Social Work Questions and Answers.
all social workers work to Identify people who need help
Two main types of social workers
Direct service: Work to improve a client's well being
help with changes and challenges (crisis situations, poverty, divorce, unemployment,
mental health, substance abuse, disabilities, bullying, school absences)
food stamps, child care, and healthcare
government agencies to apply for and receive benefits such as Medicare
natural disasters or child abuse
adopting a child or being diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Schools, community clinics, state and local governments, colleges, military bases -
\Licensed Clinical Social Workers
help with providing mental health support to inpatients (support groups, grief counseling,
help understanding diagnosis, home health care, administrative and recordkeeping
tasks, insurance payments)
private practice, hospitals, palliative/hospice care, solo, group practice
Diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders, including anxiety and
depression
individual, group, family, and couples therapy
gerontological social work or hospice and palliative care social work
Hospice and palliative care social workers help patients adjust to serious, chronic, or
terminal illnesses. information about assisted living facilities or nursing homes or work
with older adults in those settings. They help clients and their families make plans for
possible health complications or where clients will live if they can no longer care for
themselves.
Mental health is an issue that is commonly overlooked and stigmatized in American
society. SW's play a huge role in addressing mental health needs of the public. -
\Federal law and the National Institutes of Health recognize social work as one of five
core mental health professions.
more clinically trained social workers than psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric
nurses combined.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employs more than 10,000 professional social
workers
More than 40% of all disaster mental health volunteers trained by the American Red
Cross are professional social workers.
Politicians who are social workers.
There are people who use a background of social work to get into politics. when you
think about the goals of the profession, Using social worker as a jump off for political
engagment makes alot of sense.
http://www.politicalsocialworker.org/ -
, \There are hundreds of social workers in national, state and local elected office,
including two U.S. Senators and seven U.S. Representatives. These include: Sen.
Barbara Mikulski (MD), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI), Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13), Rep.
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-9), Rep. Allyson Schwartz (PA-13), Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-
1), Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL-4), Rep. Niki Tsongas (MA-3) and Rep. Susan Davis (CA-
53).
All major world religions, many of which are thousands of years old, encourage helping
the poor
Western world- Christian church predominant religion
responsible for setting up hospitals, poor houses, orphanages
During industrial revolution- many social problems
churches and governments provided assistance
organizations formed to provide -
\in 3rdcentury, right after the Christian Church was legalized by Roman Emperor
Constantine I. The church set up hospitals, poorhouses, orphanages, and homes for the
elderly, and these establishments received grants from the Roman Empire. By the 6th
century, the church had developed an elaborate system for distributing food to the poor.
Later on, it would encourage the European public to offer direct relief to the unfortunate.
During the 19th century, the industrial revolution led to a lot of social problems in
England and the United States, including poverty, diseases, mental disorders,
prostitution, and others. As such, there was a great need for social work. Churches and
governments established effective systems and laws to provide assistance for the
needy, and many individuals started to form groups and organizations to perform social
work.
Jane Addams, Mother of Social Work
pioneer social worker and feminist
father was a state senator who was friends with Abraham Lincoln
Born with a congenital spinal defect that was corrected by surgery
After traveling in Europe for two years and becoming acquainted with a settlement
house in London, decided to open a similar house in an underprivileged area of Chicago
called the Hull House
by second year, hosted 2000 people every week
kindergarten classes, night school, art gallery and studio, public kitchen, coffee house,
gym, book bindery, music school, drama group, library, employment bureau
In 1905 she was appointed to Chicago's Board of Education
1910 - first honorary degree ever awarded to a woman by Yale University.
ardent feminist- believed in women's suffrage, believed women should pursue their
aspirations
1915- chairwoman of the Women's Peace Party
President of Women's International League for Peace and -
\In the course of the next six years she began the study of medicine but left it because
of poor health, was hospitalized intermittently, traveled and studied in Europe for
twenty-one months, and then spent almost two years in reading and writing and in
considering what her future objectives should be. At the age of twenty-seven, during a
all social workers work to Identify people who need help
Two main types of social workers
Direct service: Work to improve a client's well being
help with changes and challenges (crisis situations, poverty, divorce, unemployment,
mental health, substance abuse, disabilities, bullying, school absences)
food stamps, child care, and healthcare
government agencies to apply for and receive benefits such as Medicare
natural disasters or child abuse
adopting a child or being diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Schools, community clinics, state and local governments, colleges, military bases -
\Licensed Clinical Social Workers
help with providing mental health support to inpatients (support groups, grief counseling,
help understanding diagnosis, home health care, administrative and recordkeeping
tasks, insurance payments)
private practice, hospitals, palliative/hospice care, solo, group practice
Diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional disorders, including anxiety and
depression
individual, group, family, and couples therapy
gerontological social work or hospice and palliative care social work
Hospice and palliative care social workers help patients adjust to serious, chronic, or
terminal illnesses. information about assisted living facilities or nursing homes or work
with older adults in those settings. They help clients and their families make plans for
possible health complications or where clients will live if they can no longer care for
themselves.
Mental health is an issue that is commonly overlooked and stigmatized in American
society. SW's play a huge role in addressing mental health needs of the public. -
\Federal law and the National Institutes of Health recognize social work as one of five
core mental health professions.
more clinically trained social workers than psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric
nurses combined.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employs more than 10,000 professional social
workers
More than 40% of all disaster mental health volunteers trained by the American Red
Cross are professional social workers.
Politicians who are social workers.
There are people who use a background of social work to get into politics. when you
think about the goals of the profession, Using social worker as a jump off for political
engagment makes alot of sense.
http://www.politicalsocialworker.org/ -
, \There are hundreds of social workers in national, state and local elected office,
including two U.S. Senators and seven U.S. Representatives. These include: Sen.
Barbara Mikulski (MD), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI), Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13), Rep.
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-9), Rep. Allyson Schwartz (PA-13), Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-
1), Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL-4), Rep. Niki Tsongas (MA-3) and Rep. Susan Davis (CA-
53).
All major world religions, many of which are thousands of years old, encourage helping
the poor
Western world- Christian church predominant religion
responsible for setting up hospitals, poor houses, orphanages
During industrial revolution- many social problems
churches and governments provided assistance
organizations formed to provide -
\in 3rdcentury, right after the Christian Church was legalized by Roman Emperor
Constantine I. The church set up hospitals, poorhouses, orphanages, and homes for the
elderly, and these establishments received grants from the Roman Empire. By the 6th
century, the church had developed an elaborate system for distributing food to the poor.
Later on, it would encourage the European public to offer direct relief to the unfortunate.
During the 19th century, the industrial revolution led to a lot of social problems in
England and the United States, including poverty, diseases, mental disorders,
prostitution, and others. As such, there was a great need for social work. Churches and
governments established effective systems and laws to provide assistance for the
needy, and many individuals started to form groups and organizations to perform social
work.
Jane Addams, Mother of Social Work
pioneer social worker and feminist
father was a state senator who was friends with Abraham Lincoln
Born with a congenital spinal defect that was corrected by surgery
After traveling in Europe for two years and becoming acquainted with a settlement
house in London, decided to open a similar house in an underprivileged area of Chicago
called the Hull House
by second year, hosted 2000 people every week
kindergarten classes, night school, art gallery and studio, public kitchen, coffee house,
gym, book bindery, music school, drama group, library, employment bureau
In 1905 she was appointed to Chicago's Board of Education
1910 - first honorary degree ever awarded to a woman by Yale University.
ardent feminist- believed in women's suffrage, believed women should pursue their
aspirations
1915- chairwoman of the Women's Peace Party
President of Women's International League for Peace and -
\In the course of the next six years she began the study of medicine but left it because
of poor health, was hospitalized intermittently, traveled and studied in Europe for
twenty-one months, and then spent almost two years in reading and writing and in
considering what her future objectives should be. At the age of twenty-seven, during a
