Typical social work activities in USA

Over 50 % of social workers work with young people and their families. They may also work with the following groups:

§ young offenders;

§ people with mental health problems;

§ school non-attenders;

§ drug and alcohol abusers;

§ people with learning and physical disabilities;

§ the elderly.

Government legislation focusing on the integration of health and social work services means that social workers often work in multidisciplinary teams.

Tasks typically involve:

§ undertaking and writing up assessments (often with medical staff), which meet specified standards and timescales;

§ conducting interviews with service users and their families to assess and review their situation;

§ offering information and counseling support to service users and their families;

§ organizing and managing packages of support to enable service users to lead the fullest lives possible;

§ recommending and sometimes making decisions about the best course of action for a particular service user;

§ liaising with and making referrals to other agencies;

§ participating in multidisciplinary teams and meetings, for example, child protection, mental health;

- maintaining accurate records and preparing reports for legal action;

§ giving evidence in court;

§ participating in training, supervision, and team meetings.

VOCABULARY

1. socially excluded– не принимаемый обществом

2. service user – пользователь социальных услуг

3. to maintain – поддерживать

4. critical friends – ответственные друзья

5. offenders– преступники

6. mental health – психическое здоровье

7. drug abuser – наркоман

8. the elderly –пожилые

9. assessments –отчисления

10. timescales – временные рамки

11. legal action – судебный иск

VIII. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. Whom does social worker work with?

2. Where does social work work?

3. What does government legislation focus on?

4. What are the typical tasks?

IX. Верны или нет следующие утверждения:

1. A social worker works with all groups of people.

2. They don’t maintain professional relationships with service users.

3. Qualified social work professionals are not supported by any one.

4. Over 60% of social workers work with young people and their families.

5. Social workers work with offenders, school non-attenders, drug and alcohol abusers

X. Определите ряд, все слова которого являются наречиями:

a) possibility, primary, easily, diversity, variety, daily;

b) possibly, infinitely, immediately, primarily, namely;

c) principally, immensely, secondly, largely, hardly.

XI. Определите сказуемое в следующем предложении:

Rather, humans are changing their environment trying to fit their needs.

a) are;

b) are changing;

c) trying to fit.

XII. Определите ряд, в котором даны сказуемые во временной группе Perfect:

a) has reflected, will have arrived, have agreed, has to wax, could have waned;

b) has been choosing, had defined, will have invited, has developed, would have fitted;

c) has flourishing, has to evolve, having acquitted, have remained, has to pass.

XIII. Укажите правильный перевод сказуемого следующего предложения:

Society’ gender attitudes are changing:

a) изменились;

b) меняются;

c) будут меняться

XIV. Заполните пропуск, выбрав нужную грамматическую форму:

The major changes … in childhood, especially during the first 5 years of life.

a) are taking place;

b) take place;

c) have taken place.

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