Exam 1: Understanding Social Work Practice

Which of the following terms communicates the idea that a social worker can never be completely competent in another community's culture?

The term cultural competence is best defined as:

Which of the following best reflects the broad mission of social work, according to the NASW Code of Ethics?

Explain why self-knowledge is important to social work. Give an example of a situation in which a social worker's lack of self-knowledge could negatively impact a client. Create a plan to resolve the situation that would improve the social worker's self-knowledge base.

Which of the following initiatives seeks to encourage social workers to explore and develop solutions to society's most pressing social problems?

There is an established tension between which of the following concepts:

Which of the following is a central social work value?

A social worker who provides suggestions to assist people to reach their goals is working in the role of:

It is important for social workers to use research to shape which phases of social work practice?

In the ___________ phase of social work, the central focus is on the client's goals.

Why does the social work profession rely on theory to inform practice decisions? What would happen if we made social work practice decisions without relying on theoretical perspectives?

In which phase of social work is the central focus on the client's goals?

In the generalist model, professional practice skills include all of the following except:

Social workers use supervision and reflection for all of the following reasons except

The strengths perspective focuses on:

The strengths perspective focuses on:

Clinical social workers

Which phase of social work refers to doing the work that allows a client to accomplish his/her/their goals?

A person-in-environment perspective conceptualizes a client or community from a narrow and singular perspective.

The ability for the client's story to guide the social worker's development of the intervention is best represented by which of the following theoretical perspectives?