Generalist
Generalist social workers address problematic interactions between people and this.
What is their environment and/or surroundings?
A social worker advocating for systemic change to advance social justice is engaged in this type of advocacy.
What is cause advocacy?
The fixed dollar amount known as the poverty line measures this.
What is absolute poverty?
This Civil Rights leader, known as the Godmother of Civil Rights, advocated for the rights of women and African Americans.
Who is Dorothy Height?
Respecting the dignity and worth of the person is an example of one of these?
What are the core values of the social work profession?
Facilitating a support group for teens who identify as non-binary is an example of this level of social work practice.
What is mezzo practice?
This core value of social work outlines the importance of granting all citizens the same rights, protections, and benefits regardless of background.
What is social justice?
The accumulation of valuable resources and possessions is referred to as this.
What is wealth?
Under the direction of the Charity Organization Societies, these people were the first to conduct regular home visits.
Who are the friendly visitors?
This organization sets the standards for social work education programs.
What is the CSWE or Council on Social Work Education?
This perspective, with an acronym that is also a tasty treat, is the perspective that social workers use that see people as constantly engaging with their surroundings.
What is person in the environment perspective?
In this stage of the advocacy cycle, we may ask "Have life conditions improved?"
What is the evaluation stage?
Social welfare requires a formal arrangement between the government and it's people and this.
What is a common understanding?
In this informal system, people take care of each other in times of need.
What is mutual aid?
This publication/document is the moral and social compass for the social work profession.
What is the (NASW) Code of Ethics?
In this stage of the change process, social workers and their clients collaborate to come up with strategies and steps to be taken.
What is the planning stage?
Equal status in the legal system is an example of this type of need.
What is a relative need?
Over the past decade, this has increased due to unemployment, foreclosures and increased housing costs.
What is homelessness?
The Social Security Act was the largest social welfare act, developed after this.
What is The Great Depression?
Social workers do not just work with clients but also the people and social systems surrounding the client, know as this.
What is the client system?
What is self-determination?
In the advocacy cycle, this part recognizes that the more people involved, the more likely adjustment and compromise are necessary.
What is the feedback loop?
High rates of divorce contribute to this trend.
What is the feminization of poverty?
This was the primary goal of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration?
What is to provide jobs and/or job skills?
Kimberle Crenshaw identified this concept, which accounts for the reason why a black, Jewish man and a white, Muslim man do not have the same experiences or perceptions of police officers.
What is intersectionality?