1st midterm

Social Workers

professionals with training in social welfare, human behavior, and the social environment who work with individuals, families, and groups

Profession

a job that needs special education and training

Council on Social Work Education

CSWE

Generalist Practitioners

Social workers incorporate the knowledge, values, and skills of many professions as needed to serve clients and communities

National Association of Social Workers

the voice of the profession

human needs

those basic physical, social, and political needs, such as food and freedom, that are required for survival and security

human rights

the basic rights to which all people are entitled as human beings

human values

the things that are important to individuals that they then use to evaluate actions or events.

culture

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

norms

rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members

life stage

circumstance and age of a person that changes a their patterns

Socioeconomic status

status in society based on level of education, income, and occupational prestige

Advocate

to speak in favor of

gender stereotypes

overgeneralizations about behaviors and characteristics based on whether a person is male or female

ethnocentrism

believing that on's ethnic group and way of life are superior to others, can create prejudice

intersectionality

entirety of a person's dimensions of difference and social identities

Evidence-based practice

practice decisions in light of the best research available and integrate scientific evidence into the observations

Professional identity

a sense of oneself that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting, and feeling

Self-awareness

the ability to clearly understand one's own strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, and beliefs

Advocacy

activities that secure services and promote the rights of individuals

Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards

the criteria used to guide schools of social work in the development of professional social work curricula as outlined by the Council on Social Work Education

Bachelor of Social Work

entry level of the profession

Master of Social Work

advanced, specialized professional practice

Private practice

an entrepreneurial venture in which a professional establishes his or her own workplace with its own client pool

cultural competence

the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures

field education

connect theory from the classroom with practice in real-world settings.

Activists

people who tend to participate in all forms of politics

faith-based organizations

religion-related social service organizations

level of practice

the size of the client system

micro

individual/ family, goal is to effect change on an individual basis

mezzo

neighborhoods, schools, etc. focus on changing a whole group or organization rather than individual members within

macro

society, large systems, goal is systemic change

cultural neuroscience

how early childhood experiences affect our physical and mental health during our life

organizational structure

formal and informal manner in which tasks and responsibilities, lines of authority, channels of communication, and dimensions of power are established and coordinated within an organization

Supervision

the process by which a designated supervisor watches over a worker's performance, directs activities, and provides feedback

Consultation

the act of seeking help from someone with expertise in a subject to devise a plan or to solve a problem

Critical thinking

the careful scrutiny of what is stated as true or what appears to be true and the resulting expression of an opinion or a conclusion

Planned change

development and implementation of a strategy for improving or altering some specified condition, pattern of behavior, or set of circumstances in an effort to improve a client's well-being

Problem Solving

finding a solution to some difficulty or the answer to some question

Engagement

the initial period when practitioners orient themselves to the problem at hand and begin to establish communication and a relationship with others also addressing the problem

Assessment

a process occurring between practitioner and the client in which information is gathered, analyzed, and synthesized to provide a concise picture of the client and their needs or strengths

Planning

specifies what should be done

Implementation

the process whereby client and worker follow their plan to achieve their goals

Evaluation

the process of determining the extent to which a given intervention was effective in achieving its goals

Termination

the end of the professional social worker-client relationship

Privilege

when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to, rather than because of anything they've done or failed to do, unearned

Social location

point where all the features- individual, community, societal, and global connect

social construction of reality

objective differences that do not need to significantly impact society but do

oppression

the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority

psychology

studies human behavior and mental processes

psychiatry

studies, diagnoses, treatment, and prevention

program evaluation

systematic examination of a program

internalized oppression

members of a stereotyped group may internalize the stereotypical categories about his or her own group to some degree

private nonprofit

money comes from private sources

public nonprofit

majority of money comes from government

GDP

total dollar value of all goods and services a country provides, indicates a countries economic status