Deck 18: Social Work in Rural Areas

Question 1

Rural areas are under tremendous stress because

A) Of very low literacy rates
B) Of Insect crisis
C) Of farm crisis
D) Of the effects of enormous population growth

Answer 1

Of farm crisis

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT true of a "rurban" community?

A) A population between 2,500 and 10,000,
B) An economic base that is shifting from farming to a diversity of occupations,
C) A growing access to services,
D) A sense of heterogeneous cultural mores

Answer 2

A sense of heterogeneous cultural mores

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT true of a rural social worker

A) Is described as a generalist who brings to bear a broad range of methodologies and skills in practice.
B) Must have a good background in community development and organization
C) Needs to have more expertise in macro-level interventions than micro and mezzo-levels
D) Needs to be a good administrator and a resource specialist.

Answer 3

Needs to have more expertise in macro-level interventions than micro and mezzo-levels

Question 4

Rural social worker

A) Needs to have the ability to work in an unstructured environment
B) Is dependent on the community leaders of the rural community
C) Practices social work the same way as social workers in urban settings
D) Is usually considered a "specialist" worker rather than a generalist practitioner

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT true of a rural community:

A) It has closed communication systems
B) It uses interagency cooperation
C) It has a sense of community
D) It has a personal and informal level of agency collaboration

Question 6

A negative element of working in a rural area is

A) Geographic and scenic beauty
B) Personnel isolation
C) A sense of community
D) Interagency cooperation

Question 7

The rural social worker

A) Does not provide services at the micro level (work with individuals)
B) Is part of the team of numerous professionals available to a rural community
C) Is a resource specialist
D) Is not expected to work with the informal power structure of the community leaders

Question 8

Which of the following areas is NOT a positive aspect of working in a small community?

A) Independence
B) Slow advancement
C) Tangible results
D) Recognition

Question 9

Rural agencies are unique in the social welfare system because

A) They provide services without the help of trained professionals
B) They are formal organizations serving small populations
C) They are usually isolated from the community that they serve
D) They have a strong personal, direct link to the community they serve.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is NOT true about individuals who are usually interested in distance social work education

A) They tend to be young people
B) They have families to support
C) They do not have the time to travel long distances to a university
D) They do not want to re-locate to be closer to a university

Question 11

What are the characteristics of a "rurban" community?

Question 12

Explain why a generalist practitioner is needed in rural communities.

Question 13

Describe the roles of a rural social worker.

Question 14

Describe the positive and the negative aspects of working in small rural areas.

Question 15

Identify the five areas that offer the rural social worker significant rewards.