Weeks 1-5
Individuals who receive social income support to live at a standard that is lower than if the individual were to be employed.
What is the "less eligibility" principle?
What was weeks 6 “area of practice"
Direct Work: Individuals, Families and Groups
Name a phase of work: goals, what wants to be discussed, needs and wants
Exploration/Assessment
Name the group type: to achieve something very specific, “doing something”, having concrete goals
Task Groups
What organization did Katherine say she works at?
Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres of Ottawa
Who developed the behaviour cognitive approach?
B. F. Skinner
Direct practice stems from what?
Charity organization societies
Name a phase of work: "going in there," making progress, depends on approaches used
Implementation/ Intervention
Name the group type: getting people together to chat and do activities, community integration etc.
Socialization groups
How many sessions did Katherine say is meant to be the most helpful for youth?
12-14
What approach works on the client’s inner world
Psychodynamic approach
A key diction between working with individuals vs community work
Focus on the well-being of known individuals
Explain the stage of group development: Forming
people coming together, developing cohesion and norms
What are Psycho-education groups?
teaching skills, EX when waiting for individual counselling might enter group to learn new skills on how to cope
What did Katherine say was one of the important characteristics of a sw-
being able to sit in discomfort, people need you to sit with them and allow them to feel crappy sometimes
How does someone become a social worker?
They go to school at an accredited university and register with the regulatory body
Used to see connections and relationships between family members
genogram
Explain the stage of group development: Storming
conflict immersion
What are Therapy Groups?
clinical, more therapeutically focused, emotional support “onion peeling”, goals towards emotional support, skill development and growth and change, improving person
What group was made to get students chatting and trusting one another, when there was no interest in individual counselling?
Girls crafting group, closed group
What does social location mean?
A combo of factors such as race, gender, age, economic status, religion, geographic location etc. that make up an individual
Name the 4 characteristics of social work relationships outlined in the textbook
Care and concern, Genuineness, Empathy, Collaboration
Name a phase of work AND Stage of group development: wrapping things up, closure
Ending/ Evaluation AND Adjourning
Difference between open and closed groups
Open (regular basis that anyone can show up at any time)
Closed groups (happens for a period of time and includes the same people each session)
Katherine said "the blank I write are theirs. What is the blank referring to?
Case notes, which clients can see at anytime