Deck 8: Beginning

Question 1

In discussing relevant policy and ethical factors, social workers should avoid the person-in-environment perspective.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

As an evaluator, you coordinate delivery of several different services provided by personnel from one or more agencies or programs.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

When introducing yourself as a professional social worker to clients, it is important to do all of the following EXCEPT:

A)tell the clients your name.
B)tell the clients your profession or job title.
C)guarantee the clients that you can solve their problems.
D)be sensitive to cultural factors.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In the context of professional social work, a(n) _____ helps to locate community resources and link people with them.

A)counselor
B)broker
C)evaluator
D)facilitator

Question 5

A 27-year-old woman whose three-year-old son has been placed in foster care by the Department of Social Services seeks services at your outpatient substance abuse program.She is required to effectively complete an addictions program and demonstrate sobriety in order to get her son back.What would you do and say at the beginning of your interaction with the woman?

Question 6

The beginning skills for a professional social worker include:

A)facilitating an exchange of introductions.
B)employing System 1 thinking instead of System 2 thinking for analyzing situations.
C)validating a null hypothesis.
D)viewing a client in isolation rather than taking the person-in-environment perspective.

Question 7

In the context of professional social work, a(n) _____ coordinates delivery of several different services provided by personnel from one or more agencies or programs.

A)facilitator
B)evaluator
C)advocate
D)case manager

Question 8

In the context of social work, _____ services often occur in psychiatric facilities and mental health agencies, where members develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to fulfill functional, accepted, and socially desirable roles.

A)social control
B)skill development
C)socialization
D)rehabilitation

Question 9

In the beginning of a working relationship between a social worker and the client, seeking feedback involves checking whether information has been accurately understood.

Question 10

In the context of professional social work, educational counseling, training activities, and transition facilitation activities contribute to:

A)skill development.
B)ethnocentric orientation.
C)social mediation.
D)class advocacy.

Question 11

There is a direct relationship between personal problems and public issues in society.

Question 12

Recently, a 14-year-old African American girl told her schoolteacher that she is pregnant.She also told the teacher that she needs to have an abortion quickly or her parents might kill her.The teacher urged her to talk with you, the school social worker, and secured the girl's permission to tell you about the situation.The teacher arranged for a meeting.What would you do and say at the beginning of your interaction with the teenage girl?

Question 13

The "targets" of social control activities have not yet decided to accept a nondeviant, socially acceptable role.

Question 14

In using the skill of seeking feedback, social workers:

A)encourage clients to comment about the proposed purpose for the meeting and their role.
B)lay down the ground rules of the meeting.
C)tell the clients their profession or job title.
D)guarantee the clients that they can solve the clients' problems by the end of a counseling session.

Question 15

An extremely important beginning skill involves discussing policy and ethical factors.

Question 16

At the beginning of any first meeting with a client, a social worker should avoid mentioning his or her profession.

Question 17

In the context of professional social work, _____ is an aspect of socialization service in which social workers help people clarify their own goals and roles.

A)resocialization
B)identity development
C)skill development
D)social control

Question 18

In office settings, it is not a good idea to display your degrees and licenses on the wall as it will intimidate your clients.

Question 19

Early in first meetings with clients, professional social workers should:

A)clearly establish that they are the ones in charge.
B)ask the clients to call them by their formal title.
C)avoid open-ended questions.
D)ask if they are pronouncing their clients' names correctly.