Topic 4. Types of social workers

setting	['setŋ]	окружающая обстановка, окружение
substance-abuse	['sʌbstǝns–ǝ'bju:s]	злоупотребление алкоголем
trend	[trend]	направление, тенденция
overcome	[ǝuvǝ'kʌm]	преодолеть
maintain	[meın'teın]	поддерживать, сохранять, удерживать
overlap	[ǝuvǝ'læp]	частично покрыть, совпадать
facilitate	[fǝ'sılıteıt]	облегчать, содействовать
assistance	[ǝ'sıstǝns]	помощь, содействие
proponent	[prǝ'pǝunǝnt]	защитник, сторонник
legislation	[͵ledзıs'leıʃǝn]	законодательство
deal with	[di:l]	общаться, иметь дело
increase	[ın'kri:s]	возрастать, увеличиваться, расти

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Ex. 1. Read these international words and guess their meaning. Mind the stress:

indi′vidual(n)	′person(n)
′agency(n)	associ′ation(n)
psychi′atric(adj)	′christian(n)
′sector(n)	′organizer(n)
′client(n)	′decade(n)
′analyze(v)	coordi′nator(n)

Ex. 2. Complete the following table with the appropriate verb or noun:

Verb	Noun
	worker
help
	assistance
conduct
	coordinator
serve
	planner
assist
	legislation
solve
	specialization
employ

Ex. 3. Match English and Russian equivalents:

1. deal directly with the individual or the family	a. социальный работник при клинике старается помочь
2. private practice	b. в последние годы
3. psychiatric hospitals and clinics	c. проводят исследования
4. the clinical social worker tries to help	d. частная практика
5. in recent years	e. Американский Красный Крест
6. conduct research	f. психиатрические больницы и клиники
7. social work	g. имеют дело непосредственно с человеком или семьей
8. at times	h. социальная работа
9. the American Red Cross	i. временами

Ex.4. Fill in the blanks:

(community organizers, the areas of specialization, the family, the nature, the social planners).

1. Social caseworkers deal directly with the individual or ...

2. After determing ... of the client's problem, the clinical social worker tries to help the person overcome these difficulties.

3. ... act as area-wide coordinators of all the programs of different agencies.

4. In recent years ... within social work have increased greatly.

5. At times the role of community organizers overlaps that of ...

Ex. 5. Mark the following statements as true or false:

1. Social workers may be employed in family-service agencies, medical and psychiatric hospitals and clinics, public agencies, and industrial settings.

2. The social group worker is usually concerned with planning or leading activities of large groups of persons.

3. In the last two decades, there has been a trend toward professionals working in the nonprofit or public sector rather than in private practice.

4. Social planners are social workers who plan social work in substance – abuse clinics.

5. Community organizers work actively in community councils of social agencies and in community-action group.

Ex. 6. Complete the sentences:

1. Social workers may be employed ...

2. The social group worker is usually concerned with ...

3. In recent years the areas of specialization within social work ...

4. They also facilitate self-help programs initiated by local common-interest groups, for example, by training local leaders to ...

5. In the last two decades, there has been a trend toward professionals working in private practice rather than ...

Ex. 7. Organize the plan in the logical order:

a. Community organizers;

b. The social group worker;

c. Employment of social workers in varied settings.

Ex. 8. Answer the questions on the text:

1. Who do social caseworkers deal with?

2. Where do they work?

3. What activities are clinical social workers involved in?

4. What type of social workers conducts research and helps develop social welfare policies?

5. What activities do community organizers perform?

Ex. 9. Give a short summary of the text.