Theories that are characterized by an emphasis on processes, institutions and systems shape people's experiences.
What is "structural-level" theories?
100
It is the second step in the social work process in which the strengths and concerns of service-users are identified.
What is "assessment"?
100
It is a set of guidelines for social workers to support decision-making according to specific standards.
What is the "code of ethics"?
100
The two areas of understanding necessary in social work as it relates to LGBTTQI* communities.
What is "gender identity" and "sexual orientation"?
200
An approach in social work that focusses on the attributes and assets to service-users.
What is "strengths-based approach"?
200
A group of theories that view the individual with a series of interdependent factors so that if one element of the individual's life changes, there are multiple affects.
What is "social systems theory"?
200
The social worker provides leadership by bringing the concerns of a service-user to the attention of decision-makers.
What is "advocacy"?
200
The role of social work was reimagined in a more radical light during this time to respond to the critique of social workers as "agents of social control."
The 1970's, during the women's movement and the civil rights movement.
200
The competing pressures in child welfare that child welfare workers must confront.
What is "best interests approach" and "least restrictive approach"?
300
A phrase the originated in feminism that suggests we must consider the impact of society on individual lives.
What is "the personal is political"?
300
A central facet of many theories concerned with oppression and power in that the focus is on increasing a service-user's sense of power and ability to act.
What is "empowerment"?
300
Understanding how our own beliefs, experience, identities and personal lives shape our practice.
What is "critical self-reflection"?
300
Three types of groups in which individuals participate.
What is a "support group"?
"Educational group"
"Task group"
"Social action group"
"Self-help group"
300
An approach to services that attempts to mitigate the impact of an individual issue by supporting safer lifestyle choices for individuals.
What is "harm reduction"?
400
When individuals believe negative stereotypes and representations of aspects of their identity.
What is "internalized oppression"?
400
When individual's experiences are addressed as an individual malady and the response is to offer a diagnosis and treatment.
What is the "medical model"?
400
During the social work process, social workers repeatedly assess the progress of their work with service-users to ensure goals are being met.
What is "evaluation"?
400
The process of helping individuals.
What is "casework?"
400
When a human characteristic is social constructed as a racial characteristic.
What is "racialization"?
500
When individuals are blamed for circumstances outside their control.
What is "victim blaming"?
500
In order to understand how oppression functions in our society, we must also understand this, the reciprocal of oppression.
What is "privilege"?
500
When social workers approach intercultural circumstances with openness, attention to power, and regard for institutional practices.
What is "cultural humility"?
500
Limits set by the social worker regarding their role to ensure effective job performance, their own well-being, as well as personal privacy.
What is "professional boundaries"?
500
The Nanaimo agency that your textbook argues integrates an anti-racist approach.
What is "Nanaimo Youth Services Association"? (p.263)