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Social Worker Roles: Broker - Answer-The social worker assist the client in locating resources in the community and/or making referrals Social worker roles: case manager - Answer--this role may be needed when the client does not have the capacity to follow through on the referrals -responsible for assessing client needs and ensuring that client obtains needed resources Social worker roles: mediator - Answer-In this role a social worker identifies barriers to clients receipt of needed resources and assists clients and service providers to finding a satisfactory strategy for removing these barriers Social worker roles: client advocate - Answer-In this role social workers work on behalf of the client to access resources that here here she otherwise would be unable to access Social work roles: change agent - Answer-In this role social workers affect macro processes in order to serve the ultimate good of the population Social work roles: facilitator - Answer-In this role social workers gather people in the community together for self advocacy, Community development, political organization, and policy change Mindfulness - Answer-A type of meditation that focuses on one's thoughts, sensations and emotions in the present, rather than relieving the past or projecting into the future assertiveness training - Answer-Training helpful to instructing individuals to feel so confident enough to express their abuse appropriately and clearly without being aggressive, and allowing others to express their opinions without dominating a conversation Cognitive reframing - Answer-Helps clients restructure the way in which they view their feelings in a more positive and helpful formatWhat is the goal of permanency planning? (2) - Answer--to provide a child with a safe, long-term stable environment while in the care of a nurturing caregiver who is committed to a lifelong relationship with the child -eliminating residents and caregiver fluctuations will reduce the child's associated anxiety that may be affecting their functioning Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) - Answer-A law passed in 1997 to expedite the process in which children in foster care are either reunited with their families or find other permanent stable nurturing homes What are the five permissible ASFA permanency plans? - Answer--return to the parent