Social Welfare Quiz #3

According to the Council on Social Work Education, generalist social work practice involves using a range of prevention and intervention methods in their practice with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities based on scientific inquiry and best practices.

True

An organization is a group of individuals gathered together to serve a particular purpose.

True

In-home family services are typically described as preventative services.

True

The social advocacy model of community practice includes when the client population is viewed as victims of the oppressive power structure.

True

The most important point of generalist social work practice involves viewing a problem situation in terms of which of the following concepts?

Person-In-Environment framework

This principle asserts that clients have the right to hold and express their own opinions and to act on them, as long as doing so does not infringe on the rights of others:

Self-Determination

Alcoholics Anonymous, developed by two former alcoholics, is an example of which type of group?

Self-Help Group

This term is to describe when all members of a society have the same opportunities, basic rights, obligations, and social benefits.

Social Justice

Group therapy has all of the following advantages over one-to-one therapy except:

it enhances the feelings of anonymity and invisibility.

Community practice requires:

social workers to have the most basic skill of working with individuals and with groups.

Research has shown that it is generally easier to change a person's attitude in a one-to-one therapy than in a group therapy.

False

Social workers should rely more on their "gut" instinct than on scientific evidence when working with clients.

False

Which of the following models of community practice asserts that community change can best be brought about through broad-based participation by a wide spectrum of people?

Community capacity development

Social workers work only in public agencies when working with clients.

False

Which of the following is true confidentiality in social work practice?

It is generally permissible to discuss a client's circumstances with other professional team members within an agency where the client is being served.