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| Big Social Work Question... |
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| Why do people behave the way they do? |
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| The investigation and determination of variables affecting an identified problem or issue. |
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| As a part of assessment, social workers focus on... |
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| Families, work groups and environments, social agencies, organizations, neighborhoods, communities, and even local, state, and national government in addition to the individual. |
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| 3 Major Thrust of Social Work |
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| First, social workers can help people solve their problems and cope with their situations. Second, social workers can work with systems so that people can have better access to the resources and services they need. Third, social workers can "link people with systems" so that the client has access to resources and opportunities. |
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| A generalist practitioner is... |
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| One who uses a wide range of knowledge and skills to help people with an extensive array of problems and issues. |
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| Assessment, plan of action, intervention or implementation, evaluation, and termination. |
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| Four Main Phases of Life Span |
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| Infancy and childhood, adolescence, young and middle adulthood, and later adulthood. |
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| The vast range of differences among groups, including those related to "age, class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, political ideology, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation." |
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| The act of treating people differently because they belong to some group rather than on their own merit. |
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| involves putting unfair and extreme limitations and constraints on members of an identified group. |
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| Any group of "people who share some identifiable characteristic that places them at greater risk of social and economic deprivation and oppression than the general mainstream of society". |
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| The ability to achieve one's goals despite the opposition of others" |
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| the configuration of shared attitudes, values, goals, spiritual beliefs, social expectations, arts, technology, and behaviors that characterize a broader society in which people live. |
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| the mastery of a particular set of knowledge, skills, policies, and programs used by the social worker that address the cultural needs of individuals, families, groups, and communities. |
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| Cross-cultural Understanding |
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| the ability to appreciate and compare differences and similarities between and among different cultures. |
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| special rights of benefits enjoyed because of elevated social, political, or economic status. |
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| the amount of social respect or standing given to an individual based on occupation. |
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| enthusiastic approval or praise. |
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| Two important perspectives on sensitivity to group differences... |
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| First, the values or orientation of a particular group will affect how an individual behaves. Second, attention is directed to how other people and groups in the social environment view the (diverse) group in question. |
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| Prejudgements and Stereotypes |
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| predetermined assumptions made without assessing facts && standardized views about people who belong to some group that do not take into account individual qualities and differences. |
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| individual worth and dignity, client self-determination, commitment to social change and social justice, client empowerment, equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and respect for diversity. |
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| the process of increasing personal, interpersonal, or political power so that individuals can take action to improve their life situations. |
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| focuses on client resources, capabilities, knowledge, abilities, motivations, experience, intelligence, and other positive qualities that can be put to use to solve problems and pursue positive changes. |
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| 4 Principles of Strengths Perspective |
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1. Every individual, group, family, and community has strengths.
2. Trauma and abuse, illness and struggle may be injurious, but they may also be sources of challenge and opportunity.
3. Assume that you do not know the upper limits of the capacity to grow and change, and take individual, group, and community aspirations seriously.
4.Every Environment is full of Resources. |
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| Individual, Family, Group, Organizational, & Community |
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| a group of people-including family, friends, neighbors, work colleagues, and fellow members in organizations such as churches and other community groups-who informally provide help and support. |
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| made up of people with similar problems who come together and provide each other with support, information about how to cope with difficulties, and suggestions for resources. |
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| Potential Community Assets -which improve a community's functioning and quality of life |
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| citizens' "religious, cultural, athletic, and recreational" associations, private businesses, public institutions-schools, libraries, parks, police and fire stations; and non profit institutions such as hospitals and social service agencies. |
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| the ability of an individual, family, group, community, or organization to recover from adversity and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble, confusion, or hardship. |
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| Two Dimensions of Resiliency |
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| RISK involves "stressful life events or adverse environmental conditions that increase the VULNERABILITY, defenselessness or helplessness, of individuals. |
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| concerns those factors that buffer, moderate, and protect against those vulnerabilities. |
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| perceptions and opinions held by individuals, professions, and cultures about "what is good and desirable". |
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| principles based on values that guide behavior and determine "what is right and correct". |
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| 6 Basic Ethical Principles |
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1. Social workers; primary goal is to help people in need and to address social problems.
2. Social workers challenge social injustice.
3. Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of the person.
4. Social workers recognize the central importance of human relationships.
5. Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner.
6. Social workers practice within their areas of competence and develop and enhance their professional expertise. |
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| the idea that in a perfect world all citizens would have identical "rights, protection, opportunities, obligations, and social benefits". |
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| involving two or more nations && involving the entire world. |
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| Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles |
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1. Preface
2. Definition of Social Work
3. International conventions
4. Principles
5. Professional conduct |
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| situations in which ethical principles conflict and all solutions are imperfect. |
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| being trustworthy and keeping information in confidence. |
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| the careful examination and evaluation of beliefs and actions to establish an independent decision about what is true and what is not. |
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| Six Areas Involving How a Worker Should Behave... |
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| The worker has ethical responsibilities to clients, colleagues, in practice settings, as professionals, to the social work profession, and to the broader society. |
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| a coherent group of principles, concepts, and ideas organized to explain some observable occurrence or trend. |
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| Ecosystems Theory Incorporates... |
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concepts from both systems theories and the ecological perspective.
-systems theory used to describe and analyze people and other living systems and their transactions. |
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| sees people as constantly interacting with various systems around them. |
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| set of elements that are orderly and interrelated to make a functional whole. |
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| the borders or margins that separate one entity from another. |
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| a secondary or subordinate system that is a component of a larger system. |
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| the tendency for a system to maintain a relatively stable, constant state of balance. |
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| culturally established social behavior and conduct expected of a person in any designated interpersonal relationship. |
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| a reciprocal, dynamic, interpersonal connection characterized by patterns of emotional exchange, communication, and behavioral interaction. |
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| involves the energy, information, or communication flow received from other systems. |
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| the response of a system, after receiving and processing input, that affects other systems in the environment. |
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| specific variables that are measured for the purpose of evaluation. |
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| Feedback (Positive & Negative) |
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special form of input in which a system receives information about its own performance.
-N involves problematic functioning.
-P involves a system;s receiving information about what it is doing correctly in order to maintain itself. |
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| the point at which two systems come into contact with each other or communicate. |
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| a system's tendency to move from a simpler to a more complex existence. |
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| tendency of a system to progress toward disorganization, depletion, and death. |
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| the process of a system toward growth and development. |
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| there are many different means to the same end. |
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| involves the conditions, circumstances, and human interactions that encompass human beings. |
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| people communicating and interacting with others in their environments. |
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| the natural power of active involvement between people and their environments. |
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| the exact point at which the interaction between an individual and the environment takes place. |
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| the capacity to adjust to surrounding environmental conditions. |
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a form of adaptation that implies a struggle to overcome problems.
-negative experiences |
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| Five Types of Coping Skills |
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| First, people need to solicit and obtain the types of information they need to function well. Second, a person who loses a job needs to develop a plan for finding another one. Third, coping skills involve controlling emotions. Fourth, people need coping skills to control their needs for immediate gratification. Lastly, coping skills involve identifying alternative ways of approaching a problematic situation and evaluating the pros and cons of each alternative. |
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| the mutual reliance of each person on every other person. |
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| Refers to individual. A person is a type of system that entails biological, psychological, and social systems. |
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| Refers to any small group, including family, work groups, and other social groups. |
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| Refers to a system larger than a small group. |
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| Two Major Types of Macro Systems |
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1. Communities
2. Organizations |
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| a number of people with something in common that connects them in some way and that distinguishes them from others. |
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| structured groups of people who come together to work toward some mutual goal and perform established work activities that are divided among various units. |
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| includes specific attempts to understand how organizations function, what improves or impairs the ability of an organization to accomplish its mission, and what motivates people to work toward organizational goals. |
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| Community Theory 2 Primary Components |
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1. perspectives on the nature of communities.
2. how social workers practice within the community context. |
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| 3 Major Concepts of Community |
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1. designate a group of people
2. group must have something in common
3. individuals must interact in some way or have potential to do so |
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| refers to the boundaries that define and the rules that govern any particular community. |
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| focuses on how individuals fit into their community environment and are linked to those who govern them. |
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| 3 Dimensions of Communities |
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1. Communities are political entities-organized as a province, city, township, etc.
2. power-larger units exert power and control over smaller subsytems.
3. geographical organization-the data of the community |
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| Sociopsychological Perspective |
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| involves how its members feel about themselves and interact with one another. |
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| Human Ecology Perspective |
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| focuses on the relationship of populations to their environment, especially in regard to spatial organization-how people and services are distributed. |
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| concerns how community members vie for the use of land and seek an advantage of place for commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential purposes. |
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| the detachment or isolation of some group having certain common characteristics through social pressure, restrictive laws, or personal choice. |
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| the process of bringing together and blending a range of groups into a unified, functional whole. |
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| Social Systems Perspective |
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| emphasizes analyzing how the various social subsystems within the community interact with each other. |
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| Locality (Community) Development Model |
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| asserts that community change can best be brought about through broad participation of a wide spectrum of people at the local community level. |
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| emphasizes a technical process of problem solving. |
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| a gathering of people who meet to discuss a specific topic or issue, evaluate it in depth, share information, and when appropriate, propose solutions or plans of action. |
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| assumes there is a disadvantaged segment of the population that needs to be organized in order to pressure the power structure for increased resources or for treatment more in accordance with democracy or social justice. |
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| include the work that social work practitioners and other helping professionals perform for improving people's physical and mental health; promoting self-determination and independence; fortifying family bonds; enhancing quality of life; and seeking the effective functioning of individuals, families, groups, and communities. |
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| organization providing social services overseen by a board of directors and usually staffed by various personnel including social workers, members of other professions, paraprofessionals, and clerical staff. |
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| dictate how people should behave and what responsibilities employees must assume as they do their jobs. |
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existing for some specified purpose.
-exist to provide services and resources to help people with designated needs. |
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| Deliberately structured and coordinated activity systems |
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| clusters of work activities performed by designated units withing an org. |
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| Linkage to the External Environment |
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| an org. is in constant interaction with other systems in the social environment. |
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| Organizational Problems Include... |
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| uncertainties in the environment, vague processes, vague goals, and goal displacement. |
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| a practitioner's responsibility to clients, community, and agency for ethical and effective practice. |
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| often occurs when the means to a goal becomes the goal itself. |
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| the expected behaviors and professional tasks considered important as social workers go about their work in macro social environments. |
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| a worker helps a client cope with various stresses ranging from crisis situations to community issues. |
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| involves resolving arguments or conflicts among micro, mezzo, or macro systems. |
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| from advocacy and identification of coordination opportunities, to provision of technical assistance, to direct involvement in the development and implementation of service linkages. |
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| involves having some level of administrative responsibility for a social agency or other unit in order to accomplish many things. |
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| involves giving information and teaching skills to client and other systems. |
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| helps link clients with community resources and services. |
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| one who guides and directs a group encounter or gathering. |
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| the person or persons who call attention to an issue. |
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| represents an org., group, or an individual that is trying to gain something from another group or system. |
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| the act of directly representing, defending, intervening, supporting, or recommending a course of action on behalf of one or more individuals, groups, or communities, with the goal of securing or retaining social justice. |
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