Midterm Exam

• Skill

  The ability, expertness, or proficiency gained from practice and knowledge
• Skill


  The ability to apply the knowledge and values of one's profession in her work with people
• Socially provided opportunities for satisfying basic needs are necessary for both self-realization and contribution to society by the individual
• Body of knowledge of a profession


  • Rooted in scientific theories
• Enhancing people's capacities to resolve problems


  The primary objective in the context of social work
• Science can never fully explain the complexity of human nature
• Emotional closeness and security in a family


  Facilitated through personalism
• Poverty


  A condition that can and must be changed according to the Code of Ethics
• When a social worker observes a violation of professional ethics and standards


  They should report the violation to appropriate bodies
• Knowledge in the context of social work


  Refers to what, in fact, seems to be established by the highest standards of objectivity and rationality of which man is capable
• Self-Determination as a right of the client


  Emphasizes the client's right to determine their needs
• Acceptance of people as they are in social work


  Means dealing with the client as they are in reality
• Utang na Loob


  Debt of gratitude
• Role of social workers according to the Code of Ethics


  To advocate for change and promote professionalism
• Relationship between professional practice and cultural values according to the Code of Ethics


  Professional practice should challenge and change cultural values
• Principle of Confidentiality


  Protects the client's right over their secrets
• According to democracy's view of man, fulfilling one's potential and helping others do the same is good and desirable
• Principle of "Participation of the Client in Problem-Solving


  The client is actively involved in the entire problem-solving process
• Principle of Individualization


  Recognizing that every human situation is unique
• Public responsibility of a profession according to Boehm's criteria


  To contribute to the advancement of social wellbeing
• Translating social policies into action in the context of social work


  By translating such policies to programs and services that respond to social problems effectively
• When a social worker is tempted to judge a client's behavior


  They should remember that clients are the ultimate judges of their own behavior and the motivations that underlie them
• When a client shares a secret with a social worker


  The social worker should respect the client's right over their secrets
• Amor Propio


  Sensitivity to personal affront
• Individuals coming together to form a community for their mutual protection and safety reflects the natural view of man
• Boehm's criteria for members of a profession


  • Consider themselves as members of a group sharing knowledge, skills, attitudes, and norms of conduct
• Humanism


  Implies human worth and dignity are based on man's capability of reason, rational analysis, and choice
• Human worth and dignity according to Democratic Theory


  Based on man's capability of reason
• Cultural belief related to patience, suffering, and endurance


  A person must suffer before he can gain happiness
• Linking clients with needed resources in social work practice

  Helping clients locate the resources they need
• Professional Skill in the context of social work


  The ability to apply the knowledge and values of one's profession in her work with people
• Purpose served by a profession's Code of Ethics


  Providing community protection against abuses by professionals
• Important duty of a professional social worker toward clients


  Acting on the basis of adequate knowledge of the client's situation
• Function of social work Mr. C is primarily focusing on

  Preventive function
• Networking in the context of social work

  Collaborating with different organizations
• Importance of resource organizations being responsive to people's needs

  To promote community engagement
• Importance of a profession's Code of Ethics


  It sets forth basic principles and guidelines for professionals
• One of the main tasks of social work


  Promoting material assistance to those in need
• Professional culture of social work


  • The use of tested knowledge from various disciplines
  • Compliance with a regular code of ethics
  • The development of a systematic body of theory
• Ethical dilemma in social work


  A circumstance where professional and personal values conflict