EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
CASEWORKER TRAINEE OC 1,2,3
CASEWORKER TRAINEE (SPANISH SPEAKING) OC 1,2,3
1.
ESTABLISHING AND
MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE HELPING RELATIONSHIPS IN A SOCIAL CASEWORK SETTING-These questions
test for an understanding of the factors contributing to the development and
maintenance of productive client-worker relationships. You will be provided with
descriptions of specific client-worker interactions and asked to select the
appropriate responses. The
questions cover such topics as confidentiality, time management, professional
ethics and referral techniques.
2.
INTERVIEWING
(CASEWORKER)-These
questions test for an understanding of the principles and techniques of
interviewing and their application to specific client-worker situations. You will be provided
with a series of concrete interviewing situations for which you will be
required to select an appropriate course of action based on an analysis of the
situation, the application of the information provided and the ramifications of
various interviewing principles and strategies.
You will also be asked questions about the
interviewing process and various interviewing techniques.
3.
PREPARING WRITTEN
MATERIAL-These
questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately
and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will
be given information in two or three sentences followed by four
restatements of the information. You
must then choose the best version. For
other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their
sentences out of order and then asked to choose from four suggestions the order
for the sentences.
USE OF CALCULATORS IS PERMITTED FOR THIS
EXAM
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