Deck 7: Child Welfare: Working With Children and Their Families

Question 1

Child development theory tells us that it is always problematic for children to be sleeping with their parents.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Intervention with children should consistently stem from social work theory.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Social workers are not mandated to report an incident of child abuse that they hear about when they are off-duty.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Discuss some of the challenges that face the foster care system and how social workers might intervene to address one of them.

Question 5

Upon learning that a five year-old child is still sleeping with his or her parents, a social worker should do which of the following?

A) Report the incident to child protective services
B)Take the culture of the family into consideration before judging the situation
C)Insist that the child begin sleeping in a separate room
D)Determine what financial resources might be available so that the family can afford a larger space where the child has his or her own room

Question 6

When a case manager listens to a child's wish not to continue visitation with a parent who maltreated her, the case manager is

A)Taking the child's side
B)Respecting her self-determination
C)Empowering the parent to assert his own opinions regarding his situation
D)Taking the parent's side

Question 7

As a social worker, when a friend in your neighborhood informs you that her husband is abusing their two children:

A)You must confirm these allegations and make a report
B)You are not obligated to respond to the situation
C)You are mandated to report the abuse to the child abuse hotline
D)You should confront the husband and ask for more details

Question 8

Children often come to the attention of a social worker on their own.

Question 9

Balancing the value of self-determination is especially complicated when working with children.

Question 10

Programs and policies that exist for the main purpose of improving the well-being of children are part of what system?

Question 11

Because they are young, children can never be included in the planning and decision-making regarding the intervention process.

Question 12

List and describe the three primary roles that social workers use to intervene on behalf of children and families?

Question 13

Explain why the value of self-determination is particularly difficult when working with children.

Question 14

Which of the following stages of development is marked by the development of attachment relationships as seen in children's recognition and interaction with their primary caregivers and other significant people in their lives?

A)Prenatal
B)Infancy
C)Childhood
D)Preschool years

Question 15

The Ecological approach suggests that social workers view a client within the context of his/her environment. Name five systems that commonly impact the children with whom social workers work.

Question 16

Things that children discuss with social workers must remain confidential.

Question 17

Children are considered vulnerable and in need of special attention and advocacy because of which of the following?

A)Many of them live in poverty
B)They comprise one of the largest subgroups in the U.S.
C)They rely on adults to make their needs known to decision makers
D)They are not legally allowed to advocate for their own needs

Question 18

Assessment is an on-going process that continues throughout a social worker's involvement with a child or family.