SOCIAL WORK COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024 GRADED A+

SOCIAL WORK COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024 GRADED A+ Advocate when a social worker assists clients in fighting for their rights as well as the rights of others to obtain needed resources Best Practice Protocol ● a student working in a field placement as an intern should always identify herself as a student doing his/her internship ● a social worker working with children and families should be aware of maintaining communication with appropriate family members and be aware of the resources in the community that may be helpful to the family/child's situation ● a student working in a field placement should demonstrate culturally appropriate and responsive behaviors, and be accepting of clients' concerns and respond with sensitivity ● a social worker working with a client regarding mental health issues that are affected by or affecting the family members should consider including the family members as a part of the treatment plan Broker when a person who links the community with the agency Organizer a person who coordinates, plans, and establishes services Mediator the person who intervenes in disputes between parties to bring about concessions, reconcile differences, and/or reach agreements Ethics ● Social workers should seek assistance from supervisors when faced with an ethical dilemma ● Anytime a social worker videos or photographs a client, written consent should be obtained from the client or in the case of minors, their parent or guardian ● A written release of information/consent form must be signed by the client, parent or guardian any time an agency shares information ● Social workers cannot discuss their clients or case information with others outside their own agency without written consent from the client ● It is expected that social workers treat their clients with respect, integrity, dignity and worth, and consider self-determination. In the case of a client with a cognitive disability, social workers may have to take the client's capacity for self-determination into consideration when making decisions ● In working with groups, a social worker is expected to show respect to each client equally, and to encourage respect between the participants. The worker should urge participation by directing clients to focus on appropriate and supportive discussion ● In their professional capacity, social workers should not engage in nor support gossip by appropriately redirecting persons who attempt to draw them in to such conversations Best Practice Protocol - When confronted with a situation in which clients are disrespected (directly or indirectly) and a worker finds her/himself in an awkward situation... ● a direct and honest approach of apologizing and seeking from the client their feeling about the situation, is a first step towards repairing the offense ● explaining that the conduct is not representative of the organization or its philosophy is also helpful ● pretending it never happened or ignoring the issue would most likely lead to lack of trust, frustration, and would foster disrespect ● the worker should speak with the supervisor in anticipation that the issue be addressed in an appropriate manner which may include sensitivity training for the offender ● in the case of a student intern, the field advisor should be advised of the situation to ensure that she took the appropriate steps in resolving the matter, confirm her plans to speak with the supervisor and any other administrators as necessary Evidence-based Practice is a practice by which a worker evaluates the work done with clients in a scientific and systematic approach Liberal Policy Perspective suggests that a government that is involved in the social, political, and economic issues of society Self-reflection serious thoughts about one's character, actions, and motives; an essential characteristic expected of a social work student or social work professional Microaggressions brief and commonplace daily verbal or behavioral and environmental indignities whether intentional or unintentional that communicate hostile, derogatory or negative racial slights and insults to the target person or group; there are three categories Culturally Competent Intervention Strategy building on the strengths of a community and to empower them in their ability to help themselves Ethnocentric Monoculturalism be able to identify an example of when the dominant culture places/imposes its values and beliefs on other cultures Race Identity Development Models be familiar with the Cross Black Identity Development Model, Feminist Identity Development Model and Other Racial/Ethnic Identity Development Models; all three models have similar stages; therefore, only one model's stages will be described Cross Black Identity Development Model Pre-Encounter Stage: consciously or unconsciously devalue own Blackness and concurrently prize White values and ways Encounter Stage: individual encounters a profound crisis that challenges former way of thinking; individual begins to reinterpret the world, resulting in a shift in worldview Immersion-Emersion Stage: withdraws from the dominant culture and becomes immersed in African American culture; Black pride begins to develop; internalization of positive attitudes toward one's own Blackness is minimal