Intro to Social Work Exam 1

social welfare

array of problems, services, and institutions designed to maintain society’s stability and well-being

social work

Unknown provides social services in governmental and private organizations. help people prevent problems and find solutions and strengths to help society

residual view of social welfare

a limited, temporary response to human need, implemented only when all else fails

institutional view of social welfare

addresses the needs and problems that may arise before the need is seen/developed in individuals

liberalism

moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equity, right to private property, and equality before the law

conservatism

a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values

elizabethan poor law

obliged each parish to collect taxes to support people who could not work. gave the government the power to raise taxes as needed and use the funds to help the poor

industrial revolution

transition from creating goods by hand to using machines

great depression

great economic disaster. approximately 25% of people unemployed

new deal

series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by FDR to help bring the US back from the Great Depression

charity organization societies

used scientific philanthropy to help support services to the urban poor and european immigrants

settlement houses

organizations that provided support services to the urban poor and european immigrants

NASW

National Association of Social Workers. provides guidance, research, up-to-date information, advocacy, and other resources for its members and social workers in general

CSWE

Council on Social Work Education. a national association representing social work education in the US.

Micro

involved meeting with individuals, families, and small groups to help them identify and manage mental, emotional, social, behavioral, and/ or financial challenges that are negatively impacting their happiness and quality of life

Mezzo

involved in the development and implementation of social service initiatives at the local and small community levels

macro

changing, negating, or repairing large-scale systematic issues that affect large groups of people or entire communities and cultures

casework

engages a client in learning their situation, building a suitable plan of action, and helping the client to solve their problems through client commitment and use of their community resources, and the coordinated service is called case management

person in environment view of behavior

can largely be understood by looking at their environment, including past environment

systems model of behavior

describes the person as a behavioral system with seven subsystems: the achievement, attachment-affiliative, aggressive protective, dependency, ingestive, eliminative, and sexual subsystems. suggests that observable behavior is embedded in a hierarchy.

strengths perspective

puts the strength and resources of people, communities, and their environments rather than their problems and pathologies. at the center of the helping process

empowerment

the process if building the autonomy, power, confidence, and other necessary meansto enact change and pave the way for a better future

broker

acting on behalf of the client, to get the services of another part of society

advocate

a fundamental aspect of achieving social work’s primary goals of social justice, equality, and the promotion of human dignity

educator

giving information and teaching skills to clients and other systems

researcher

investigating following the scientific method

SW target systems

individuals, families, small groups, organizations, communities

relative poverty

generally occurs when people are unable to obtain the resources needed to achieve the average standard of living compared to others in their community

absolute poverty

more extreme than relative poverty. a person is unable to provide for their basic needs, including food and shelter

causes of poverty

individual, structural, and culture of poverty arguments

individualism

individuals are discrete and contained entities existing separate from Evan prior to the social environment

social insurance programs

universally funded financial safety net administered by the government. ex: social secutiry, unemployment insurance, medicare

public assistance programs

provide aid to families or persona on the basis of need and usually also of other eligibility conditions. ex: home water help, SNAP, mental health services