Deck 16: Social Work Practice In The Community Philosophy Models Principles And Practice

Question 1

Grassroots Community Practice does not follow the same phases of work as individual and group practice.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Mizrahi advocates for:

A)more social workers who have community practice skills.
B)a decrease in practitioners who can focus on community issues.
C)social workers to focus issues of individuals and not the issues of the community.
D)more social workers who prioritize community practice as more important than culturally aware practice.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The social action approach:​

A)aims at making basic changes to major institutions or community practices.
B)emphasizes a technical process of problem solving with regard to substantive social problems.
C)presupposes that community change may be pursued optimally through broad participation of a wide spectrum of people at the community level.
D)none of these answers

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In empowerment-oriented practice,the second client of the two-client framework can be the system.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT an area of social support according to Unger and Wandersman?​

A)Cultural Social Networks
B)Instrumental Support
C)Informational Support
D)Personal Social Networks

Question 6

According to Ellis,Mallory,Gould,and Shatila,the work for effective change should include:​

A)neighborhood social networks
B)contingency planning
C)development of internal leader
D)personal/emotional support

Question 7

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding Grassroots CommunityOrganizing?​
C)

A)Grassroots Community Organizing is typically run by members of the community.
B)Grassroots Community Organizing is a hybrid of Models A and
C)Grassroots Community Organizing uses strength-in-numbers to bring about social change.
D)Grassroots Community Organizing usually springs up over issues generated by the middle and upper classes.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a principle for effective social work community organizing?​

A)the social worker needs to help the group members develop the structures and culture of effective work.
B)the social worker needs to control the goals,objectives,and strategies of the group.
C)the social worker encourages the development of internal leaders.
D)the social worker must respect the presence of barriers.

Question 9

In what type of community have the barriers of geographic location been broken?​

A)cyber communities
B)rural communities
C)urban communities
D)none of these answers

Question 10

Specht and Country:​

A)stressed the need for more individual counseling versus group counseling.
B)surveyed a group that assisted parents in developing their knowledge of contemporary education issues.
C)criticized the trend of social work practice that has abandoned its work for the poor and disenfranchised.
D)All of these answers.

Question 11

Which orientation of social work is associated with a social planning approach?​

A)Model A
B)Model B
C)Model C
D)Answers "Model A" and "Model B"

Question 12

Structure and maintenance refers to the work done by social workers to help members create and manage the structure of a group.

Question 13

Which of the following statements is true regarding Rural-Based Community Organization Practice?​

A)High rates of poverty are less visible in rural areas making it difficult for social workers to help this demographic.
B)Community social workers in rural areas must deal with the small social circles of rural life and the likelihood of knowing client systems personally as well as professionally.
C)Social workers in rural areas suffer from lack of work and experience.
D)The factors that affect community organization practice in rural and urban community practice are the same.

Question 14

In the case of SNCC: Starting Where the Client (Community)Is,the community organizer:​

A)directly and indirectly manipulates the clients to achieve the worker's goals.
B)eventually empowers the clients to address voting rights.
C)is manipulated by the deviant member of the group into changing the issue of concern.
D)directly and indirectly manipulates the community to achieve the client's goals.

Question 15

Empowerment-oriented and progressive practice models:

A)are consciousness-raising with respect to person,interpersonal,organizational,and political aspects of issues.
B)aim to change socioeconomic structures and institutions to make them empowering structures.
C)are based in a philosophy that recognizes the expertise of workers to makeare based in a philosophy that recognizes the expertise of workers to make decisions on the behalf of disempowered groups.
D)"are consciousness-raising with respect to person,interpersonal,organizational,and political aspects of issues." and "aim to change socioeconomic structures and institutions to make them empowering structures."

Question 16

In the case of Patient Empowerment through a Newspaper in a VA Hospital:​

A)a deviant member of the group provided important insight into the issue.
B)the staff of the hospital exhibited a stereotyped view of the patients.
C)the clients dealt with internalized stigma associated with mental illness.
D)all of these answers

Question 17

Unger and Wandersman address what three affective bonds within a neighborhood?​

A)instrumental support,informational support,sense of community
B)sense of mutual aid,instrumental support,attachment to a place
C)sense of mutual aid,sense of community,attachment to a place
D)none of these answers

Question 18

Social workers can support advocacy groups that are sponsored by their state or provincial professional association.

Question 19

In the case of The Deviant Member: Community-Based Citizens' Advisory Board:​

A)the social environment encouraged open discussion of the subject with all members of the board.
B)illustrated the deviant member as a functional and contributing member of the group.
C)depicted an example where the worker identified with the group-as-a whole instead of individual members of the group in order to prevent the deviance of some members.
D)illustrated the gatekeeper as a functional part of the group.

Question 20

Instrumental support is exemplified by neighbors providing information to one another as they interact.