Social Work Exam UPDATED FALL 2021/2022

Social Work Exam UPDATED FALL 2021/2022 what is the primary mission of the social work profession? ans: to enhance the human wellbeing and help meet basic human needs of all people which group of people do social workers pay particular attention to? ans: people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty what kind of profession is social work? ans: a profession of helping is social work based on anything? ans: values based profession such as service, social justice, dignity of people what level of society does social work effect? ans: all levels of societal functioning what does NASW stand for? ans: national association of social workers what does the NASW do? ans: they have a state branch, sets forth the bod of ethics and regulates social work what are the three programs known for social work? ans: National association of social workers, international federation of social workers, council on social work education what does the council on social work education do? ans: accredits social work in schools what are some of the core values of social work? ans: service, social justice, dignity and worth of a person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence who is a social worker? ans: a person with a degree in social work (BSW, MSW, or PhD) what are the three levels of society? ans: micro, mezzo, and macro what is the micro level? ans: individual level, one one one change what is mezzo level? ans: focuses on groups and families what is the macro level? ans: community level and working with policies is social welfare associated with a positive or negative connotation? ans: a negative connotation what is a welfare state? ans: a nation that assumes responsibility for meeting basic needs for education, healthcare, economic and social security needs of its people what is an example of a welfare state country? ans: england because it has national healthcare what do welfare policies attempt to do? ans: create principles, guidelines, and procedures that aim to reduce dependency in society what helps individuals adequately perform roles and encourage society to provide necessary resources ans: social welfare policies what are example subjects of welfare policies? ans: taxation, national defense, energy conservation, health care, housing what are the three components of the policy based system (triangle drawing)? ans: professional system, policy system, and client system what two parts of the policy based system flow the least? ans: client system to policy system what part of the policy based system flows the best? ans: policy system to client system what are some of the professions that will most likely provide social welfare services? ans: teachers, nursing, attorneys, social workers, physicians what is the thought of social justice? ans: that society's members are treated fairly, basic needs are met, people have access to education, and protection from disadvantaged groups what are the two views of social welfare? ans: institutional view and residual view what is the institutional view of social welfare? ans: prevention focus, individual difficulty is the most important to solve, no stigma what is the residual view of social welfare? ans: services provided only when other systems fail (family, market economy), short term emergency based, the receiver has obligations what is the stigma of the residual view of social welfare? ans: band-aid approach, first ask people to seek help from family and then if that fails go to residual welfare what are the two types of social welfare programs? ans: universal and selective what is the universal program of social welfare? ans: programs provide benefits to all members of society, no matter your situation you will get benefits from the program what is the selective program of social welfare? ans: services are restricted to those who demonstrate need, they are selective in choosing who can qualify for benefits what is an advantage of universal programs? ans: everyone is covered as a preventive what is a disadvantage of universal programs? ans: they are very costly what is an advantage of selective programs? ans: they are less costly and the targets are needy what is a disadvantage of selective programs? ans: there is a stigma and narrow criteria what is an example of a universal residual program? ans: FEMA what is an example of a universal institutional program? ans: education, fire, police what is an example of a selective residual program? ans: Food stamps what is an example of a selective institutional program? ans: social security when does dependency occur? ans: when roles are not filled, individuals do not fulfill social roles or society does not fulfill roles what is conservative perspective? ans: small government, oppose change, pessimistic view of people "they take things for free", people are responsible for themselves what is liberal perspective? ans: large government, like change/finding a better way, optimistic about human nature, opportunities limited by environment what two things did social work start from? ans: social and political movements what is the dominant theory in social work? ans: systems theory what does the systems theory in social work say? ans: everything impacts everything else, studies the person in relation to their environment what is interactionism? ans: the constant interaction between people and their environment what is the focal/target part of the systems theory? ans: refers to the system that we are focused on at one time, usually the client what is a subsystem? ans: component of larger system what is a suprasystem? ans: larger scaled unit of analysis such as a nation what are boundaries? ans: limits, the points keeping the system in place what is homeostasis? ans: need for all systems to balance and maintain functioning what is equifinality? ans: many different ways to achieve the same goal if you are working with two different 5 year olds it does not mean that you would give them the same treatment, they may have completely different situations or needs, what is this an example of ? ans: equifinality