Social Work Exam 2

Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

Engagement

Build relationships, listen to concerns

Assessment

Analyze causes, identify resources

Intervention

Advocate, implement strategies, collaborate with partners

Evaluation

Measure outcomes & effectiveness, assess if goals were achieved, recommend adjustments

Social policy

Government policies aimed at meeting the needs of society, how its structured & influences rights, freedoms, and responsibilities

Social welfare policy

Government initiatives designed to support health, wellbeing, and basic needs

Ethical obligations to engage in policy advocacy

The responsibility of social workers to promote social justice and influence policy for the betterment of society

Judicial policy practice

If policy appears unlawful it can be taken to court

Legislative policy practice

Intent to influence law makers, can be done through lobbying, public testimony, and voting

Executive policy practice

When law is passed, executive must sign & enforce it

Community policy practice

Often connected to grassroots campaigns, local coalitions, and a clearly identified community need

Race

Category among humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits

Ethnicity

Relates to ones heritage and sociocultural connection to an original population of people from a certain geographical location

Ethnocentrism

Belief that ones ethnicity or culture is better than others

Institutional Oppression

A gap between opportunities and resources available to the majority and minority

Bias

A preference for or against a person, idea, or thing; can be learned/unlearned, can be subtle and subconscious

Prejudice

The act of judging or forming an opinion, based on your biases before having all the information or facts

Discrimination

The unfair or unfavorable treatment of minority groups

Microaggression

Small acts of discrimination that racial and ethnic minorities experience

Micro assaults

Overt, purposeful discriminatory verbal and nonverbal actions

Micro insults

More subtle, maybe unintentional, insensitive and demeaning

Micro invalidation

Things said and done that indicate a person of minorities experience as a minority is not legitimate

Intersectionality

Overlapping or intersecting social identities that make up an individual

Sex

Biological state, associated with biological variables and reproduction

Gender/Gender Identity

a social construct that includes ones personal identity (male, female, and nonbinary)

Gender Role Socialization

process of conditioning persons to perform specific roles based on sex/gender

Sexism

prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination on the basis of sex

Gender Gap

the measurable differences in status, opportunities, and achievements between men and women

Sexual orientation

a persons identity in relation to the gender(s) to which they are sexually attracted - heterosexual, homosexual, etc

Feminism

rejects oppressive gender roles, promotes gender equality

Homophobia

dislike of or prejudice against gay people

Transphobia

dislike of or prejudice against transgender people

Iowa Civil Rights Act of 1965

provides protection against various forms of discrimination on the basis of specific individual traits

Functions of poverty

taking 'dirty jobs', create jobs for others (police, social workers, etc), poor people have less money - means there is more money among middle/upper classes, provide rich & charitable purpose to remove guilt

Impacts of poverty

homelessness (chronic & temporary), educational attainment (reading proficiency & grades), mental & physical (dental health, health care, depression, std's)

Culture of poverty

behaviors and attitudes exhibited by the poor

Social Mobility

ability of persons to move into different socioeconomic classes (6/10 people in bottom 5% will make it to the top 20%)

Income Inequality

the extent to which an income is distributed in differing amounts among the American population

Public Assistance Programs

programs developed under Roosevelt after great depression to alleviate affects of poverty

ex: SSI, GA, Medicaid, housing voucher, SNAP, TANF

Social Insurance Programs

not public assistance, payments are paid to those retired who paid into the system, recipients: retired, disabled, survivors, dependents

Medicare

4 parts: inpatient care in hospitals, hospice care, doctor visits, outpatient care, medicare advantage plan (bundle of a, b, d), rx drug plan, age 65+, under 65 with disabilities, people with ESRD

Medicaid

for the poor, funded state/federal money, CHIP, can also have medicare

Housing Choice Vouchers

Housing authorities, project based voucher, tenant based voucher (choice), and total tenant payment (TTP)

Total tenant payment (TTP)

for both types of vouchers, tenant pays a certain amount based on income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

federal program that serves low income americans over age of 65, blind, and/or disabled, funded by general tax revenues

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

NOT public assistance, paid for through payroll taxes - not public money, individuals who have work credit/history, purpose to provide some income to workers diagnosed with a disability

Workers Compensation

designed to cover lost wages and medical expenses due to injury/disease as a result of ones job

Unemployment Insurance

financial support to recently unemployed workers while they seek work, payouts based off previous employment earnings, funded by tax of employers

TANF/AFDC

temporary assistance to needy families, 5 year eligibility, federal block grants, limitations to teen parent eligibility, requires community service, drug/crime = ineligible for life

SNAP/Food Stamps

supplemental nutritional assistance program, provides financial assistance for low income people to purchase food

Healthy Meals for Americans/WIC

provides food, nutritional services, and access to health care for eligible women, infants, or children up to age 5 who are considered at nutritional risk

4 areas of policy practice

judicial, legislative, executive, community

4 stages of policy change

engagement, assessment, intervention, evaluation

Tenant based voucher (choice)

covers majority of rent, private market house

project based voucher

tenant moves into available housing unit and a portion of rent is covered

housing authorities

local agencies providing the housing