Direct and Indirect Practice Flashcards
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A social worker is lobbying city council to increase affordable housing. This represents which level of macro practice?
Answer: Social action
Lobbying elected officials to change housing policy is social action, a macro-level strategy for systemic change.
In task-centered practice, the social worker and client collaboratively identify:
Answer: Specific, time-limited tasks to address identified problems
Task-centered practice focuses on agreed-upon, concrete, time-limited tasks that address problems the client acknowledges.
A social worker notices a pattern of racial disparities in child welfare removals in their agency. Addressing this through organizational policy change is an example of:
Answer: Mezzo-level systemic advocacy
Changing organizational policy to address racial disparities is mezzo-level advocacy targeting institutional systems.
Which of the following is a contraindication for brief, solution-focused therapy?
Answer: Active psychosis or severe mental illness
Active psychosis or severe mental illness typically requires more intensive, longer-term treatment than brief models can provide.
A social worker serves as a liaison between a school and child protective services during a neglect investigation. This indirect practice role is called:
Answer: Coordinator
Coordinating communication and services between two agencies to serve a shared client is the coordinator role.
Prochaska and DiClemente's transtheoretical model identifies which stage in which a client has changed behavior but continues to work to prevent relapse?
Answer: Maintenance
The maintenance stage follows action and involves sustaining behavioral change and actively preventing relapse.
Which of the following BEST describes the role of supervision in direct social work practice?
Answer: Ensuring worker competence, ethical practice, and professional development
Supervision ensures competent, ethical practice and supports professional development through administrative, educational, and supportive functions.