Social Work exam Questions and Answers.
Professional competencies -
\-Identify as a professional social worker
-Apply ethical principles to professional practice
-Apply critical thinking to professional communication
-Engage diversity and difference in practice
-Advance social justice
-Engage in research-informed practice
-Apply knowledge of human behavior in the social environment
-Engage in social and economic policy practice
-Respond to contexts that shape practice
-Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate
Generalist social workers -
\-Engage in a planned change process
-Prevent or resolve problems with clients
-Work with individuals, families and groups
-Build on strengths and existing capacity
-Value human diversity
-Employ ethical principles
-Improve well-being
-Focus on social justice
Advanced Practice Social Workers -
\-Engage in advanced generalist practice
-Concentrate in a specific area of practice
-A Doctoral Degreed professional
-Teach at the university level
-Engage in research
-Employed in an administrative position
Education and Career Ladder -
\-Associates Degree: Paraprofessional
-Baccalaureate BSW: Basic Professional Generalist
-Masters Degree: specialization or advanced certification MSW
-Doctoral Degree PhD
Professional Regulation and
Quality Assurance -
\-Facilitated by each state
-Licenses & certification are based on:
-The earned degree
-Continuing education
, -Passing standardized exams
-Practice experience & supervision
-Adherence to laws and regulations
NASW Professional Certification -
\-Academy of Certified Social Workers
-Diplomate in Clinical Social Work
-Qualified Clinical Social Worker
-Clinical Social Worker in Gerontology
-Advanced Social Worker in Gerontology
-Social Worker in Gerontology (BSW level)
National Association of Social Workers NASW -
\-Professional development
-Professional action
-Professional standards
-Membership services
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) -
\-Provide and sustain high quality national standards for social work education
-Accredit social work education programs
Social Work & Social Justice -
\Caring, curing and changing society (Morales and Sheafor, 2002)
Commitment to people society does not value
Advocates of human rights
Forefront of Major Social Movements -
\-Settlement houses
-Child Welfare and juvenile justice
-Mental health
-Social Security and public welfare
How is social work fundamentally different from sociology? -
\Social workers intervene to help clients but sociologists only study social behavior
Generalist Approach and Levels of Intervention -
\-Individual
-Family
-Group
-Organization
-Community
Values, Ethics and Diversity -
\-NASW Code of Ethics guides practice
-Respect the dignity and worth of everyone
Professional competencies -
\-Identify as a professional social worker
-Apply ethical principles to professional practice
-Apply critical thinking to professional communication
-Engage diversity and difference in practice
-Advance social justice
-Engage in research-informed practice
-Apply knowledge of human behavior in the social environment
-Engage in social and economic policy practice
-Respond to contexts that shape practice
-Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate
Generalist social workers -
\-Engage in a planned change process
-Prevent or resolve problems with clients
-Work with individuals, families and groups
-Build on strengths and existing capacity
-Value human diversity
-Employ ethical principles
-Improve well-being
-Focus on social justice
Advanced Practice Social Workers -
\-Engage in advanced generalist practice
-Concentrate in a specific area of practice
-A Doctoral Degreed professional
-Teach at the university level
-Engage in research
-Employed in an administrative position
Education and Career Ladder -
\-Associates Degree: Paraprofessional
-Baccalaureate BSW: Basic Professional Generalist
-Masters Degree: specialization or advanced certification MSW
-Doctoral Degree PhD
Professional Regulation and
Quality Assurance -
\-Facilitated by each state
-Licenses & certification are based on:
-The earned degree
-Continuing education
, -Passing standardized exams
-Practice experience & supervision
-Adherence to laws and regulations
NASW Professional Certification -
\-Academy of Certified Social Workers
-Diplomate in Clinical Social Work
-Qualified Clinical Social Worker
-Clinical Social Worker in Gerontology
-Advanced Social Worker in Gerontology
-Social Worker in Gerontology (BSW level)
National Association of Social Workers NASW -
\-Professional development
-Professional action
-Professional standards
-Membership services
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) -
\-Provide and sustain high quality national standards for social work education
-Accredit social work education programs
Social Work & Social Justice -
\Caring, curing and changing society (Morales and Sheafor, 2002)
Commitment to people society does not value
Advocates of human rights
Forefront of Major Social Movements -
\-Settlement houses
-Child Welfare and juvenile justice
-Mental health
-Social Security and public welfare
How is social work fundamentally different from sociology? -
\Social workers intervene to help clients but sociologists only study social behavior
Generalist Approach and Levels of Intervention -
\-Individual
-Family
-Group
-Organization
-Community
Values, Ethics and Diversity -
\-NASW Code of Ethics guides practice
-Respect the dignity and worth of everyone
