social work organization and communites study guide

Person in environment concept defined

assess humans functioning by encompassing the most important elements of their environment

Importance of prioritizing the needs of the target population

because if you plan on fixing that population you should have their need in mind.

What were some changes ushered in by the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act - when TANF was created and AFDC was disbanded

changed welfare reform were (1) the requirement that most recipients had to find work and (2) time limits were placed on their eligibility for assistance.

invasion

come into the community and displace the people who have been there

Vertical Linkages

connect community units to units outside the community

Cultural humility vs. cultural competence

cultural humility- recognizing you don't know everything about other cultures but willing to learn and understand cultural competence- being aware of your own cultural beliefs and values and how these may be different from other cultures

mainfest density

described the belief that god had willed the north americans continent to Anglo-saxon race to build a utopian world

non-place communities

does not involve specific attachment to locations that would make a community essential for existing together

ecological theorist

focus on particular groups that share the physical space

system theory to community

focused on the maintenance

faction

group of people who share some common concern and advocate for those concerns against other groups

ethics

guidelines for practice in carrying values

Centralization

how far or closely grouped are the resources and organizations

competition

how the groups co-exist peacefully or dominantly

needs

human basic needs that will empower the clients -housing, food etc

importance of industrialization and urbanization to beginning of social work

industrialization- made wealth generate meant more people could supported -urbanization-Urban areas can grow from increases in human populations

gentrification

lcing out communities by unfair laws to move people out for other agendas

horizontal community

linkages between and among organizations and neighborhoods that are located within the area and serve the community.

Risks

negative factors they will hinder the progress of the client. -income level, childhood experiences etc

Discrimination

negative stereotypes towards groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong.

Are most social problems attributable to a single cause?

no because we can't understand human dynamcis by just one thing

Intersectionality

nobody is one thing, not oversimplifying clients' personalities and lives

-Place community

offers people a space that empowers their identity, where they can meet other people with whom they share social references

conditions

phenomenon that is present in a community organization and that may be trouble-some to a number of people but has not been formally labeled or publicly acknowleged as a problem

concentration

population density

What social conditions impacted the development of social work?

settlement houses made by Jane Addams

succession

time lapse of how the community has evolved

problems in community assessment

to be identified as a problem a condition must in some way be formally recognized and incorporated into the action agenda of a group, orgs or community

Describe the dimensions of problem, population, and arena in understanding clients' struggles

- Problem- what is the nature of the problem in community that effects the client -Population- what ethnics groups and races are in the community that affects the clients struggles - Arena-

Macro practice defined

- professionally guided intervention(s) designed to bring about change in organizational, community, and/or policy arenas.

how does large income gaps effect people within the countries

- welfare recipients who have replaced public assistance with work earnings, feel reductions in welfare dependency have not been accompanied by increases in actual economic security - threatens the ability to hold down a job, which increases the likelihood that the family will have to remain in rundown housing.

What are the 5 levels of possible interactions between human service agencies in a community?

-Communication- Can be enhanced in many ways using websites, brochures, pamphlets, and media. -Written agreements -Cooperation- occurs when units within the community agree to work toward similar goals -Coordination- Concerted effort to work together -Knowledge of and close coordination with local service providers -Collaboration- Implies the concept of a joint venture. - Coalition building -Confederation- Units with the community may actually merge

Gemeinschaft

-community or village -focus on their personal relationship valued by their own sake

the effects of the great depression

-gross national product of the U.S fell by almost half and rate of unemployment reached 25% - raised doubts about the traditional notions that poor people were reasonable for their own demise and should solve it through persons reform

gesellschaft

-society -we relate to people in transactional ways

the 5 functions of community

1. production, distribution, consumption-material resources in our lives(food, water, shelter) 2. socialization- condintioning, what parents teach about norms of expected behavior in community 3. social control- without they use of police, community policies its-self 4. social participation- to help flourish communities need to give us opportunities for social interaction 5. mutual support- helping others without expectations or monetary gain

prejudice

A negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority.

Impact of COS and Settlement Houses on beginning of social work

COS- Served individuals on a case by case basis formed the foundation for social case work Settlement houses- Many served religious missions, played roles in the birth of organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Women's Trade Union League, and the American Civil Liberties Union

community defined

Often characterized as space, people, shared values and institutions, interaction, distribution of power, and social system.

values

strongly held beliefs about what is worthy that many members of a social system perceive to be fundamental

Social Darwnism(rich are more fit)

suggest that persons with wealth and power in society achieve this status because they are more fit than without such resources.