Types of Social Workers (Part I)

V. Read the text and define the types of social workers.

III. Learn the following derivatives and fill in the gap with the proper word.

II. Find the opposite to the following words.

Types of Social Workers (Part I)

Text III

VIII. Make a brief summary of the text.

I. Practice the pronunciation of the following words:

Agency, psychiatric, substance, private, toward, determine, appropriate, specialization, maintain, therapeutic, research, frequently, facilitate.

Direct, toward, private, appropriate, increase, proponent

a. To determine – determination – determined;

1. He has made a … effort to stop smoking. 2. Upbringing plays an important part in … a person’s character. 3. He fought the illness with courage and … 4. Age and experience will be … factors in our choice of a candidate. 5. I’m … to succeed. 6. An inquiry was set … cause of the accident.

b. To maintain – maintenance;

1. The two countries … always… close relations. 2. The house is large and difficult … 3. He income was barely enough … one child. 4. The school pays for heating and the … of the building.

IV.Translate the following word-combinations:

Substance-abuse clinics, to overcoe difficulties, to obtain assistance, to conduct research, to facilitate self-help programs, to overlap.

Social workers may be employed in varied settings. Social caseworkers deal directly with the individual or the family. They work in family-service agencies, medical and psychiatric hospitals and clinics, public agencies, substance-abuse clinics, and industrial settings. In the last two decades, there has been a trend toward professionals working in private practice rather than in the nonprofit or public sector. After determining the nature of the client's problem, the clinical social worker tries to help the person overcome these difficulties or obtain appropriate assistance. In recent years the areas of specialization within social work have increased greatly.

The social group worker is usually concerned with planning or leading activities of large groups of persons. This type of social work is often carried out in recreation centers such as those maintained by the American Red Cross and the Young Men's Christian Association, and in hospitals and other therapeutic settings.

Social planners are social workers who conduct research and help develop social welfare policies, frequently acting as proponents of social legislation. Community organizers act as area-wide coordinators of all the programs of different agencies so as best to meet community needs for health and welfare services. They also facilitate self-help programs initiated by local common-interest groups, for example, by training local leaders to analyze and solve the problems of a community. Community organizers work actively, as do other types of social workers, in community councils of social agencies and in community-action groups. At times the role of community organizers overlaps that of the social planners.

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