SOCIAL POLICY AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS (COMP)

The Settlement Law of 1662 to established a minimum period of resistance before person could establish legal settlement in a town. Under this provision

"Eligibility" Took his place alongside "need "as a major determinant of whether or not a person received assistance.

Recently, there has been a vigorous public debate about creating incentives for Medicare and Medicaid patients to use Health Maintenance Organization's ( HMOs) to provide all their health services. It is argued that

HMOs will provide more services and lower cost by managing care more affectively.

A categorical grant

Has guidelines established by the federal government with state specification of criteria for the moneys distribution.

A major problem with managed-care ( HMO) mental health services for chronically ill patience is that

Clients needing longer-term supportive services are rarely able to access those services in managed-care organizations.

The term" border babies" is used to describe babies who are in hospitals because they

Have no families available to care for them

In most states, the vast majority of children in placement reside in

Foster homes.

In 1967, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a juvenile has a right to cross-examine complaints and right to counsel and protection against self crimination in the

Gault Decision

During the middle of the 19th century, a major reform effort in mental health was

Improved treatment of the mentally ill and reform all mental institutions.

Full stamps and Medicaid examples of

In-kind- assistance

Eligibility for public assistance is determined by

Income, financial reserves, Family size, need.

During the past 10 years, the number of children placed in foster homes has

Increased as serious abuse and neglect have increased and agencies have grown more aggressive in protecting children.

A feature of block grants is that they tend to

Increased competition between social service organizations for funds at the local state levels of government.

An important consequence of social workers increased identification with and emphasis on providing clinical treatment over the past 90 years years is

Interest in social reform has declined while concerned about clinical expertise has increased.

W.I.C Is a program that

Is a federal state program that seeks to ensure proper nutrition for mothers and infants.

The practice of hearing children's cases in the judges chambers or closed court, the use of probation services for children was originally recommended by

Julia Lathrop and Grace Abbot.

For clinicians to provide mental health services to clients in a managed care environment, they are required to

Justify services to case managers employed by a managed care organization and established time boundaries based on client characteristics.

A federally supported medical insurance payment program that provides health services for the elderly years

Medicare.

The " obligation to provide charity" was first noted in the

Midieval church canons

The 1965 report that described Black Youth as trapped in a " tangle of pathology", crime and school work failure resulting from the destruction of the Black family is known as

Moynihan Report

The director of field placement at a social work School learns that a field placement agency has a history of denying promotions to women. Several lawsuits against the agency has been won by employees over the past few years in the agency has been sanctioned by NASW. The agency has not taken any steps to correct the problem. The school should

Notify the agency their student placement arrangement will be discontinued

And essential factor in determining, winning approval for, and implementing social policy is to

Obtain broad political support from many segments of the community.

Social policy may be regarded as

Principles and procedures that guid relationships in society and are used to intervene in and regulate it otherwise random social system.

In recent years, many states have entrusted the care of the dependent or neglected children in social services to their families primary to

Private nonprofit agencies

State government policy to reduce the use of state agencies and stayed employees to provide services and to replace them with private nonprofit agencies, or in some cases with profit making organizations, is called

Privatization

One major consequence of licensing and certification of social workers is that it

Protects the public from in ineligible individuals, many of whom do not have formal social work training by prohibiting their use of the social worker title.

A minority couple is unable to obtain a mortgage from a local bank. They learn that specific areas have no excluded from consideration. The practice is known as

Redlining

Workmen's Compensation is designed to protect families from poverty during a period When the wages of one of its earners reduced due to work related injuries. Workmen's Compensation benefits include

Reimbursements for Medical care and rehabilitation.

The primary purpose of the Public Law 94-142 is to

Require special services and an individual education plan for students with learning problems.

Before the Social Security act and the development of federal programs for the elderly, state non contributory old age programs consistently

Required destitution, state residency, and contributions from relatives, if feasible.

A block grant is federal money which

Requires few specifications and allows for a high degree of local autonomy.

Adam Smith did not support the English poor laws because the

Residency limitations interfered with labor mobility required by free market system

An insurer ask a social worker to fax a client record to enable them to determine if treatment should be reimbursed. The social worker should

Seek the clients permission before revealing any confidential information.

A major feature of programs that have a "selective" rather than universal perspective is that

Selective programs are available to persons with certain well defined personal characteristics that tend to stigmatize them, while universal programs are available to broadly defined population and carry little or no stigma.

The movement toward consumer advocacy and participation of the poor in community organization has its roots primary in the

Settlement House Movement.

A program that is neither supervised nor administered by state agency is

Social Security

The change in social work theory from viewing the individual mainly in the context of forces in the environment to perceiving people mainly as products of unconscious or learned responses reflects a shift in orientation from

Social reform in social policy change to techniques of individual and group treatment.

The residual perspective on social welfare stress the idea that

Social welfare programs are designed as a safety net for people who are incapable of benefiting from normal market services or other government programs.

A federal insurance program that insures mothers and young children against the loss of a breadwinner is called

Survivors insurance provided under the Social Security program

Social worker receives a referral of a dialysis patient who is emotionally unable to follow through on self care requirements. The worker has no experience treating clients with these characteristics and little knowledge of dialysis. Despite her lack of experience, the social worker decides to accept the referral. Which statement is most correct

The social worker is entitled to accept the client, but in doing so, she is also accepted an obligation to learn more about this type of case, to provide the most effective care.

A supervisor in a Child welfare agency learns that the agencies personal officer has been diverting job applications from gay and lesbian applicants with the tacit approval of the executive director in the board. As a result, gays are never considered for employment, though perhaps qualified. What ethical principles drawn from the social worker code of ethics should guide the supervisors actions in this situations?

The supervisor should take aggressive professional action to end the discrimination.

A client is brought to a mental health clinic by her family. At 10am, The intake worker informs the supervisor the client is actively suicidal. The supervisor asked the worker to take the client to the psychiatric emergency unit immediately evaluation and report back afterwards. The worker makes an appointment for the following morning. She does not inform the supervisor and the supervisor does not ask for the request feedback. That night the client commit suicide. Subsequently, the agencies so for malpractice by the clients family. Which statement of liability is most true

The worker, the supervisor, and the agency share responsibility

Most of the elderly in our nation live in

Their own household.

Mental health policy emphasizes reducing inpatient services. As a result, many facilities for the mentally ill have closed in community-based services have expanded. The policy is generally known as

deinstitutionalization

Research to show an association between social class and schizophrenia is an example of

epidemiological studies

The concept of negative risk characteristics is most useful in determining

factors that differentiate those in poverty from those outside.

According to systems theory, public assistance, Medicaid, social services, and food stamps are considered

inputs

Medicare Part A does not include

payment of all hospital, medication, nursing home, and outpatient medical costs.

In their book, Regulating the Poor, Frances Piven and Richard Cloward argue

public relief stems political disorder during periods of mass unemployment and enforces low wages during periods of economic stability

The need for family education and support services for very young mothers increased between the mid- 1970 and today because there is a significant increase in the number of

unwed teenage mothers of all races deciding to raise their children.

A distinguishing characteristics of public assistance or welfare programs is that

they are means tested.

The principle of local responsibility for the poor in public assistance programs in the U.S. has as its basis in the

Poor Law of 1601

Workmen's Compensation provides cash payments and medical benefits to workers who experience injuries on the job. Workmen's Compensation is

an insurance program.

While adoption is a desired Alcom in cases where the child can no longer expect to return home to the biological family, it has also been found that

Disruption of the adoption often occurs, particularly as the child becomes more assertive or difficult in the teenage years.

In discussion of policies and programs, some authors such as Kahn and Kamerman have suggested the U.S develop a comprehensive approach to children and families similar to that of western European nations that they call

Family policy.

The fastest growing component of federal assistance program is

Food Stamps

There are a number of conditions under which a social worker is not required by law to maintain confidentiality. Select the statement below that is most correct in describing instances in which confidentiality is not required:

A social worker is sued for malpractice, violence is threatening, child or elder abuse occurs.

One commitment that is implicit in the NASW Code of Ethics is that

A social workers obligation to the client primacy over obligation to employer.

A major principle of social security programs public assistance programs is that government should provide

Assistance after personal and family resources are no longer available.

A similarity between Medicare and Medicaid is that both are

Authorized under the Social Security act

The largest number of persons receiving public assistance in most states are

Children less than 18 years old.

Social worker learns that a college has a long term drinking problem. On one occasion, he smelled alcohol on the colleagues breath during working hours. Social worker should first

Discuss the issue with the colleague.

TANF ( temporary assistance for needy families) is

A program for families with children initiated in 1996 to replace AFDC ( Aid to Families with Dependent Children)

The Social Security tax includes cash contributions that rise with income, a fixed percentage of earn income, and a maximum tax paid at a maximum income level. Since a lower income worker pays the same percent of income as one with higher income, and those with incomes that exceed the maximum pay a lower percentage, the taxes considered

A regressive tax

An annual budget process provides evidence of

And organization guided by policy objectives and clear goals.

"Maximum feasible participation" was a corner stone of the great society anti-poverty programs in the 1960s. The most serious problem in meeting this objective was

Antagonism of professional social workers who felt slighted and lost influence to committees of the poor will develop policies.

After making a speech on sexual abuse treatment before a community group, a social worker learns that the local newspaper grossly missstated and amplified her qualifications. As a result of the article, a false impression was created and she received many phone calls from agencies asking her to consult and see clients. In this case the social worker should

Ask a newspaper to republish a correction and notify callers of the error.

A social worker employed in a private family clinic treats a couple with mirital communication problems. There is no question of violence in there does not seem to be any serious pathology. The clients agreed to pay fees monthly. When the clients do not pay after six weeks, the worker reminds them of the payment arrangements and discusses the overdue account. They agreed to pay. After continued nonpayment, the social worker wishes to terminate the treatment. The worker

Can notify the couple of the reasons and terminate the relationship.

The first tactic assumption of public responsibility for shaping programs any fluency social policy occurred in 1912 in the field of

Child welffare

A 14- year old youth is arrested for a minor crime in a small town. A reporter for the local press seeks information. What philosophy guides the justice system when ask for information on the identity of the offender and the circumstances of the crime?

Court records are confidential for offenses committed by children. Neither the court nor the police will provide information on the identity of the youth.

A major objective of social work from the 1890s through WWI was social reform. After 1920, the focus of social work was

Developing individual treatment methods and expanding social work training.

Welfare reform created a program called TANF- ( temporary assistance for needy families) which is administrated by the states. It's mostly navigate a controversial feature is

Eligibility for assistance in time limited.

Legal services that were previously offered by the office of economic opportunity in which in 1975 were replaced by the federal legal services Corporation provided

Legal services for the poor in civil cases

AFDC Provides basic cash benefits to mothers with young children and has been replaced by TANF( Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) a program that

Limits the duration of payments, requires recipients to see employment, and may refuse additional assistance to mothers who have a child while on welfare.

In the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 ( PL 94-142) The responsibility for providing appropriate education for children with physical challenges and learning disorders was given primary to

Local education agencies.

The 1974 law authorizing the supplementary secretary income program( SSI)

Maintains the consistency of public assistance programs by providing income only after the cause of need is determined

And example of a program that reflects a social investment is

Parental care

Eligibility for unemployment insurance is determined by

Past employment

The child protective service movement in the United States began in the 1870s in New York City. The agency that intervention and expanded its mandate to remove a child named Mary Ellen from the home of abusive foster parents was the

The New York society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

A married supervisor develops an intimate relationship with a supervisee. Indicate the statement that best reflects the underlying principles that should be invoked:

The behavior is exploitative and violates professional ethics.

The social worker's legal and ethical obligation is to act quickly to involuntary hospitalized a client when

The client is likely to deliberately or accidentally cause harm to themselves or others

Child welfare policy emphasizes that treatment efforts to maintain the family should be a first priority, as parents can provide the best environment for their children. Placement should be considered only after it is shown their families are so dysfunctional that they are on unable to maintain a safe environment for their children. Therefore, high service levels are justified to maintain children in their own homes. This policy derives from

The concept of permanency planning.

The theory that the poor are unable to escape from poverty because they have learned and integrated behaviors and attitudes from the community and the family environment is called

The culture poverty

The difference between Medicare and Medicaid is

The federal government administrators Medicare while the state and administer Medicaid

Select the statement that best describes the institutional concept of social welfare.

Welfare services are normal, first line functions of modern society.

The social work profession has little intellectual influence or impact in promoting universal family- oriented social policies due to

a societal emphasis on residual social welfare programs and practices.

A factor that distinguishes block grants from categorical grants is

categorical grants usually have a specific purpose while block grants are dedicated to more general purpose.

The customary destination of 65 years at the beginning of old age and eligibility for retirement benefits under Social Security has been changed to reflect new conditions. Discussions about raising the age for full eligibility for Social Security benefits reflect concerns about

reducing the costs of Social Security and responding to the increase in life span that has occurred since the institution of Social Security

A means- tested program is one that

requires the applicant to prove financial need.

During the progressive period ( 1890-1918), settlement house social workers emphasized

social reform

A social worker is asked to provide treatment for a women with whom he had an intimate relationship two years ago.He should

suggest it would be inappropriate and unethical for him to treat her and urge her to find another clinical to provide help.

A social worker seeking continue cash assistance for an indigent client Who recently lost his vision after serious automobile accident refer the client to

the Supplement Security Income ( SSI) Program

Closing mental institutions and decreasing inpatient stays, while increasing community based care could not have been implemented without

the development of psycho tropic medications that make it possible for severely mentally ill patience to achieve higher levels of independence

When providing social work assistance to a two parent family receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, the worker must keep in mind that

the family in the worker must develop strategies to move toward independence.

Social service agencies serving families in poorer neighborhoods who receive financial assistance from public welfare programs must be particularly concerned with

the need to develop vocational alternative for clients who will be denied welfare assistance after they reach the mandatory time limits.