CWEL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● dual mandate
Answer: protecting children & supporting families
●● delegated authority
Answer: acknowledging the obligation of professional
responsibilities/ethical conduct that come with the job/role
●● full disclosure
Answer: providing all necessary information, being mindful of
confidentiality
●● confidentiality & the conflict
Answer: keeping records concerning reports of child abuse/neglect
confidential/undisclosed; conflict related to consent(?)
●● fiduciary relationships
Answer: trust/trustworthiness; being mindful of the delegated authority
(power) held when working with families
,●● supervision & the types
Answer: assess worker knowledge, skills, abilities against the mission,
values, practice standards of agency with the goal of strengthening
performance
1. clinical
2. administrative
3. supportive
4. educational
●● clinical supervision
Answer: working towards clinical interventions, process/procedure,
service planning (i.e. making critical decisions)
●● critical decisions
Answer: anything requiring supervisor input (i.e. screening a case for
court)
●● administrative supervision
Answer: focus on job performance (i.e. ongoing reviews)
●● supportive supervision
Answer: positive psychological/physical climate for the staff (i.e.
attending a case worker's first court date)
, ●● educational supervision
Answer: helping staff learn what they need to do in order to do their job
(i.e. weekly team meetings)
●● diligent search
Answer: search for a missing parent
●● ecomap
Answer: visual representation of family connections
●● genogram
Answer: visual representation of family tree (intergenerational)
●● professional development plan (PDP)
Answer: documents the goals, required skill, competency development,
objectives needed to accomplish career development
●● ethical dilemma
Answer: a complex situation that often involves an apparent
emotional/mental conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey
one would result in transgressing another (a situation in which conflicts
with own morals/values)
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● dual mandate
Answer: protecting children & supporting families
●● delegated authority
Answer: acknowledging the obligation of professional
responsibilities/ethical conduct that come with the job/role
●● full disclosure
Answer: providing all necessary information, being mindful of
confidentiality
●● confidentiality & the conflict
Answer: keeping records concerning reports of child abuse/neglect
confidential/undisclosed; conflict related to consent(?)
●● fiduciary relationships
Answer: trust/trustworthiness; being mindful of the delegated authority
(power) held when working with families
,●● supervision & the types
Answer: assess worker knowledge, skills, abilities against the mission,
values, practice standards of agency with the goal of strengthening
performance
1. clinical
2. administrative
3. supportive
4. educational
●● clinical supervision
Answer: working towards clinical interventions, process/procedure,
service planning (i.e. making critical decisions)
●● critical decisions
Answer: anything requiring supervisor input (i.e. screening a case for
court)
●● administrative supervision
Answer: focus on job performance (i.e. ongoing reviews)
●● supportive supervision
Answer: positive psychological/physical climate for the staff (i.e.
attending a case worker's first court date)
, ●● educational supervision
Answer: helping staff learn what they need to do in order to do their job
(i.e. weekly team meetings)
●● diligent search
Answer: search for a missing parent
●● ecomap
Answer: visual representation of family connections
●● genogram
Answer: visual representation of family tree (intergenerational)
●● professional development plan (PDP)
Answer: documents the goals, required skill, competency development,
objectives needed to accomplish career development
●● ethical dilemma
Answer: a complex situation that often involves an apparent
emotional/mental conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey
one would result in transgressing another (a situation in which conflicts
with own morals/values)
