Social Work Exam

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social welfare system

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a system which assists need individuals and families. The types and amount varies according to state and region.

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Residual View

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Social welfare is temporary, and should be given to those when they most need it, low benefits to discourage use

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Institutional View

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it is a need within society, and helps people live a decent life because people cannot always provide

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income security

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financial or material assistance provided to increase the income of individuals.

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Welfare State

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a range of programs and services given to canadians by the government, use of taxes, grants and pensions

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Direct Social Work

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(clinical) involves providing services; counselling, groupwork, social workers work for provately or publicly funded social services

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Indirect Social Work

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concerned with goverent and non government agencies, they develop and evaluate policies, work with agencies ex. National Anti-poverty org.

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Social Programs

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programs designed to provide assitence to citizens outside of their daily incomes

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Caseworker

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a type of social worker hired by either government or non-government to look at cases and provide direction

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Social Safe Net

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Services provided by the government which prevent people from falling into poverty

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Social Change Mandate

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Working with the diadvantages, promotes policies and equality for all, and reduces the need for welfare services

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Problem solving proccess

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idetifies the problem, it inclues the clients where they can finds concerns and create a plan of action

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Person in the environment

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the relationship between person and environment

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Empowerment

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increasing power of client to improve their life, allows them to be in control and lets them make decisions on their own

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Universal Programs

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available to all those who are part of a specific category, it is open to all regardless of their income.

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Slective programs-

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limited to those who are determinded to be in need, it is based on a needs or means test

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Workfare

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applicants must work to be eligable for benefits, work job to get a cheque, may be at a social service agency

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Deserving poor

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part of poor law, elderly ill, or disabled, good moral character

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undeserving poor

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able bodied people who are lazy to make money, bad moral character

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Charitable organization

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advanced the concept of self help and limited government intervention to deal with the effects of poverty, used scientific princliples to root out scroungers and target relief where it was most needed

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settlement houses

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focus on community building, usually university students, houses in poor neighbourhoods offered shelter

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social gospel movement

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churches focues on social reform and justice, more socially oriented approach to social work, JS Woodworth

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Structural-level theory

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emphasize social structures, processes and systems, focus is on social structures and policies that influence what people do.

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Individual level theory

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complex, emphasize the individual and their interactions , focus on what people do.

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Anti-oppressive practice

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social work is a active political process, social work needs to build allies and work with socail causes

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feminist social work

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women centred that tries to understand experiences of opression in relationships and society, emphasized on womens experiences

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anti racist social work

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aggresivley combats racism on the individual, institutional and societal level

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universal human rights

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right to life, liberty and security, equality , privact in homes and freedom of movement

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civil rights

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right to protection from discrimination and oppression, right to welfare, education, work and health

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unprejudiced non discriminator

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believes in equality and acts on belief

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unprejudiced discriminator

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belives in justice, but silent when faced with discrimination (failure to act)

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Prejudice non discriminator

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not believe in equality, but too timid to out against it

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prejudiced discriminator

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vocal; rights to discriminate

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Interpersonal dehumanization

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perceived as an inanitmate object, devalue self and other (non human)

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internalized oppression

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(self Hate) when someone belives and acts out the stereotypes created about their group

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inclusive social work

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must be aware of own assumptions and values, be respectiful of people different perspectives

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acculturation

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become like dominant group but retain patterns unique to own group

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assimilation

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integrate into dominate group and shed all former patterns (Melting pot)

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rejection

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hold to own patterns and refect dominant goroup

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marginality

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strive to be accepted but never fully are, and remain outsiders.

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Self help groups

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people coming together with similar problems or interest with the belief that by working together they can each grow or change, may or may not include a social worker.

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Task group

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complete a task; time limited or ongoing, influenced by a larger system

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Socioi-educational group

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education and support; pursues socially acceptable behavious

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Social actions groups

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change policies, practives and attitudes, may join with other groups

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forming

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planning and creating a group

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storming

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conflict emerges within a group

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norming

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roles are defined and trust begins

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performing

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work towards goal begins

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adjourning

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conclusion of group

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in home/ out of home

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parenting supports, child protection, family conselling, foster coare, adoption, daycare, group homes.

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best interests of child

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emphasizes the protection and well being of the child. Whatever the child flourish better in

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least restrictive approach

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emphasized the course of action that will cause the least change for the child; not taking the child away

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child abuse

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the betrayal of a caregivers position of trust and authority over a child (negelct, physical, sexual or emotional)

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Duty to report

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obligation to report suspicions of abuse or neglects, can lead to charges if not done.

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compassion fatigue

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anxiety resulting from incresed working pressure and workloads, given more responsibilty but have less control

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privitization

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a trreat to the public system

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palliative care

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special kind of healthcare for people who are living with terminal illness or are on their deathbed

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Holistic approach

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A holistic view means that we are interested in engaging and developing the whole person. You can think of this as different levels, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

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Patriarchy

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rules by father- come to mean the domination od soceity by men

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sexual harassment

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any unwanted behaviour, gesture of a sexual nature that treat the person as an object.

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Feminization of poverty

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women with low incomes are getting more social services across canada

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colonialism

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forced political domination of one nation over another including administrative and cultural control, adopted by settlers

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residental school system

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children denied their language, and access to familtes, mid 1900s, kids were removed and were not assimilated which had bad effects 1/7

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sixties scoop

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massive removal of aboriginal children in the 1960s from their fmailes and placed in non aboriginal homes 1/7

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Aboriginal self government

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national organizations representing and uniting aboriginal groups ex. the assembly of first nations

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ethnocentrism

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an attitude by which members of a group tend to consider their group to be in some ways better or superior to other groups

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systematic racism

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discriminatory policies, institutional practices and structructs

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visible minorty

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persons other than aboriginal peoples, who are non caucasian in race or non white in colour

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ageism

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devalues people based on age, subordinates someone for age.

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elder abuse

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mistreatment of older people by those in a position of trust or care (neglect- in home or insttutional)

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hetrosexual privledge

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the powerdirected to people who ar ein a realtionship with a person of different sex and think theyre privledged

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homophobia

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fear of homosexuality, feats of mannerism that would suggest it and is scared of becoming it

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queer activism

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efforts and actions towards social change by the group, communites; more confrontational than gay and lesbian movements

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ableism

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discriminationand prejudice based on physical and mental ablilty towards people with diabiblites. they are superior

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medical model

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views disabilty as an unfortunate life event where some from of proffestional or medical assistance is required

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ILM independant living movement

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helps one acheive slef direction, take control of own life, empowered, communitty integration and social participation

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woundedness

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the impact on a person with a disability of being hurt, emotionally bt the reactioins of other to them