FREE MSW Master of Social Work Assessment and Treatment Planning Questions and Answers Flashcards
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A social worker is assessing a court-mandated client who is resistant to treatment. Which engagement strategy is most consistent with evidence-based practice?
Answer: Using motivational interviewing techniques to explore ambivalence
Motivational interviewing is an evidence-based approach specifically designed to work with ambivalence and resistance in clients, including those who are mandated.
When using the person-in-environment (PIE) classification system during assessment, which domain does it uniquely address that the DSM-5 does not?
Answer: Social role functioning and environmental problems
The PIE system uniquely focuses on social role functioning and environmental problems, complementing the DSM-5's clinical diagnostic framework.
A social worker is creating a safety plan with a client who has expressed suicidal ideation. Which element is essential to include in an evidence-based safety plan?
Answer: A list of warning signs, coping strategies, and emergency contacts in sequential steps
The Stanley-Brown Safety Plan includes sequential steps: warning signs, internal coping strategies, social contacts for distraction, professionals to contact, and means restriction.
In treatment planning for a child welfare case, which assessment tool is specifically designed to evaluate the safety and risk factors for child maltreatment?
Answer: Structured Decision Making (SDM) model
The Structured Decision Making model is specifically designed for child welfare to systematically assess safety threats, risk of future maltreatment, and family strengths and needs.
A treatment plan requires cultural responsiveness for a recently immigrated client. Which practice principle should guide the social worker's approach to assessment?
Answer: Assess the client's migration experience, acculturation stress, and culturally specific expressions of distress
Culturally responsive assessment includes exploring migration experiences, acculturation stress, and understanding that distress may manifest differently across cultural contexts.
When transitioning a client from the assessment phase to active treatment, what is the social worker's primary ethical obligation regarding the treatment plan?
Answer: Obtaining informed consent by explaining the treatment plan goals, methods, risks, and alternatives
The NASW Code of Ethics requires social workers to obtain informed consent, ensuring clients understand and agree to the treatment plan's goals, methods, potential risks, and alternatives.