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| Obvusiuly , work takes ;ace within an agency and comm. you usually need an agency to employ you in order to have an arena in which to practice your sw skills. Practice takes place w/in an agency evvir. Similarly, the agency functions w/in comm milieu. Agencies provide resources and services performance. The point is that both agencies and comm are extremely insignificant factors in you ability to practice |
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| Yet, a much broader approach to sw p exists, one that emphasizes the importance of the many systems engulfing and affecting large numbers of indv. clients. Inevitably you will work w/in some agency or ogr context. Th/f the agency's rules and polices will have a monumental impact on what you can and cannot do for your client. |
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The three prededing examples concern interal agency issues that affect cleints. comm issues also have major impact upon your adn the agency's ability to perfom. Just as you function professionally w/in an agency context, you, your clients, adn your agency function w/in a comm context.
First virtually every comm is subject to
soc, econ, pol forces. |
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One of the text's major assumptions is that generalist practitioners require a wide range of skills fopr helping indv,
fam, gr, org and commin a wide variety of situations. Generalists thus require a sound understanding of the organizational envir in which they practice They need to know what goes on in ogr and how such org function w/in the comm and w/in lgr envir including towns, cities , counties and state in addtion to the national international arenas. |
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| Usually agency admin implement changes as part of their administrative responsibilities or agency authority figures solicit help and advice from outside consultants. In both instances,formal authority figures initiate and implement all the changes necessary for the most effective and efficient services provisions to clients |
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| Usually agency admin implement changes as part of their administrative responsibilities or agency authority figures solicit help and advice from outside consultants. In both instances,formal authority figures initiate and implement all the changes necessary for the most effective and efficient services provisions to clients |
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| SWers are generalists who require a wide array of skills. SW don't pick and chose what problems and issues they would like to address. They must prepare themselves to help people w/i individualized personal problems on the one hand and to address very broad problems that affect whole org and comm. on the other. They perform their work in a board assortment of settings that can focus on children and families, health, justice, education, ecomonic status and many more issues too numerous to list. |
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| 3 major features of the GIM |
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1. The generalist prespective is founded on a definiton of generalist practice that is supported by knowledge, skills and values characterizing the unique nature of the SW profession
2. GIM has 7 steps of planned changed
a. Engagement
b. Assesement
c. Planning
d. Implementaion
e. Evaluation
f. Termianation
g. Follow up
- reasses
- discontiue contatct
3. The orientation to solving problems at multiple levels of intervention. Often times these problems involves indv,families, gr, org,& comm.The GIM involves micro, mezzo and macro |
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| First you must use micro skills to engage and begin effective comm w/ the indv/s w/ whom you planning, are talking about the problem w/. Second you assess the problem which entails seeking infoabout various aspects of the problem.Then as a social worker you would progess through the GIM process with planning, implementation, termination,and follow up regaurdless of the level of practice |
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| What are the dimensions in the Definition of Generalist Practice? |
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1.Acquisition of an eclectic knowledge base.
2.Emphasis on client empowerment
3.Acquisition of professional values
4.Use of a wide range of practice skills
5.Orientation to target any size system
6.Effective work within an organizational structure.
7.Appropriate use of supervision
8.Assumption of a wide range of professional roles
9.Emplyment of critical thinking skills
10.Use of a planned change process |
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| What are the aspects of an "Acquisition of an eclectic knowledge base?" |
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A.Theoretical foundation:system theories
B.Human behavior & the social environment
C.Social welfare policy & services
D.Social work practice
E.Research
F.Human diversity
G.Promotion of social and ecomonic justice
H.Populations-at-risk |
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| What are the dimensions in the Acquizition of professional values |
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A.National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics
B.Awareness of personal studies
C.Clarification of conflicting ethical dilemmas
D.Understanding of oppression
E.Respect for diverse populations |
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| What are the dimensions of the "Use of a wide range of practice skills?" |
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| Define the aspects in the "orientation to target any size sysyen" within the Generalist Practice |
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| In Generalist Practice, what are the aspects in the assumption of a wide range of professional roles? |
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A.Enabler
B.Mediator
C.Integrator/Coordinator
D.General Manager
E.Educator
F.Analyst/Evaluator
G.Broker
H.Facilitator
I.Initiator
J.Negotiator
K.Mobilizer
L.Advocate |
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| What are the parts of the "Use of a planned change process?" |
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A.Engagement
B.Assessment:
1.Defining issues
2.Collecting and assessing data
C.Planning:
1.Identifying alternative interventions
2.Selecting appropriate courses of action.
3.Contracting
D.Implementation of appropriate courses of action.
E.Evaluation
1.Using appropriate courses of action
2.Applying appropriate research-based knowledge and technological advances
F.Termination
G.Follow-Up |
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| Elaborate on the Acquisition of an Eclectic Knowledge Base. |
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1.Selecting whatever appears to be the best doctrine, style or method from various sources.
2.Borrowing from other fields such as psychology, political science, & sociology
3.Knowledge base must be so broad that you can select from a wide range of theoretical approaches and skills and apply them to your practice. |
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1.Provide social workers w/a conceptual perspective that emphasizes interactions among various systems.
2.Stress the relationship among individuals, groups, organizations or communities and focus on the interrelationships of elements in nature, encompassing physics, chemistry, biology and social relationships
3.Important because generalist practice may target any size system for change. |
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| Explain Conceptualizing Systems in Macro Practice |
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1.The application of practice in macro client system and conceptualizing a number of systems interacting within the environment.
2.Systems include: macro client; target; change agent and action systems |
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| Explain the Macro Client System |
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1.Involves a large number of clients, families or groups with similar characteristics or qualifications for receiving resources or services, or an agency or community that will be the beneficiary of the macro intervention process.
2.Macro change benefits larger groups of people (client population, agency, or community residents). |
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| Define the Target System. |
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1.The system that social workers must change or influence in order to accomplish
2.Usually involves an organization or community.
3.Might be an agency that needs to improve some of its policies or services or even provde new services. |
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| Explain the Change Agent System |
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| The individual who initiates the Macro change process. In this case, you are the change agent as the book intends to teach you to how to implement change on a macro level. |
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| Explain the Action System |
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| Includes those people wgo agree and are committed to working together in order to attain the proposed macro change. This change can be accomplished alone or in a group. |
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| What organization accredits social work programs throughout the country? |
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| The Counsil on Social Work Education (CSWE). |
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