Introduction To Social Work Midterm

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social work

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the professional activity of helping individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities to enhance or restore their social functioning, and to create social conditions favorable to their goals

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empowerment

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measures designed by social workers to increase the degree of autonomy and self-determination in individuals, groups, families, organizations, and communities in order to enable them to achieve goals in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority.

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disciplines associated with social work

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1. Sociology

2. Psychology

3. Psychiatry

4. Political science

5. Economics

6. Cultural anthropology

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sociology

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the study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origin, organizations, restitution, and development of human society.

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psychology

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the study of mental processes and behavior

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psychiatry

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the study of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness

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political science

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the study of the processes, principles, and structures of government and of political institutions

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economics

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the study of the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth

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cultural anthropology

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the study of human societies and cultures and their development

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characteristics of social workers

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graduates of schools of social work (with a Bachelor's and above); uses their knowledge and skills to provide social services to clients; help people increase their capacities for problem-solving and coping; help people obtain needed resources; facilitate interactions between individuals and between people and their environments; make organizations responsible to people and influence social policies

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activities of social work

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social casework; case management; group work; group therapy; family therapy; community organization; administration (management)

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social casework

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helping on a one-on-one basis, such as by counseling youth or finding nursing homes; provided by nearly every agency.

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case management

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similar to casework, but will coordinate services with other agencies, monitor the progress of a client, advocate for the client, and often control resources and purchase services of the client

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group work

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tries to facilitate the intellectual, emotional, and social development of an individual through group activities; teaches skills such as interviewing skills, home management, and providing recreations

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group therapy

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tries to facilitate social, behavioral, and emotional interactions within a group; it is therapeutic.

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family therapy

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a type of group therapy aimed at helping families with interactional, behavioral, and emotional problems

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community organization

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aims to assist the local community to evaluate, plan, and coordinate efforts to provide for community health, welfare, and needs; the social worker also acts as a catalyst in stimulating and encouraging community action.

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administration (management)

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directs the overall program of a social service agency. Provides administrative functions that include: setting agency objectives, analyzing social conditions, hiring and supervising staff, setting organizational structures, and securing funding and administering financial affairs.

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social worker as a broker

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involved in making referrals to link a person or family to needed resources, as well as following up to be sure the needed resources are attained

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social worker as a facilitator

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involved in gathering groups of people together for a variety of purposes, such as community development, self-advocacy, political organization, and policy change

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social worker as an advocate

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fight for the rights of others and work to obtain needed resources by convincing others of the legitimate needs and rights of members of society

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levels of social work practice

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micro, mezzo, and macro

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micro (level of social work practice)

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working on a one-on-one basis with an individual

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mezzo (level of social work practice)

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working with families and other small groups

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macro (level of social work practice)

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working with organizations and communities on seeking changes in the statues of social work policies

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ethnocentricism

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evaluating a culture or group of people based upon one's own cultural background

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Goal 1: Enhance the Problem Solving, Coping, and Developmental Capacities of People

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uses the person-in-environment concept to provide supportive services to the individual; social worker is a facilitator

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Goal 2: Link People with Systems that Provide them with Resources, Services, and Opportunity

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focuses on the relationships between people and the systems they interact with; social worker is a broker

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Goal 3: Promote the Effectiveness and Human Operation of Systems that Provide People with Resources and Systems

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focuses on the systems in which the person interacts with; social worker is an advocate

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Goal 4: Develop and Improve Social Policy

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focuses on the systems people interact with and the broader social policies of resources; social workers are planners, policy developers, advocates, and activists.

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Goal 5: Enhance Human Well-Being and Alleviate Poverty, Oppression, and Other Forms of Social Injustice

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social worker has a commitment to alleviating poverty all over the world; works with education, health care, business, political, and religious systems to accomplish this goal.

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Goal 6: Provide Policies, Services, and Resources through Advocacy, and Social or Political Actions that Promote Social and Economic Justice

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social workers have an obligation to help groups-at-risk to increase their personal, interpersonal, socioeconomic, and political strength and influence through improving their circumstances

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Goal 7: Develop and Use Research, Knowledge, and Skills that Advance Social Work Practice

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contribute to the knowledge and skill base of social work; objectively assess their own practice and to assess the programs and services they provide

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Goal 8: Develop and Apply Practice in the Context of Diverse Cultures

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become aware of culture and pervasive influence; learn about their own cultures; recognize their own ethnocentricity; learn about other cultures; acquire cultural knowledge about clients; adopt social work skills and intervention approaches