Careers
Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children.
What is Child, Family, & School Social Workers?
In most undergraduate programs, this remains the predominant and largest concentration, focusing on supporting vulnerable youth and home systems.
What is Child and Family Services?
This process, which should occur at the beginning of the helping relationship, ensures clients understand the purpose, risks, and limits of the services they are about to receive.
What is Informed Consent?
This theory explains how early bonds with caregivers (Secure, Anxious, or Avoidant) impact how we relate to others as adults.
What is Attachment Theory?
She is widely considered the "Mother of Social Work" and founded Hull House in Chicago.
Who is Jane Addams?
Engage in promoting or creating an intended public image for individuals, groups, or organizations.
What is Public Relations Specialist?
While programs vary by school, there are typically this many main "core" concentration tracks found in most national Human Services departments
What is five?
This is the total number of Ethical Standards outlined in the official NOHS (National Organization for Human Services) guidebook
What is 44?
In Family Systems Theory, this "H" term refers to the tendency of a family system to seek stability and stay the same, even if that state is unhealthy.
What is Homeostasis?
This 1990 Act prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life.
What is the ADA?
Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
What is Childcare Workers?
This 4-letter acronym is a tool used in recovery to check if you are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.
What is H.A.L.T.?
The Code of Ethics is broken down into this many specific sections
What is 7?
This 5-level "Pyramid" explains that a person cannot focus on self-esteem or "self-actualization" until their basic physiological needs like food and shelter are met.
What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
This 1965 program was added to the Social Security Act to provide health insurance specifically for low-income individuals and families.
What is Medicaid?
investigate allegations of abuse and neglect committed against children by those legally responsible to care for them.
What is Child Protective Services Caseworker?
This is the most frequently reported and indicated type of child maltreatment in the U.S.
What is Neglect?
If a client is a minor, records must often be kept for 7 years after they reach this specific age.
What is 18?
This learning theory suggests that behavior is learned through "Modeling" and observing others in a social context.
What is Social Learning Theory?
This 1917 book by Mary Richmond is considered the first professional "textbook" for human services.
What is Social Diagnosis?
A medical professional who helps a child cope with the challenges of hospitalization, illness, or a disability.
What is Child Life Specialist?
This is the scientific study of the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging.
What is Gerontology?
This is the specific Standard number in the NOHS code that explicitly prohibits sexual or romantic relationships with current clients.
What is Standard 6?
This framework is used to understand how historical and cultural events impact an entire generation as they age.
What is the Life Course Perspective?
This 1960s "War" led by President Lyndon B. Johnson created programs like Head Start and Job Corps.
What is the War on Poverty?