Deck 14: Social Justice, Empowerment and Advocacy

Question 1

Empowerment and advocacy enable social workers to construct help and alliances that give people chances to achieve a greater understanding of and a change in, their lives.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Empowerment and advocacy are:

A) normalization theories
B) social democratic practices
C) therapeutic interventions
D) none of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Empowerment practice helps practitioners think about ____ to achieving their clients' objectives and motives them to deal with the ___ affecting their clients.

A) missed opportunities, depression
B) opponents in the way, oppression
C) social barriers, injustice
D) none of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Empowerment and advocacy fail to deal adequately with clients who are:

A) incapable of achieving power over their lives
B) those who need protection
C) unable to gain control over their day-to-day activities
D) all of the above

Question 5

Advocacy began in the ___ field.

A) medical
B) social work
C) public defender
D) legal

Question 6

The main role of empowerment and advocacy theory within the range of practice theories has been to incorporate into social work:

A) useful tools from macro practice, community development, and social pedagogy
B) practice aspects of critical theories without Marxists root and ideas about antidiscrimination
C) aspects of humanistic practice, existentialism, and spirituality
D) systems and ecological practice

Question 7

From the 1970s onward, advocacy has been incorporated into general social work practice by:

A) lawsuits requiring more assertive work by social workers
B) policy changes by agency management and boards of directors
C) case advocacy and cause advocacy
D) none of the above

Question 8

And important area of empowerment practice has been to assist the development of self-help and mutual aid groups.

Question 9

Seeking to change healthcare and social work practice to encourage greater equality and participation for people with learning disabilities is referred to as:

A) normalization
B) mainstreaming
C) democratic integration
D) client participation

Question 10

A major value issue that arises with empowerment and advocacy:

A) is worries about conflicts with agency policy
B) inability of social workers to develop accurate case plans
C) people's capacity to participate in social institutions and act and speak for themselves
D) none of the above

Question 11

Advocacy represents people in two ways:

A) acting for them informally and formally
B) speaking for them, and interpreting and presenting them to those with power
C) meeting with agency staff and meeting with outside professionals
D) developing proposals for to submit to service providers and to legal aid groups

Question 12

Empowerment ideas are steadily being displaced in their importance by the concept of advocacy.

Question 13

A major area of debate regarding empowerment and advocacy is whether these are ____ or mainly do they represent a _____ to simply improve the position of particular clients.

A) critical theories, social democratic objective
B) valid approaches to social work, convenient way
C) major theoretical areas, technique
D) none of the above

Question 14

Empowerment practice may help individuals but in turn this may_____:

A) create antagonism by other oppressed or deprived groups
B) disadvantage the community by selectively drawing down resources
C) take power and resources from others in their oppressed environment rather than the wider society
D) all of the above

Question 15

Dominance over people is often achieved through people's lack of knowledge and understanding of their situation and thus they may overcome social barriers by better understanding their limitations. This is an example of _____ ideas in action.

A) advocacy
B) self-help
C) empowerment
D) mutual aid

Question 16

Since the 1970s, advocacy has been included into social work through:

A) case advocacy and cause advocacy
B) empowerment practice approaches
C) managerialism mandates
D) none of the above

Question 17

Practice ideas included in the political role of empowerment include:

A) biography
B) political understanding
C) gaining and using skills
D) all of the above

Question 18

Social work empowerment and advocacy have connections to many other fields.

Question 19

Critical theorists suggest that empowerment and advocacy fail to address:

A) need for social change
B) diversity of clients
C) changes in the environment
D) none of the above

Question 20

Advocacy is integral to many social work roles and increasingly important role for social workers in agency-based practice in times of reduced budget and entitlements.