Deck 27: Regulation: Challenges and Opportunities for the Social Work Profession in Canada

Question 1

In table format summarize the arguments for and against regulating social work.

Answer 1

No Answer

Question 2

The table on p. 409, "Analysis of Social Work Legislation in Canada" does not include Ontario, or any of the territories. Complete the table adding Ontario and the territories and determine if any of the other provincial information should be updated.

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

Discuss the statement "all provinces and territories should develop a College of Social Work."

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

Describe the development of social work in your province/territory and identify and provide a brief biography of one of the early social workers in your province.

Question 5

Should social workers be required to belong to both a Regulatory College and a Professional Association? What are the differences and similarities?

Question 6

Describe the difference between licensure and regulation.

Question 7

Identify four of the key criteria that regulated professions share.

Question 8

What two main aspects of protection of the public does regulation achieve?

Question 9

Identify three issues why social work regulation in the province of Ontario was so hard to achieve.

Question 10

Identify three goals of regulation.

Question 11

A regulatory college for social workers exists in

A) Ontario
B) Quebec
C) British Columbia
D) Alberta

Question 12

In Ontario the professional association of social workers

A) Regulates the practice of social work
B) Establishes and enforces professional standards
C) Ensures a voice for social workers at the local, provincial. national, and international levels
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 13

The Discipline Committee of OCSWSSW is designed to

A) Publicize the profession
B) Hear and determine allegations of professional misconduct
C) Hear and determine allegations of incompetence
D) All of the above
E) B and C above

Question 14

A college of social work protects the public by

A) Compensating for the client's lack of knowledge about the services they are receiving
B) Providing equitable treatment by obliging all members of the profession to meet common standards
C) Ensuring issues of confidentiality are observed in applied research
D) All of the above
E) A and B above

Question 15

All social workers in Canada are regulated by

A) Department of Social Services
B) Ministry of Labour
C) Ministry of Long-term care
D) A and C above
E) None of the above

Question 16

The key criterion that regulated professions share according to McCorquodale is

A) A complaints committee
B) A public relations committee
C) A research committee
D) A website
E) All of the above

Question 17

The following people can file a complaint to the Complaints Committee

A) A colleague against a colleague
B) A client against a practitioner
C) One professional against another professional
D) All of the above
E) A and C above

Question 18

When interacting with regulated colleagues it is advantageous to be regulated as well because:

A) Leaders of multidisciplinary teams tend to "load up" unregulated members of teams with more referrals
B) There is an increase in individual departments rather than program management in health care
C) Increased professional credibility is accorded to regulated professions under government legislation.
D) It provides the benefits of an elitist position

Question 19

Regulation

A) Has improved social work salaries
B) Has improved compensation
C) Has lifted the profession's profile in the public mind
D) A and B above
E) None of the above

Question 20

What is one reason why the issue of scope of practice in social work is problematic?

A) Registrars of regulatory bodies in Canada have agreed no national consensus on a definition of scope of practice is required.
B) There is no national consensus for an agreed upon definition of scope of practice.
C) Defining scope of practice is straightforward and basic but a few see it as complex
D) Social work interventions are limited thus there is little interest in it as an issue.

Question 21

Regulation is intended for public protection

Question 22

Some object to regulation because it supports an elitist philosophy.

Question 23

All provinces have a College of Social Work as well as a professional association.

Question 24

The professional association advocates for social and professional issues.

Question 25

The regulatory college responds publicly to issues of interest to social work and their clients.

Question 26

Ontario was the first jurisdiction in North America to achieve some form of professional legislation of social work.

Question 27

A social worker in Ontario who wishes to qualify for membership in the Ontario College must have a BSW, MSW or Doctoral degree in social work.

Question 28

Self-regulation of social work solves all the problems of the profession.

Question 29

Models of regulation seldom change and remain relatively static.

Question 30

Regulation has lifted the profession's profile in the public mind.