In this glossary that I made, it is possible to find word related to task, job, term or technique used by a social worker.
appeasement
noun
Pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands.
Example: ...was designed as an appeasement to the provinces, particularly Quebec.
en: apaisement
aptitude
noun
A natural ability to do something.
Example: Children with an aptitude for painting and drawing.
en: aptitude
case plan
noun
Case planning is about identifying the decisions and actions required to achieve stability and security for the child or young person in care.
Example: If a child becomes 7 years of age prior to completion of the case plan, his or her case will still be included.
en: plan d'intervention
empower
verb
Give (someone) the authority or power to do something.
Example: Empowered her attorney to act on her behalf.
en: responsabiliser
externalize
verb
Express (a thought or feeling) in words or actions.
Example: An urgent need to externalize the experience.
en: externaliser
intrusive thought
noun
Intrusive thoughts are unwanted thoughts that can pop into our heads without warning, at any time.
Example: During a panic attack, the possibility of someone close to you dying is an intrusive thought.
en: pensée intrusive
maladjustment
noun
Failure to cope with the demands of a normal social environment.
Example: Children of parents with chronic illness are at risk of psychological maladjustment.
en: inadaptation
mobilize
verb
To organize or prepare something, such as a group of people, for a purpose.
Example: I will mobilize the student to the task.
en: mobiliser
multidisciplinary
adjective
Combining or involving several academic disciplines or professional specializations in an approach to a topic or problem.
Example: Treatment requires a multidisciplinary approach involving nutritionists, psychologists, trainers, and gynecologists.
en: multidisciplinaire
need
noun
Circumstances in which something is necessary, or that require some course of action; necessity.
Example: The basic human needs for expressing himself.
en: besoin
pictogram
noun
A pictorial symbol for a word or phrase.
Example: I will use pictogram to help my student for his task.
en: pictogramme
relativize
Verb
To make something lose its absolute character by replacing it in a whole, a context.
Example: I think that the capacity for societal contextualization is key strength of sociological analysis, which can relativize the parts vis-a-vis the wiest whole without actually grasping the whole totality.
en: relativiser
retrospection
noun
The action of looking back on or reviewing past events or situations, especially those in one's own life.
Example: He was disinclined to indulge in retrospection.
en: rétrospection
self control
noun
The ability to control oneself, in particular one's emotions and desires or the expression of them in one's behavior, especially in difficult situations.
Example: His face remained impassive, so strong was his self-control.
en: maitrise de soi
strategy
noun
A plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.
Example: It is the time to develop a coherent crisis strategy.
en: stratégie
to accompany
verb
To go with someone or to be provided or exist at the same time as something.
Example: The student is accompanied by the social worker during his work.
en: accompagner
to confront
verb
Meet (someone) face to face with hostile or argumentative intent.
Example: He confronted the client as they were trying to run away of the hospital.
en: confronter
to reflect
verb
Think deeply or carefully about.
Example: He reflected with sadness on the unhappiness of his marriage.
en: refléter
to support
verb
give assistance to, especially emotionally when unable to function or act.
Example: I will support my client during this difficult time.
en: supporter
willful ignorance
noun
Willful ignorance consists for the educator in voluntarily ignoring certain deviant manifestations of the subject
Example: The social worker doesn't listen to the lie of the client's by willful ignorance.