Celebrating Social Work Month

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  What do social workers do?

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  • A.
    Social workers help individuals, families, and groups restore or enhance their capacity for social functioning, and work to create societal conditions that support communities in need.
  • B.
    The practice of social work requires knowledge of human development and behavior, of social, economic and cultural institutions, and of the interaction of all these factors.
  • C.
    Social workers help people of all backgrounds address their own needs through psychosocial services and advocacy.
  • D.
    Social workers help people overcome some of life’s most difficult challenges: poverty, discrimination, abuse, addiction, physical illness, divorce, loss, unemployment, educational problems, disability, and mental illness. They help prevent crises and counsel individuals, families, and communities to cope more effectively with the stresses of everyday life.
  • E.
    All of the above.
• 2.
  Who employs social workers?

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  • A.
    According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), professional social workers are the nation’s largest group of mental health services providers. There are more clinically trained social workers—over 200,000—than psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric nurses combined. Federal law and the National Institutes of Health recognize social work as one of five core mental health professions.
  • B.
    There are social work groups for educators and researchers, as well as organizations for practitioners in health care leadership, nephrology, oncology, child welfare, schools, prisons, courts, and many other settings.
  • C.
    Professional social workers are found in every facet of community life—in schools, hospitals, mental health clinics, senior centers, elected office, private practices, prisons, military, corporations, and in numerous public and private agencies that serve individuals and families in need. Many also serve as social and community service directors.
  • D.
    All of the above
• 3.
  What are the main characteristics that amazing social workers share?

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  • A.
    Love of people. Embrace all the different forms we appear in.
  • B.
    They are not prejudiced. They are willing to take a look into their own bias.
  • C.
    Embrace and respect for difference. Being self-aware. 
  • D.
    Courage to be an advocate for your client or for yourself within any organization or community resources.
  • E.
    All of the above
• 4.
  Mark all that are true

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  • A.
    Social workers advocate for social and economic justice
  • B.
    Social workers are highly skilled professionals who make an impact on supporting Alvis' mission of turning lives around by 180 degree
  • C.
    Social workers are creative problem solvers
  • D.
    Social workers are workers who like to be social. It doesn't require any degree, passion or special talent
  • E.
    Social workers help people cope with the challenges of a complex, rapidly changing world
• 5.
  What is the NASW Podcast?

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  • A.
    NASW Social Work Talks podcast informs, educates and inspires
  • B.
    NASW Social Work Talks podcast gives the listener an opportunity to explore topics that social workers care about and to hear from social work experts and pioneers
  • C.
    NASW Social Work Talks podcast is a new way of learning about Social Work issues and matters
  • D.
    All of the above

Quiz Outcomes

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