Parents continually refuse to communicate with their child who is in a residential treatment facility. The social worker should FIRST:
a. respect the
... [Show More] parent's need for separation by not contacting them
b. request that the child be discharged
c. contact the parents about the child's placement
d. assess the child's response to the parents' actions
A fifteen year old girl has been sent home from school on three occasions for drinking alcohol at school. Each time, the mother becomes angry and threatens to punish the girl but is convinced by the father to give her another chance. Which of the following BEST characterizes the father's behavior in this situation?
a. triangulation
b. enabling
c. advocating
d. manipulating
Common indicators of sexual, physical and emotional abuse include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. violence against younger children
b. sexualized behavior
c. isolation
d. stuttering
The concept of gender roles is BEST defined as:
a. attitudes and behaviors attached to individuals because of their sex
b. an individual's sex orientation and/or preference
c. biological characteristics that influence an individual's behavior
d. interplay of biological and sociocultural influences
Which type of interviewing question is MOST likely to generate client defensiveness?
a. open ended
b. closed
c. leading
d. why
When interviewing a client whose speech patterns are different from the social worker's, the social worker's PRIMARY consideration should be that:
a. communication patterns vary due to economic conditions
b. speech is influenced by culture and experience
c. psychosocial conditions will cause variations in speech
d. speech is influenced by group taboos and norms and may indicate false beliefs
The initial symptoms of schizophrenia MOST often occur between which of the following years of age?
a. 6 to 12
b. 13 to 16
c. 17 to 45
d. 16 to 60
Which of the following approaches would be MOST appropriate to use in evaluating client satisfaction with the social worker's provision of services?
a. using a single system design, evaluate the quality of services
b. in the final interview, ask the client about their level of satisfaction
c. after submitting process recordings, ask supervisor for feedback
d. at termination, ask clients to complete a service evaluation and satisfaction form
When conducting an assessment of the risk factors of child abuse for a child of a different ethnic background, a social worker must FIRST:
a. be aware of how personal cultural biases affect the social worker's ability to deal with issues of diversity
b. realize that assessment models are not a substitute for clinical judgment or experience
c. use a strengths' perspective rather than a deficit model to form a partnership with the child's family
d. understand the need for appropriate eye contact, tone of voice and question techniques during the assessment
A social worker is receiving a client with long-standing depression. It becomes known that the client has racist beliefs. The social worker should:
a. respectfully confront the client's prejudiced beliefs
b. educate the client about the negative effects of racism
c. refer the client to another therapist who might have similar belief
d. respect the client's beliefs and focus on the presenting problem
The phase of the helping process which leads to subsequent implementation of intervention is:
a. exploration and summation
b. exploration, assessment and planning
c. initiation of established rapport
d. clarification and analysis
When reviewing a social worker's performance, the supervisor notes that the social worker conveys little empathy toward clients who have recently left welfare and holding first jobs. In order to help the social worker develop empathy with her clients, the supervisor should:
a. explain welfare-to-work procedures from the client's perspective
b. suggest the social worker enter therapy to become a more empathetic person
c. model empathetic communication when engaging with the social worker
d. clarify the agency's reason for supporting these clients
The purpose of feedback in a social worker interview is to:
a. allow the social worker to confront distortions in the client's thinking
b. summarize main points of the interview
c. let the client know social worker understands the issue
d. give the social worker opportunity to self-disclose for benefit of the client
A social worker is leading a women's group with the purpose of improving personal and environmental circumstances. The social worker asks the members to identify the area in which they feel most competent. The social worker is following an intervention strategy BEST described as:
a. reinforcement
b. endorsement
c. enhancement
d. empowerment
The BEST example of the educational component of supervision is:
a. monitoring the caseload
b. providing in-service training
c. utilizing individual and group conferences
d. refining knowledge and skills
In facilitating a hospital support group for bereaved parents, a social worker can discuss a personal experience of a death of a child to:
a. create empathy with the participants
b. receive help from the group
c. create a sense of shared experience
d. establish role as expert on grief issues
The primary role of a social worker is:
a. building rapport
b. providing support systems
c. acting as a resource
d. curing emotional or mental dysfunction
A client with a history of drug abuse was referred to a social worker by a concerned relative. The social worker should FIRST:
a. conduct a family interview
b. begin treatment, focusing on the reason for the drug abuse
c. refer the client for substance abuse treatment
d. evaluate the client's motivation for change
In adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, the most frequently encountered defense mechanism is:
a. denial
b. intellectualism
c. suppression
d. projection
Which of the following approaches would be MOST appropriate to use in evaluating client satisfaction with the social worker's provision of services?
a. using a single system design, evaluating the quality of services
b. in the final interview, ask the clients about their level of satisfaction
c. through process recordings, ask the supervisor for feedback
d. at termination, ask clients to complete a services evaluation and satisfaction form
A female client comes to see a social worker to discuss her relationship issues. According
to the psychosocial perspective, the social worker should:
a. have her tell you about the issues affecting her life
b. begin training behavioral techniques
c. provide a referral to a psychologist for testing
d. refer to a marriage and family therapist
As a new clinical social worker you find yourself being told by your supervisor you need to
be more confrontational. This seems at odds with the social work mission, until you
supervisor explains the primary purpose of confrontation is to:
a. demonstrate accurate understanding
b. help a client change her view of a problem
c. make a client aware of inconsistencies
d. help the client identify alternatives to her present behavior
You have been hired, by a private, non-profit agency, which works with the HIV/AIDS
population. The primary function of your unit is to educate sexually active individuals about
the disease and to help them understand the importance of testing, life-style changes and
treatment if necessary. What is the BEST way to describe your agency's type of
prevention?
a. crisis intervention
b. tertiary prevention
c. secondary prevention
d. primary prevention
You are sitting in a case staffing meeting at your agency while several other social workers
are discussing their new cases and receiving feedback and suggestions. Of the four
following situations, which one WOULD NOT lend itself to family therapy...?
a. A 17 year-old son who needs to separate psychologically from his family
b. A couple with two children that has decided to divorce.
c. A separated couple with two children, one child in the family has an eating disorder
d. An enmeshed family, where improvement in one member is likely to cause distress in
the other members
An example of cultural blindness in social work practice is:
a. Viewing the needs of all clients, not just those in the dominant
culture, as equally important
b. Identifying cultural norms that have impacted on clients'
presenting problems
c. Advocating for the rights of all clients regardless of culture, race,
and/or ethnicity
d. Applying helping approaches universally to all clients without
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