Social Workers Often Encounter Clients with Multiple Needs

question 13

Short Answer

Social workers often encounter clients with multiple needs. For example, a single mother who has recently been evicted from her apartment may be eligible for several types of assistance to help meet housing, financial, medical and/or nutrition needs. List and briefly describe at least three such assistance programs.

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Tact

A keen sense of what to say or do to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense.

Cognitive Complexity

An individual's ability to perceive, differentiate, and organize information with varying degrees of detail and perspective.

Simplistic Terms

Descriptions or explanations that are overly simple and fail to capture the complexity of the subject matter.

Meaningful Whole

A concept or entity that is complete and has significance by integrating its components harmoniously.