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Introduction to Social Services - Study Guide | SER 11, Study notes of Social Work

SER 11 Important Facts Material Type: Notes; Professor: Garganta; Class: Intro to Social Welfare; Subject: Human Services; University: Bristol Community College; Term: Fall 2012;

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STUDY GUIDE
HS 101 Intro to Human Services
1. The Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601
Kept the administration of poor relief at the local level.
2. Settlement houses
Neighborhood-based facilities established in most urban centers
to bring together people of different socio-economic and cultural
backgrounds to share knowledge, values, and skills for their mutual
benefit.
3. Hull House
The first and most famous of the Settlement Houses founded in
Chicago in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
4. Prior to the 1929 Stock Market Crash
There was an illusion of economic stability throughout the 1920’s.
Because of the rising income of the rich, the stock market began to
soar. It appeared to be a sound investment. Even those who could not
afford it, bought on credit. When stock prices fell, people could not
pay their loans and they lost everything.
5. The Great Depression
The most catastrophic economic crisis the United States has ever
seen.
6. The New Deal
The name President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to a sequence of
programs and promises he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the
goal of giving reform to the people and economy of the United States
during the Great Depression.
7. Social Security Act.
The most important among all the programs President Roosevelt
initiated.
8. The National Mental Health Act of 1946
Provided a funded mechanism for research and training
programs and for state assistance in establishing community mental
health service.
9. The Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court Case
Ruled that separate public schools for black and white students
denied black children equal educational opportunities and thus violated
the 14th Amendment. This victory paved the way for integration and
the Civil Rights Movement.
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HS 101 Intro to Human Services

  1. The Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601 Kept the administration of poor relief at the local level.
  2. Settlement houses Neighborhood-based facilities established in most urban centers to bring together people of different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds to share knowledge, values, and skills for their mutual benefit.
  3. Hull House The first and most famous of the Settlement Houses founded in Chicago in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
  4. Prior to the 1929 Stock Market Crash There was an illusion of economic stability throughout the 1920’s. Because of the rising income of the rich, the stock market began to soar. It appeared to be a sound investment. Even those who could not afford it, bought on credit. When stock prices fell, people could not pay their loans and they lost everything.
  5. The Great Depression The most catastrophic economic crisis the United States has ever seen.
  6. The New Deal The name President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to a sequence of programs and promises he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of giving reform to the people and economy of the United States during the Great Depression.
  7. Social Security Act. The most important among all the programs President Roosevelt initiated.
  8. The National Mental Health Act of 1946 Provided a funded mechanism for research and training programs and for state assistance in establishing community mental health service.
  9. The Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court Case Ruled that separate public schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities and thus violated the 14th^ Amendment. This victory paved the way for integration and the Civil Rights Movement. /app/work/qkd8ng-hs-101-study-guide-doc.doc Rev 12/2/
  1. The War on Poverty Tthe name for the plans and programs Lyndon B. Johnson proposed in response to the difficult economic conditions and rising poverty of the 1960’s. His aim was to encourage economic stability, equal opportunity and realize the Great Society.
  2. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Prohibited racial and/or religious discrimination and outlawed segregation in schools and public places.
  3. Race the major subdivision of the human species whose distinguished characteristics are genetically transmitted.
  4. Culture The customs, habits, skills, technology, arts, values, ideology, science, and religious and political behavior of people in a specific time period.
  5. An Ethnic Group is a distinct group of people who share a common language, set of customs, history, culture, race, religion, or origin.
  6. Ethics Pertain to the beliefs we hold about what constitutes right conduct. Ethics are moral principles adopted by an individual or group to provide rules for right conduct.
  7. Values The customs, standards of conduct, and principles considered desirable by a culture, a group of people, or an individual?
  8. Confidentiality: A principle of ethics according to which the social worker or other professional may not disclose information without the client’s consent.
  9. The Duty to Warn: Suggests that when a therapist’s client is threatening violence to a specific victim, the therapist has a professional responsibility to warn both the intended victim and the appropriate authorities (police) of the danger.
  10. A professional discipline: Defined by a common body of knowledge, a code of ethics, and a concern for peers.
  11. Chemical dependency
  1. Elderly and Substance Abuse Concerns: A change in metabolism; isolation from family and friends; self- diagnosing and self-medication with OTC drugs; and, multiple physical problems with multiple medications.
  2. Legal obligation→Breach Confidentiality When a client is dangerous to self; a client is dangerous to others; in a medical emergency; a client commits child abuse (including neglect) or elder abuse.