SW 241- The Social Work Interview

Describe the traditional problem solving process.

A series of sequential steps designed to achieve some objective.

Define concomitant.

Accompanying.

What has made the clinical interview the procedure of choice for social work interaction with the client/

Advantages, versatility and flexibility of interviewing.

How does the NASW define social work?

As " the professional activity of helping individuals, groups or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal.

What is the primary purpose of the interview?

Attempt to help the interviewee by implementation of problem-solving process in the context of a positive relationship.

Why is interview the primary instrument for social workers?

Because they use it to obtain an understanding of clients and their situation and for helping clients deal with their problems.

Explain BioPsychSocial

Bio-Doctor Psych-Psychologist Social-Social worker

Name the essential elements of communication.

Communication primarily involves two receptors: the eyes and the ears.

The social interview is ____,____ and ____ toward unidirectionally meeting the ____ and objectives of the client.

Designed, directed, focused, focused

Sequential steps in the process of communication on both sides.

Ecoding by the Interviewer- who guiding the interview. Transmitting- transmission and reception. Decoding- clear understanding of the question. Ecoding by the Interviewee- thinking about the question before responding.

Name the four steps in the interview process.

Introduction/beginning, Social Study, Assessment, Intervention/treatment and Termination.

Professional language or expressions of the social work interviewer that the interviewee may not understand

Jargons

Internal monologues: client with self and worker with self

Latent content (covert)

Define concatenation.

Link together.

External dialog between the social worker and the client.

Manifest (overt)

What are messages instructing us how to interpret the communication<

Metacommunication

What does OASDI stand for?

Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance.

Name some barriers to effective communication.

Physical impairments of speech, hearing and vision, noise, distractions poor lighting and limited privacy.

First among equal

Primus inter pares

What define the distinctive, relevant context od a social work interview?

Social roles, social functioning and social problems.

What does SSI stand for?

Supplemental Security Insurance.

Name some jargons terms that social workers may use.

Support network, generic approach, self-actualization, treatment milieu, and systems intervention.

Name three ways in which interviews are conducted.

Terms of a focus, social study and primary assessment objective.

The interview skills are......

The central skills in which components of the social worker process depend.

What is an interview?

The context through which social workers offer and implement most human services.

What is communication?

The sharing of thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and ideas through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal symbols.

What are the benefits of a face-to-face interview?

They are the most flexible and responsive way to obtain people's life stories, through process, attitudes, and emotional states.

Interviewing skills include......

Using his knowledge and skills, the interviewer reflects, clarifies, support, advises, informs, interprets, questions, confronts, self-disclose, and activates some social policy resources and programs for which the interviewee is eligible.

Homophily

When people form connections with others who similar to them.