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 what is globalization in retrospect to social work? ans: the buzzword in capitalism, it is interaction and integration between people and companies around the world what is sustainability? ans: environmental term, using resources in a way that benefits the world what are human rights ans: the rights to have your basic needs met what is cultural competence? ans: effective work with diverse cultural backgrounds, not necessarily speaking another language but rather having the confidence to work with other cultures to be culturally competent one must do what two things? ans: accept our biases and understand out own values what is ethnocentrism? ans: looking at self and saying I accept my own beliefs and nobody elses what is prejudice? ans: preconceived, unjustified assumptions about others what is sustainable development? ans: looking at social and economic progress, what should we delay for future generations and what should we take care of now what does the term regulating the poor mean? ans: if you care enough about the poor you are able to keep them under control what is the concept of social needs and power mean? ans: people in power generally get their needs met