True or False
Cultural Competency is the belief that everyone deserves equal access to economic, political and social rights.
False: Social Justice is the belief that everyone deserves equal access to economic, political and social rights
This major economic crisis of the 1930s led to the creation of federal relief programs, unemployment assistance, and the Social Security Act, transforming the government’s role in supporting vulnerable populations.
How the Great Depression influenced social welfare policy
NASW
National Association of Social Workers
What type of advocacy (case or cause) focuses on helping an individual client or family with their specific needs?
Case
What is the term for discrimination based on age?
Ageism
Probation is a sentence given to an offender that is often in place of incarceration, and that has specific requirements and conditions.
True
Historically, have men or women been more likely to experience poverty?
Women
DSM
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Clean needle exchanges, Narcan distribution, and fentanyl test strips aim to reduce negative consequences of drug use in what practice?
Harm reduction
SNAP is commonly known as this
Food stamps
Risky sexual behavior and substance use are not potential concerns to assess when working with older adults.
False: along with depression and anxiety, these are both concerns to assess when working with older adults
Pharmaceutical companies marketing these prescription drugs as non-addictive and overprescribing by doctors, led to what deadly epidemic?
The current opioid epidemic
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
This concept views clients not as isolated individuals but as people shaped by their surroundings, including family, community, and larger social systems.
Person in environment
This program provides health insurance for individuals who are considered low-income
Medicaid
Mandated reporters must report suspected abuse or neglect of vulnerable individuals, most commonly children, but laws also often cover elderly individuals and adults with disabilities.
True: Mandated reporters are obligated to report the harm, neglect, or abuse of protected populations (children, those with disabilities, and the elderly).
Early social workers were first referred to as "______"
friendly visitors, charity workers, or philanthropy workers
CPS
Child protective services
Give an example of person-first language
An individual or person with bipolar disorder
-Placing the person before the disability
This program provides health insurance for people over 65
Medicare
Client confidentiality can never be broken
False
Do Liberal or Conservative ideologies support a more robust safety net for poor people and social intervention?
Liberal
SSDI
Social security disability income
According to the NASW code of ethics, Self-Determination and Cultural Competence are listed as ethical ______ to clients.
Responsibilities
Name all 3 levels of social work practice
Micro- individual
Mezzo- family or groups
Macro- communities or organizations