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20 Cards in this Set
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Social Policies |
The laws rules and regulations that govern the benefits and services provided by government and private organizations to assist people in meeting their need |
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Social Justice |
The equitable distribution of societal resources to all people as well as equity and fairness in the social economic and political spheres |
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Strengths Perspective |
A philosophical approach to social work that posits that goals strengths and resources of people and their environment rather than their problems and pathologies should be the central focus of the helping process |
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Social Problems |
Concerns about the quality of life for large groups of people that are either held as a broad consensus among the population or voiced by social and economic Elite |
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Social Welfare |
A nation system of program benefits and services that help people meet those social economic educational and health needs that are fundamental to maintenance of society |
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Client |
The recipient of the direct service or benefit a Social Work provides |
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Client Groups |
The population that is the primary focus of a social policy or program the terms "service users" and "target group" also refer to the population |
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Social Work |
Can be defined as "the professional activity of helping individuals groups or communities to enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal" |
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Social Programs |
The specified set of activities that are designed to solve societal problems and or meet basic human needs |
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Social Practice |
Professional efforts to influence the development enactment implementation or assessment of social policies primarily to ensure social justice and equal access to basic social goods |
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Self-determination |
People's ability to control their own destiny |
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Duel Assessment |
Involves examining clients needs and goals as well as the policies and programs that either help or create barriers to the achievement of their goals |
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Micro-level practice |
Focuses on engaging clients at the individual level |
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Mezzo-level practice |
Happens at an intermediate level and may involve work with groups neighborhoods and Community organizing |
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Macro-level practice |
Involves efforts to help clients by intervening in large systems and may affect policies and practices at the agency, local, State, national and international levels |
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Advocacy |
In the context of Social Work policy practice, is the act of publicly supporting actions that will improve policies and programs which impact our clients |
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Claims-making |
Work done by concerned individuals and groups to make the case to policymakers, key actors, and the public-at-large that resources should be allocated to meet a recognized need |
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Empowered |
Persons' is increased control over their own |
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Solution-focused approaches |
Are approaches that ask people to identify the outcomes they want for themselves, their families, and their communities |
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Core values of Social Work |
Service, social justice, dignity and worth of person, importance of Human Relationships, Integrity, competence |