Module 1 & 2
Micro, Mezzo/Meso, Macro
What are the social work levels of practice?
Service, Social Justice, Dignity & Worth of a Person, Importance of human relationships, integrity, and Competence.
What are the core values of the social work profession?
Engaging in purposeful actions that will help people advance their rights, opportunities, causes, and human dignity.
What is advocacy?
One type of out-of-home placement option where children are cared for in a family setting that is certified by the State.
What is Family Foster Care?
Contains descriptions, symptoms, and other diagnostic criteria for mental disorders.
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)?
Public, Private and For Profit, Private and Non Profit, and Faith Based.
What are types of social work organizations?
To address problematic interactions between persons and their environments or surroundings.
What is the goal of generalist social work practice?
A classification associated with the Elizabethan Poor Laws that included orphan children, older adults, and people with debilitating physical conditions, who could not provide for themselves.
What is the Deserving Poor?
Services for teenagers "aging out" of foster care services that aim to promote skills and abilities needed in adulthood.
What is Independent Living Services?
References a disease that causes disturbance in thinking, perception, and behavior. Typically associated with mental disorder caused by many different factors.
What is Mental Illness?
Considered the "Mother of Social Work," this individual was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work around community organizing, peace activist, and work around women suffrage.
Who is Jane Addams?
Examines how our behavior is influenced (good or bad) by multiple areas.
What is the System Theory?
The state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. Poverty is said to exist when people lack the means to satisfy their basic needs.
What is Poverty?
Acknowledges the need to understand a patient's life experiences to deliver effective care.
What is Trauma Informed Care?
One of the last socially acceptable prejudices and driven by the fear of death, dementia, depression, and disability.
What is Ageism?
This individual was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher in the late 19th century who spent her time battling sexism, racism, and white mob violence.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
Articulates standards that the profession can use to assess unethical conduct and formal procedures to adjudicate ethics complaints filed against social workers.
What are the NASW Code of Ethics?
Creating social (structural) change by seeking benefits and services to address the needs to a segment of the population.
What is Cause Advocacy?
Prohibits healthcare providers and businesses from disclosing protected information to anyone other than the patient or their authorized representatives.
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)?
The comprehensive study of aging and the problems of older adults.
What is Gerontology?
This event created a political environment where social workers could more readily promote providing an adequate standard of living for all Americans.
What is the Great Depression?
A guiding framework that gives credence to the idea that every person has traits, resources, and/or skills to call on in solving their problems.
What is the Strength Perspective?
In 1963, the U.S. adopted this concept under the direction of Mollie Orshansky. Each year this measure is adjusted to account for inflation and determines eligibility for services.
What is the Poverty Line?
The nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes; i.e. Education, Health Care, Economic Stability, Neighborhood, and Social Context.
What are Social Determinants of Health?
Basic daily activities such as taking medicine, bathing, and preparing meals, as well as more instrumental activities such as managing money, shopping, and housekeeping.
What are Activities of Daily Living?