Social Work

1) What are the three components of social work practice? (What do social workers do?)

2) Why is social work unique among the helping professions?

3) How do social workers approach understanding urban communities?

4) List 5 factors that contribute to the high visibility and pervasiveness of social problems in urban communities.

5) What are the institutional model and the residual model of public sector social welfare (according to the textbook)?

6) Give an example of costs and benefits of services for the institutional and residual model.

7) Briefly discuss the English Poor Law of 1601.