Child Welfare
Neglect, Emotional abuse, Sexual Abuse, Physical abuse
What are the types of child maltreatment?
A social worker working as a licensed therapist
What is micro practice?
Broker, Advocate
Types of social work roles
Social workers incoprating research into their practice with clients
What is evidenced based practice?
A sociologist who helped found the NAACP
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
What type of child maltreatment is the hardest to prove and why?
Emotional abuse - hard to verify/collect a lot of information on
A social worker working in a hostipal, school, university, or leading a group therapy session
What is mezzo practice?
An individual or household is living below a certain income level
What is relative poverty?
What is the intent of the child welfare system?
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of children under 18 years of age
A social worker conducting research/policy analysis to advocate for new federal laws
What is macro practice?
A person's income is insufficient to meet their basic human needs.
Name roles a school social worker might have
Connect families to outside resources, help students process trauma and bullying, report safety concerns to DCS
What was the effect of the Great Depression on social policy?
People started wanting more social and economic relief programs
What roles would a medical social worker have?
Coordinate with patient and family, honor advanced directives