Strengths Perspective
The strengths perspective in social work evolved as an alternative to this type of approach.
Deficit-based
Another name for ecosystems perspective.
Ecological model or Person-in-environment perspective
This is considered a strengths-based approach to working with individuals who have experienced trauma.
Trauma-informed practice
(Trauma-sensitive; trauma-responsive)
Cultural humility draws attention to the _____ differential that can be inherent in the social worker - client relationship.
Power
Six core values of social work
Service; Social justice; Dignity and worth of the person; Importance of human relationships; Integrity; Competence
The strengths based perspective assumes all people have these.
Resources, relationships, knowledge, life experiences, and competencies.
Basic assumption of an ecosystems perspective.
Individuals are embedded within systems and in constant interaction with their environments.
The primary determinant of whether an experience is traumatic is based on whose perspective?
The people who are impacted by the experience.
Cultural humility requires social workers to engage in examining self-awareness and exploration of hidden this.
Bias
The social work role in which the social worker links clients to resources.
Broker
The strengths perspective aligns with these core values of the social work profession.
Social justice and dignity and worth of all people.
Based on this three-word phrase, environments either support adaptive functioning of individuals or cause strain an exacerbates challenges.
Goodness-of-fit
What percentage of clients are likely to have had exposure to trauma?
This framework, introduced into social work during the 1980's, has evolved to include self-awareness, knowledge of cultures, and cross-cultural communication and intervention strategies.
Cultural competence
The level of practice focused on organizational, community, and policy planning and development.
Macro
Social workers operating from a strengths perspective collaborate with clients to support client this which empowers clients to make their own decisions and find their own locus of control.
Self-determination
This principle suggests that there are multiple paths toward a single outcome.
Equifinality
Failure to be trauma-aware and adopt trauma-informed policies and practices may result in this client experience.
Re-traumatization
The position that resources and societal benefits should be allocated fairly among members according to a balance of need and effort.
Distributive justice
Concept which professes that all individuals should have equal and equitable rights to societal benefits, including creation of social systems that ensure the welfare of members, removal of barriers, and advocacy.
Social justice
Focusing on deficits, weaknesses, and failures erodes this in individuals.
Hope
This principle suggests that outcomes are not determined by a single starting point.
Multifinality
SAMSHA 6 Principles for Trauma Informed Practice
1) Safety; 2) trustworthiness; 3) peer support; 3) collaboration and mutuality; 4) empowerment, voice, & choice; 5) culture, history, and gender
This refers to an understanding that people's identities and experiences are comprised of multiple social identities at the same time.
Intersectionality
Percentage of all mental health services provided by social workers.
>60%