Deck 10: Social Work Practice With Communities: Engagement, Assessment, and Planning

Question 1

Social workers in community practice focus on communities defined by:

A) geography, identity, or shared social issues
B) theory, belonging, or leadership
C) words and values
D) none of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Even when social workers primarily work with individual clients, considering the clients' communities is a critical dimension of practice.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which historical quality of society in the United States has diminished focus on community well-being?

A) Volunteerism
B) Individualism
C) Connectedness
D) All of the choices are qualities that diminish focus on community well-being

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a spatial community?

A) American Red Cross
B) The 2021 Olympic Team
C) Seattle, Washington
D) The LGBT community

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a social community?

A) National Association of Social Workers
B) Denver, Colorado
C) China
D) The World Wide Web

Question 6

A person who has an interest in community affairs is considered to be a(n):

A) Advocate
B) Educator
C) Stakeholder
D) Engagement Specialist

Question 7

Which type of community serves as a venue through which people demonstrate their civic engagement and promote social change?

A) Spatial Community
B) Social Community
C) Political Community
D) None of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is a function of the community?

A) Social Services
B) Mutual Support
C) Cultural Diversity
D) Intervention

Question 9

Systems theory posits that communities:

A) Usually compete for scarce resources
B) Are composed of intersecting components that relate to one another
C) Should consider the perceived reality of their members
D) Need to be considered in the context of their environments

Question 10

The ecosystems perspective focuses on the idea that communities:

A) Need to be considered in terms of how their members are interdependent with their environments
B) Are composed of intersecting components that relate to one another
C) Should consider the perceived reality of their members
D) Usually compete for scarce resources

Question 11

Political, economic, and social dominance of one group over another group within a community leads to:

A) Equal access to community resources
B) Decreased access to community resources for the dominant group
C) Increased access to resources for the non-dominant group
D) Unequal access to community resources

Question 12

Theories about power and conflict offer little help to a social worker who seeks to better understand a particular community.

Question 13

Which of the following theories divides the community into two groups: the "haves" and the "have nots"?

A) Resource Mobilization Theory
B) Power Dependency Theory
C) Conflict Theory
D) Postmodern Theory

Question 14

When working with communities, the social worker often engages and assesses communities simultaneously.

Question 15

A community needs assessment is:

A) A way to evaluate a community intervention
B) A process for identifying unmet needs in the community
C) A process that identifies the neediest community members
D) A standardized tool that assesses the level of community development

Question 16

To gather data for a community needs assessment, a social worker attends a community picnic and interacts with local residents. This social worker is engaged in which method of assessment?

A) Key informant interviews
B) Focus groups
C) Participant observation
D) Community forum

Question 17

A social worker examines records that provide statistics about the rates of child abuse and neglect in her hometown as a part of the community needs assessment process. Which form of data is the social worker utilizing in this examination?

A) Census data
B) Service statistics
C) Administrative data
D) Logistics

Question 18

If a social worker wants to conduct an inquiry by talking to the leaders of the community, the technique the social worker will employ is called:

A) Community Assessment
B) Observation
C) Data Surveys
D) Interviews with Key Informants

Question 19

A _________ is a visual tool for understanding the connections among aspects of the community.

A) Sociogram
B) Ecogram
C) Ecomap
D) Genogram

Question 20

A social worker who is conducting a community needs assessment must examine patterns of oppression and discrimination within the community.

Question 21

Which of the following questions would help a social worker learn more about the economic system of the community during the community assessment process?

A) What is the history of different populations settling in the community?
B) Do the members of the community celebrate specific traditions that are unique to the community itself?
C) Who are the major employers?
D) Are professional networks in the community strong or weak?

Question 22

Which of the following techniques lists skills, abilities, and capacities of the community?

A) Categorical Valuing
B) Asset Mapping
C) Community Skill Building
D) Narrative Deployment

Question 23

The ________ phase involves sorting through community needs and prioritizing them to be able to move forward with an intervention.

A) Engagement
B) Assessment
C) Planning
D) Intervention

Question 24

Criteria to provide structure to the planning process can include:

A) The readiness of the community to recognize and address the issue
B) The seriousness of the issue
C) The frequency of the issue
D) A combination of any of the above choices could provide this structure.

Question 25

A key principle of the participatory action assessment method includes:

A) Include community members in the intervention phase of care
B) Include community members and organizations in all phases of the assessment process
C) Focus on engaging the most powerful members of the community as a means of gaining sufficient funding for the intervention phase
D) Creating a systematic process of assessment that is guided primarily by the social worker

Question 26

Explain the reasons a clinical social worker who primarily works with individuals one-on-one should be skilled in community engagement and assessment.

Question 27

Compare and contrast the Power Dependency Theory, Conflict Theory, and Resource Mobilization Theory. How are they similar? How are they different? How can they be applied to community practice?

Question 28

Discuss a contemporary trend impacting community practice and explain how it could affect a community social worker.

Question 29

Discuss the potential sources of data that can be used in a community needs assessment.

Question 30

Who might be a key informant in a community faced with a homelessness crisis? Think of at least three and explain the information they may be able to provide.

Question 31

Social workers who work only with individual clients do not need to focus on promoting community involvement for their clients.

Question 32

All of the following are functions of a community except:

A) Consumption of goods and services
B) Transmission of social values
C) Provision of mutual support
D) Expulsion of cultural diversity

Question 33

A process for identifying unmet needs in the community is best described as:

A) An asset map
B) A community needs assessment
C) The biopsychosocial perspective
D) A sociogram

Question 34

Discuss four key domains that must be explored as a part of a comprehensive community assessment. Why is it important to understand all of these domains?