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Social Work
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professional activity of helping individuals, groups, and communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal
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Social Worker
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persons who are professionally trained in the skills and ethics of social work practice
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Social Welfare Worker
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may or maynot have training in social work. Work at departments of human services
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Social Work
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-holistic and encompasses knowledge from a wide range of disciplines
-commitment to social activism and commitiment to the most vulnerable members of the society -dedicated to the maintenance of families and communities |
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What is fundamental to social work?
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Principles of human rights and social justice
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where do social workers work?
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EVERYWHERE
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social workers are the largest providers of what in the country?
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mental health services
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where do social workers work specifically?
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schools, shelters, welfare offices, corrections, hospitals, communites, legislative offices and international development agencies
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Person-in-the-environment theory
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-studies the person in thier environment and the interactions between the person and their environment
-micro(one on one), macro(with a big group), mezzo systems(with family) |
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Ecosystems Theory
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culture has form and pattern, degree of order
ex - organism |
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Service
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Social workers primary goal is to help people in need and to address social problems
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Social Justice
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Social workers challenge, giving people equal oppurtunities to succeed
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dignity and worth of person
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social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of the person
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importance of human relationships
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Social workers recognize the central importance of human relationships
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integrity
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Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner
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Competence
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Social workers practice within their area of competence and develop and enhance their professional expertise
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what kind of degree is needed for social work?
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BSW or MSW degree
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International content
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we can learn from each other, what impacts one country can impact another
ex - drugs |
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social welfare
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programs, benefits and services that help people meet those social and other needs
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social welfare policy
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meet basic life needs
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Welfare State
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a nation or society that considers itself responsible for meeting the basic educational, health care, economic, and social security needs of its people
US is NOT a welfare state |
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Interactionism
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-Social workers view individuals in constant interaction with other individuals and the environment
-is a major concept used in family counseling. The basic principle is that cause and effect and intertwined -eg - labeling theory ex - 4 gifted students |
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Funtionalism
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-views social phenomena in terms of structure and function
-MANIFEST FUNCTIONS- one obvious, stated reasons for an activity -LATENT FUNCTIONS- are the secondary, sometimes unintended, and often hidden motives behind its existence ex - cars |
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Regulating the Poor
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the degree to which social control over the poor is exercised, reflects the values of he dominant groups in society
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Globalization
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-current buzzword used to describe the growing internationalization of the production of goods and services and the flow of capitalism
-flow is not economic, but also cultural (CocaCola, TV shows, English language) |
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Culture
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-social heredity, a way of thinking, feeling and believing that sets one group apart from another, culture is traditional knowledge that is passed down from one generation to the next
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Culture Competence
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-term for the knowledge and skills that one needs for effective work with clients from diverse cultural backwards
-understanding of the uniqueness of one's own cultural beliefs and an openness to other customs, norms and rituals -it entails recognition of society's prejudice |
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Ethnocentrism *
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the view of things in which one's own
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Prejudice *
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Blaming the victim
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-when the down trodden/underdogs of society are held responsible for creating their own distress
-victim tends to internalize the blame attached to his/her condition and the negativity may become a self-fulfilling prophecy |
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Empathy *
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opposite of blaming the victim
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Empowerment
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-encompasses both a state of mind, as in feeling empowered, and a capability to exert control over events
-aimed at assissting people who experience systematic forms of discrimination, harassment, and oppression -help them help themselves |
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Social Work Theory *
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-successful practice depends on solid theory. Without solid
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Critical thinking *
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-ability to put phenomena in perspective
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