Placement

Question 1

When was the mater founded and then replaced?

Answer 1

• founded 1906- 1911

- replaced 1981

Question 2

The five Mater values

Answer 2

Mercy, Dignity, Care, Commitment and Quality

Question 3

Mercy

Answer 3

the spirit of responding to one another

- being merciful = bringing forgiveness, joy, peace, kindness, compassion

Question 4

Dignity

Answer 4

The spirit of humanity, respecting the worth of each person

Question 5

Commitment

Answer 5

The spirit of integrity.

-being committed to those who entrust themselves to us is a responsibility we take seriously

Question 6

Quality

Answer 6

The spirit of professionalism

Question 7

What response to healthcare does mater take?

Answer 7

Holistic approach to healthcare in response to changing community needs and fosters high standards of health-related education and research

Question 8

social work roles in hospitals

Answer 8

• discharge planning
• interventions
• psychosocial assessments
• educating patients
• conflict resolution
• assisting managing contested situations

Question 9

working with older people in hospital roles

Answer 9

• provide info and education.
• family counselling (grief, loss, stress, transitions)
• strengths-based work (not being patronizing)
• importance of multidisciplinary team

Question 10

theory: sociological

Answer 10

life course, social determinants of health including the economic political and environmental conditions

Question 11

theory: psychodynamic + psychosocial

Answer 11

theories that inform understanding of human growth, life stage development, and behaviour and psychosocial impact of ill health, disease, sudden loss, trauma

Question 12

theory: person in environment

Answer 12

• systems ecological
• interconnectedness between person, family, relationship with formal and informal systems (schools, employment, community supports)

Question 13

theory: strengths

Answer 13

focus on patient’s strengths, building a helping relationship that is collaborative, client-centred, and competency based. move from focus on problems

Question 14

theory: crisis theory and crisis intervention

Answer 14

• people’s usual systems of coping can be disrupted and may act in ways that hinder or bring about illness
• help with managing. encourage patterns of coping, or introducing new ways access appropriate supports

Question 15

practice approach to SW is an integration of?

Answer 15

• purpose of social work
• knowledge bases
• ethics and values
  and shaped by individuals you work with + organisational contexts