Values and Roles of Social Work
Name of three of the core values of Social Work
Service, dignity and worth of a person, importance of human relationships, social justice, competence, integrity (any of these are correct)
Name two populations that are most vulnerable to poverty.
What is the most reported type of child maltreatment?
Neglect
What is a word to define government programs, services, and institutions?
Social Welfare
Do social workers just take away children?
NO! We are so much more than that!
What is one of the three levels of practice for social workers?
Macro, Mezzo, Micro (any of these are correct)
What kid of poverty helps establish the poverty line?
Absolute
What is DCS?
DCS or CPS is for child safety and they assess if a child is safe.
What is evidence based practice?
Decisions or interventions that are used based on evidence that was gathers proving the intervention works and does not have adverse effects.
What does multidisciplinary mean?
What is direct practice?
One-to-one work with a client.
What did the Elizabethan Poor Laws do?
Helped to establish the deserving and undeserving poor
What is child welfare?
The promotion of well-being and safety of
children
What social welfare policy was created when Obama was president?
Affordable care act
What 'agency' did W.E.B Du Bois found?
The NAACP (national association for the advancement of colored people)
What is Advocacy?
Purposeful actions that help people advance their rights.
What did the great depression help establish?
Name all of the types of child maltreatment
Sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional maltreatment, and neglect
What is the difference between medicaid and medicare?
Medicaid is based on income and financial while medicare is for age or disability.
What is Ethnocentrism?
The belief that one's ethnicity is better than others
What is strengths-based perspective?
A perspective social workers use that focuses on the strengths of the client and not weaknesses. Used to show client their own strengths when they may not see it.
What is relative poverty?
A measure that compares a person’s wages with what is the norm or average to determine whether that person is experiencing poverty
What are the characteristics of neglect?
malnutrition, poor hygiene, inappropriate clothing, poor school performance.
What aspect of care has bureaucracy started to effect when it comes to decision making?
Health care
What is the EPAS?
It is the educational policy accreditation standards. It is a set of standards to help frame the social work education system.