Human services final – Flashcards
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In the last half of this century, human services have developed in response to which of the following problems?
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stress in today's world
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Today the new meaning for the human service generalist is
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a professional who works with the client using both the micro and macro perspective
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Which of the following skills best helps the human service professional understand the client's environment
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Listening
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Ethical standards are important to the human service profession to
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guide the treatment of clients and coworkers
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Moving clients to self-sufficiency means all of the following
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increase in self-esteem increase in independence increase in responsibility increase in autonomy Does not mean increase in family harmony
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The relationship the human service professional has with other professionals is described in all these statements
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The relationship the human service professional has with other social service professionals is a measure of the status of human service. Other helpers work side by side with human service workers. According to many social service providers, the work of the human service professional is essential Human service workers refer to other social service profess NOT The human service worker is the mental health specialist.
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Which of these client populations receives help that functions as social control
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unruly children NOT: abused women AIDS patients clients with mental illness clients with low self-esteem
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Rehabilitation is relevant when
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a client is injured in an automobile accident NOT: a client experiences an unpleasant fight with parents a client loses her children in a custody battle a client is diagnosed as having AIDS a client is having trouble in school
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Which of the following skills/tasks are required by human service workers to provide evidence-based practices
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ALL: Read and evaluate research studies Understand research design and statistics Determine whether the evidence indicates that an intervention is effective Determine if the evidence-based intervention is appropriate for the clients you are working with
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Help us define HS
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Problems in living Global Modernization Slef-Sufficiency To provide Social Care, Social Control, andRehabilitation
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Social care
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assist clients to meet social needs when they cant do it alone ex: assisted living, hospice, daycare
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Social Control
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Temporary or long term care for individuals who try to meet needs in inappropriate ways ex: prison, group homes, criminal justice
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Rehabilitations
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short or long term care to help return to prior level of living ex: addiction rehab, psychiatric hospitals
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Can not treat someone without looking at the
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environment
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Networking
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communication and collaboration between HSW and agencies
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Teams
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within agencies
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Partnership
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between government or business not providing human services
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Case Management
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HS responsible for one persons life
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Evidence based Practice
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strategies shown by research that works
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Outcome evaluation
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show what works (people getting better, changes made)
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Generalist
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in any population or agencies (little bit about a lot)
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Nonprofessionals
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volunteers self-help groups
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Medical Model
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oldest model
