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SOCIAL WORK
SOCIAL WORK terms and definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| INTERNSHIP | Placement in a social services agency that provides experiential learning and academic credit for students in their freshman, sophomore, or junior years. |
| ABSOLUTE POVERTY | The lack of income and/or assets which prevents one from obtaining a subsistence level of functioning |
| ACCESSIBILITY | The opportunity to obtain or receive services. |
| ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES | The system of services provided to adults who are vulnerable to abuse, exploitation, or neglect |
| ASSESSMENT | The process of examining a problem to determine its cause, severity, and course which is necessary to design an effective intervention plan. Assessment is done at all levels of practice. |
| BIAS (For or Against) | Positive or Negative attitudes or beliefs about individuals or groups |
| CAPACITY BUILDING | Process of developing the abilities, attributes, resources and will to set and reach goals by a client, group, organization, or community |
| CASE MANAGER | Social worker whose role is to oversee and coordinate a client’s services in keeping with the client’s goals and needs. |
| CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES | The system of services provided to children and youth vulnerable to abuse, neglect, exploitation or neglect |
| CHILD WELFARE | The field of practice responsible for monitoring and promoting the rights and welfare of children and youth |
| CIVIL RIGHTS | Rights of citizens given by a government that protect them from abuse by individuals, organizations, social policies, or governments |
| CONDUCT DISORDER | A disorder usually found in children and youth in which there is repetitive and consistent behavior that violates the behavioral norms and values for that age group |
| CONFLICT OF INTERESTS | A conflict between a professional’s personal and private interests that may impact practice |
| CUSTODY | The legal right to protect, make decisions for, and be a guardian for an individual who is viewed incapable of living independently. |
| DELUSION | An erroneous belief that persists despite evidence to the contrary. Examples include delusions of grandeur and persecution. |
| DIAGNOSIS | The process of identifying a condition and assessing the causes and contributors to that condition, based on symptoms and course, and allowing for a plan of care. |
| DISCRIMINATION | The practice of treating people differently and negatively based on a difference such as gender, age, religion, political orientation, sexual orientation, or ability. |
| ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA | The qualifications and specific requirements utilized to determine if one is eligible to receive benefits or services |
| EMPATHY | The therapeutic technique of communicating to a client that their situation, reactions, and emotions are appreciated and understood, which builds rapport and sets the foundation for a helping relationship |
| ENTITLEMENT | Funds or services for which individuals qualify based on their membership in a particular classification or their status (right) |
| ETHICAL DILEMMA | A situation in which two strongly held values are in conflict, and in which action to support one value violates the other. |
| ETIOLOGY | The underlying causes of a social problem, condition, or behavior |
| FEMINIST THEORY | Orienting / explanatory theory that describes how the dominance of males over females in societies causes oppression and injustice toward females in terms of relationships, treatment, policies, and social institutions |
| GUARDIAN | A person appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the custody and welfare of an individual who is a minor, incapacitated, or incompetent |
| HATE CRIME | Crime against an individual or group based on characteristics such as gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or religion |
| HAWTHORNE EFFECT | The tendency of people to behave differently when they know they are being observed. |
| HOMOPHOBIA | Fear or intense dislike of people who belong to a sexual orientation minority. |
| IMMIGRANT | An individual who has voluntarily moved to another country. |
| IMPLIED CONSENT | Statements, actions, or silence by a client that make them appear to be giving consent to treatment |
| IN-SERVICE TRAINING | Training provided to employees of an agency that helps them acquire the knowledge and skills needed for their work. |
| ACTIVE LISTENING | The therapeutic technique of purposefully and carefully listening to client statements, attending to what is not being said, and reflecting this back to the client in order to build rapport,.. |
| ENGAGEMENT | The therapeutic technique of aligning oneself to clients and bringing them into the helping relationship. |
| PARAPHRASING | The therapeutic technique of using different words to re-phrase client statements, allowing clients to better understand and analyze what they have said |
| KINSHIP | A group of people bound together by genetics, or in some cases, by choice. |
| LEARNED HELPLESSNESS | Passive or ineffective responses to abuse or problems based on an individual’s experiences and beliefs that nothing can be done to improve their situation. |
| MOOD DISORDER | A mental disorder in which the client experiences elevated, lowered, or varying moods according to an established pattern or for prolonged periods of time. |
| NEGLIGENCE | The failure to provide adequate service or protect the rights of clients which results in harm or damage to clients |
| NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION | Organizations which provide services based on motivation to do so rather than on the basis of profit |
| PARITY | A concept of equality between two entities or policies, such as the equality of insurance coverage for health care and mental health care |
| REFUGEE | Individual who experiences persecution or danger on the basis of political beliefs, religion, or ethnicity and who seeks protection in another country |
| RELIABILITY | The degree to which a research tool provides a consistency in measurements over time with the same group or type of subjects. |
| SAMPLE | A part of a group which is chosen to represent the group for research and study purposes, and which can be randomly selected by being as likely to be chosen as any other part of the group |
| RESILIENCY | The ability of individuals, families and other social systems to respond to and deal with problems without becoming dysfunctional, overwhelmed or ineffective. (Also, resilience) |
| SELF EFFICACY | An individual’s belief in his/her ability to complete tasks and function adequately |
| STEREOTYPE | Tendency to classify and perceive all individuals belonging to a specific group the same based on inadequate information, generalizations, biases, and limited exposure |
| TRANSFERENCE | Emotional reactions to people in the present that are rooted in previous relationships with other individuals |
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