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Chapter 1 - The SocialWork Profession
questions and
answers 2025
What is Social Work? - answer A helping profession similar to counseling,
psychology, and other human services different -
economic and social justice, advocacy work with individuals, groups,
families, and communities
Need to understand politics, assess needs, be aware of client environment
- answer
Core values, competencies, and responsibilities - answer National
Association of Social Work NASW)
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
Diversity - answer knowledge of multiple cultures, beliefs, and social
identities.
Social work degrees: - answer BSW, MSW, DSW, Ph.D.
Licenses and certifications, requirements vary by state
Levels of practice? - answer Macro
Mezzo/Meso
Micro
, Employment opportunities? - answer multiple settings
A professional social worker: - answer has received a social work degree
has become certified or licensed
some jobs do not require licensure or certification
Famous Social Workers: - answer Jane Addams, Dorothy Height, Frances
Perkins
Del Anderson (veterans), Bernice Harper (hospice), Dale Masi (EAP)
Not social workers but have SW background: Samuel Jackson, Alice Walker,
and Suze Orman
Central concerns of social workers: - answer help people live meaningful,
healthy, and successful lives
help people obtain tangible items such as food, water, or shelter
help people obtain intangible resources such as emotional, economic, and
social support
Four major goals identified by National Association of Social Workers
(NASW)? - answer -To enhance people's coping, problem-solving, and
developmental capacities
-To link people with systems that provide opportunities, resources and
services
-To promote the effectiveness and humane operation of systems which
provide people with resources and services
-To develop and improve social policy
-To promote human and community well-being (Added by CSWE)
Some factors that influence values and beliefs? - answer Family
Spiritual beliefs
Culture
Race
Ethnicity
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