by another disorder such as major depression or PTSD.
Adjustment Disorder
Social Workers are at the forefront of salary equity efforts as it's often suggested they are in it "for the outcome, not the income." It's this SW specialty that consistently ranks as the highest average earned income.
Private Practice
Social Workers understand that relationships between people, and among people are an important vehicle for change.
Importance of Human Relationships
Used for clients who are experiencing crisis and trauma, such as victims of domestic violence, Drs. Albert Roberts and Allen Ottens developed a model called this, which includes seven distinct stages.
Crisis Intervention Model
It wasn't until the rise of these two revolutions that the informal helping systems of the church and family began to be replaces by formal social welfare services.
Industrialization and urbanization
Trichotillomania, excoriation, and nail biting are categorized as these...which may be seen in someone with an anxiety disorder or other obsessive-compulsive disorders.
Repetitive Body-Focused Behaviors (BFRBs)
National surveys suggest that Social Work is among the top five professions as having the highest levels of stress and burnout. However, it was also named one of the fastest growing careers in the United States by this regulatory body.
US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Social worker put service to others above self-interest.
Service to Humanity
A psychosocial approach that involves identifying and changing negative thought patterns to modify behavior, this suggests that our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are connected cyclically and can be altered by examining how out thinking impacts our emotions and subsequent actions.
Cognitive Behavioral Theory
The first professional medical social workers in the United States were hired at this hospital nearly 10 years after their peers in England.
Massachusetts General Hospital
While commonly referred to as "Post Partum Depression", the DSM5 codes the condition as This "with peripartum onset".
Major Depressive Disorder
Social Work is often associated as working directly with people, when in fact, nearly 15% of social workers primarily practice at this level of work which includes roles in policy development, administration and leadership, advocacy, community organization, and research.
Macro Work