The Social Work Profession
True or False
1. Social work as a profession is of a steady size. Although some positions are being eliminated, just as many are being created.
True | False
2. People who pursue social work careers should plan on being happy
but poor all their lives.
True | False
3. According to some surveys, the highest paid social workers are
those who work for the federal government and in the U.S. military.
True | False
4. Social work is one of the smallest professions in the United States.
True | False
5. Computers have changed social work.
True | False
6. Not all counselors are social workers, but many social workers are counselors.
True | False
7. Although social work is an enjoyable and rewarding profession, those that become social workers should expect to live at very low levels because social work salaries are extremely low compared to fields such as teaching, law enforcement, and psychology.
True | False
8. Social welfare history can be traced for at least four hundred years. Probably, social welfare services have existed for as long as human society.
True | False
9. Social workers who prepare for careers in the United States should plan on spending those careers in this country and, probably, in the states were they are educated.
True | False
10. Although there are many social work professional associations representing varied special interests and activities, the National Association of Social Workers is by far the largest and most comprehensive of the professional groups.
True | False
11. It is a contradiction for a social worker to be a political conservative.
True | False
12. It is not important for American social workers to learn foreign languages.
True | False
13. American social workers should plan to spend their careers in the United States.
True | False
14. African-American and Hispanic social workers appear to have higher median salaries than white social workers.
True | False
15. A portable retirement program is one that can be taken to another job and continued without interruption. Generally portable retirement plans are preferable to those that are not portable.
True | False
16. Most social workers are employed by one agency throughout their careers.
True | False
17. Social workers pay into and benefit from Social Security in the same way as any other employee in the United States.
True | False
18. Social Security is the cornerstone of a sound retirement plan but most people also need a private retirement plan, savings, an individual retirement account, or something else of the sort that can supplement the Social Security payment.
True | False
19. Professional liability insurance of some kind is important for all social workers to have.
True | False
20. For many social workers, the important part of the job is organizing people to solve larger social problems.
True | False
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