Generalist Practice
Examples include advocate, broker, case manager, navigator, and mediator.
What are jobs/roles that a generalist social worker can do?
________ theory suggests that individuals are part of larger, interconnected systems.
What is systems?
Sarah works as a case manager for a mental health agency. She meets with her client weekly to make sure they attend psychiatry appointments and pick up their medications.
What is micro social work?
NASW defines social work as ____________.
What is the helping profession?
This movie won the very first Academy Award for Best Animated feature in 2002.
What is Shrek?
Concordia requires one year of this during your senior year as a social work major.
What is a field placement or internship?
The _______ perspective teaches us that we are constantly interacting with the environment around us, both positively and negatively.
What is person-in-environment?
Ben, a healthcare social work at a community health clinic, works with clinic staff and local government officials to develop and implement a nutrition program at clinic sites across the county.
What is mezzo level of practice?
The Code of Ethics is written by __________.
What is NASW (National Association of Social Workers)?
What is nitrogen?
The _____ Code of Ethics is a document that informs the social work profession.
What is NASW?
This theory supports the idea that we should provide people with the means to solve their own problems, giving them a sense of control.
What is empowerment theory?
Reggie leads a nonprofit that aims to raise awareness about social injustices within the criminal justice system. He meets with elected officials and engages in public awareness campaigns.
What is macro level practice?
A helping profession, social work requires more than a good heart that wants to help. It is also a specialized and professional field of study, that leads to _________ through the state you live in.
What is licensure or credentialing?
This U.S. state was once an independent country, from 1836 to 1845.
What is Texas?
The ________ is to learn how to help through planned change using the problem solving process.
What is the primary focus of generalist practice?
The cornerstone of this perspective is the belief that every person has the capacity to participate in solving their own problem and rise to the challenge.
What is the strengths perspective?
Kris is conducting a research study about the impact of social media exposure on older adults who live alone.
What is macro level?
Social workers value_______________, which refers to entirety of a person's dimensions of difference and social identities.
What is intersectionality?
This social media platform was the first to reach 1 billion registered users.
What is Facebook?
_____________ is the broad theoretical approach most commonly used by generalist social workers.
What is systems theory?
What is several other fields?
Leigh works for a community mental health agency. They provide counseling and facilitate various groups throughout the day. Leigh recently wrote for a grant to start a new day treatment group for people with neurocognitive disorders.
Social workers always strive to engage in ___________, which is using a select intervention for an issue based on the results of research.
What is evidence-based practice?
This animal is known to have the largest brain relative to its body size.
What are ants? (brains make up 15% of body mass)