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A social worker in a protective services contacts a mother reported for neglect of her severn- year old son. To gather information for decision making, what should you do FIRST? Read the current report of suspected neglect. What interviewing skill is used in social work to help the client se...

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SOCIAL WORK EXAM Questions and
Answers (100% Pass)
A social worker in a protective services contacts a mother reported for

neglect of her severn- year old son. To gather information for decision

making, what should you do FIRST?


✓ Read the current report of suspected neglect.




What interviewing skill is used in social work to help the client set treatment

goals?


✓ focusing




A social worker meets with 85 year old with cognitive impairments who is

having financial difficulties. The scoical worker discovers that the client has

been charged for exorbitant fees for inadquate home repairs over a long

period of time. The client does not want to report the repair company since

the workers were friendly. What shwould the social worker do FIRST?


✓ Report the situation to the appropriate authorities.




The ability to evaluate a situation, social phenomenon, or person without

prejudice or distortion is referred to as




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✓ objectivity




A patient whose hand was severed in an accident is referred to the hospital

social worker. What should the social worker do first?


✓ Assess the patients emotional reaction.




While reading a couples adoption references, the social worker notices that

three of the five references include information on wife only. What is the

social worker's MOST appropriate response to this lack of information?


✓ Contact the references and ask for additional data.




A SW working in a homeless hselter meets with a client who demands to

leave on a cold winter day. The client has schizophrenia and no supportive

connections away from the shelter. The client is wearing clothes

inappropriate for the weather conditions. wHat shwould the SW do FIRST?


✓ Discuss with the client the risks involved in leaving.




During an interview, before actually speaking, a social worker considers what

to say to a client in words the client will understand. What aspect of the

communication cycle is the social worker using?


✓ Encoding



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A school SW is talking with a group of middle school students about smoking

cigarettes. There is general agreement amound the students that occasional

use of electronic cigarettes is safe. What shoudl the social worker do to BEST

respond to the discussion?


✓ Educate the students about the addictive properties of electronic

cigarettes.




A social worker tells a client "you look confused when I just explained our

agency's policy" what communication technique is the SW attempting with

this statement?


✓ Reflection




In addition to verbalizing the SW understanding, what does an empathetic

response include?


✓ Mirroring the clients feeling.




Individuals who view the norms and values of their own culture as absolute

and use them as standards for judging others are exhibiting


✓ ethnocentrism




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A 26 year old women who is homeless and pregnant is referred to a SW. sHe is

in conflict with her family, has no money, abuses substances, and needs

emergency housing. What is the woman's MOST immidiate problem?


✓ Need for shelter.




A social worker meets with a 13 year old client who reports that she may be

pregnant. Her boyfirend is 16 years old. The client demands that the social

worker not tell anyone. What shwould the SW do FIRST


✓ Review the limits of confidentiality to the circumstance.




A SW selects clients to participate in a research project about child abuse.

What is the BEST term for this process?


✓ Sampling




A hospital SW contacts a nursing home about accepting a patient. The

nursing home asks the social worker for a copy of the patients records. WHat

should the SW do FIRST


✓ Discuss the specifics of the request with the client.




A SW learns that a client is reciving services from another SW for the same

problem. The client has not told this to the SW. What would the SW do FIRST



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