SWK 310- Social Work Practice with Individuals Final Exam Questions With Verified Answers
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SWK 310- Social Work Practice with
Individuals Final Exam Questions With
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Generalist Perspective - answerAssumes an openness to the use of a variety of theories,
models, and techniques. Does both micro and macro levels. Practitioner must have a variety of
skills and knowledge. ...
SWK 310- Social Work Practice with
Individuals Final Exam Questions With
Verified Answers
Generalist Perspective - answer✔Assumes an openness to the use of a variety of theories,
models, and techniques. Does both micro and macro levels. Practitioner must have a variety of
skills and knowledge. Work is adjusted to include differing techniques specifically chosen to
address the problems and goals. Understanding is filtered through many different theoretical
lenses.
Systems perspective - answer✔focuses the social worker on the "dynamic interplay of the
many...systems that affect client behavior and functioning." When one system is affected other
parts are affected as well. Establishes steady states or equilibrium that are dynamic. Anticipate
how the intervention will affect each member of the system.
Feminist Perspective - answer✔Addresses "the effects of societal beliefs and stereotypes
concerning gender and sex roles...in social work practice." Use when gender stereotyping and
discrimination are related to the presenting problem. Focuses on power structure of male
dominance in formation of many societal beliefs.
Strengths perspective - answer✔focuses on client's strength
Ethnic sensitive perspective - answer✔focuses the social worker's lens of understanding and
perception on the contribution of "ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity among clients."
Focuses on issues of discrimination and minority issues. Has to want to learn from clients about
cultural sensitive issues. Tension -incongruence between the values and beliefs of the client's
sustaining subsystem and their nurturing subsystem
Intake & Engagement - answer✔Prepare for the meeting by learning about the client's
concerns/issues and setting up how and where you will meet them. Engage: orient the client to
the process and use generalist skills to understand concerns and build the relationship. Initial
phone contact, the 1st meeting, making a referral, confidentiality.
Assessment & Data Collection - answer✔Data Collection refers to the factual information that
you are gathering or learning about the client. Assessment is the thinking process by which a
worker reasons from the information gathered to arrive at tentative conclusions" (p. 246).
Planning & Contracting - answer✔Elements of the phase include people, organizations, services
to involve in the work are identified. Goals and steps are identified. Planning is the bridge
between assessment and intervention (ex: goals, objectives, and tasks). Contracting is either
written, verbal, or implied. Specifies problems, goals, interventions, timeline, meeting times, and
others involved.
Intervention & Monitoring - answer✔Interventions from phase 3 are being implemented.
Intervention is the worker and client address problems in a systematic manner by carefully
chosen methods and use many techniques have been developed. Goals of techniques vary and
should be considered. Monitoring- Implementation Continual appraisal of the way methods are
being implemented and their effect. Outcome- Are the methods being used producing the desired
effects?
Termination & Evaluation - answer✔Termination: Bringing the activities of planned change to a
close "in a manner that is sensitive to issues surrounding the ending of a relationship" (p. 469).
Evaluation: "the worker assesses the degree to which the intervention was effective in improving
the client's functioning or situation."
Step 8 - answer✔Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends
to them all." Include all those we have harmed in any significant way.
Step 9 - answer✔Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so
would injure them or others." This is an antidote for pride. Best done face-to-face. If restitution is
called for, this is provided to the offended party. Sometimes the offended person has died or
cannot be reached.
Step 10 - answer✔Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly
admitted it. We can do a "spot check" inventory or an end-of-the-day inventory
Step 11 - answer✔Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with
God as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry
that out" (p. 65). This step helps the person to build contact with God into his/her daily life.
Step 12 - answer✔Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry
this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs" (p. 73). This is the "give
it away to keep it" stage. We are often called on in this step to give the other a testimony of our
trials and path through pain to recovery.
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