Deck 6: Social Work Practice With Groups

Question 1

In the decade 1855-65

A) The YMCA and YWCA were organized and provided group programs and activities
B) The National Association of Group Work was established
C) The Neighborhood Guild was established
D) National Association of Social Workers was organized

Answer 1

The YMCA and YWCA were organized and provided group programs and activities

Question 2

Group Work

A) Is usually used in mental health settings only
B) Is based on the knowledge of people's needs for each other and their interdependence
C) Is usually offered as a formal therapy
D) Focuses on a "group" of people and neglects the individual

Answer 2

Is based on the knowledge of people's needs for each other and their interdependence

Question 3

Group work is NOT used for which of the following purposes:

A) For skill development among members
B) For meeting the personal growth and socialization needs of the group worker
C) For the enhancement of social functioning of the members
D) the achievement of socially desirable goals among the members

Answer 3

For skill development among members

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a group work model:

A) The social goals model
B) The remedial goals model
C) The reconstructive goals model
D) The reciprocal goals model

Question 5

Which of the following does NOT true of the reciprocal goals model:

A) It begins with a set of prescribed outcomes in mind
B) It has the goal to have a setting that allows for mutual aid.
C) It identifies participant's level of motivation
D) It serves both the individual and the society
E) Respect for a client

Question 6

Which of the following is/are most element for group formation?

A) Agency goals
B) Worker goals
C) Member goals
D) Agency, worker, and member goals

Question 7

When selecting group members for a senior citizen group, which of the following factors may not play an important role?

A) Age
B) Common problems
C) Value system
D) Gender

Question 8

The group worker

A) Needs to define and be clear about group purposes and member goals
B) Does not need self-evaluation
C) Should allow group members to run the group with no interference from the worker
D) Needs to encourage the personal agenda of group members that may not relate to group goals.

Question 9

Which of the following Principles is NOT related to the preparation of group members

A) the purposes for which the group is established
B) the goals of the members and the worker
C) the reason for the agency's existence
D) the knowledge, skill, and individual preferences of the members

Question 10

When structuring a group process, which of the following factors is NOT as important as others?

A) Group size
B) Group rules
C) Group gender
D) Proposed time of the group meeting

Question 11

Define clinical social work and explain the use of a multi-level systems approach.

Question 12

Identity and explain the current trends in clinical social work.

Question 13

Explain the following elements of clinical social work practice: Purpose, values, sanctions, knowledge, and methods. Give examples wherever possible.

Question 14

Identify and describe the predominant methods of clinical practice.

Question 15

Identify and explain the four main divisions of the clinical social work process.