...Profession Code of Ethics Comparison As a social work student, we are provided with the foundational education necessary to succeed in our profession. The National Association of Social Work (NASW) Code of Ethics is the most significant publication because it “is intended to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers” (NASW Code of Ethics, 2017). For this assignment, we are charged with exploring other professional codes of ethics to gain a better understanding of how they may be similar or differ from one another. Therefore, I choose to explore the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics with the intention of conducting a comparison analysis of both documents. First, the NASW Code of Ethics clearly...
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...making our everyday decisions, both as professionals and in our private and social lives. The ethical stance that best fits my moral compass is teleological, specifically, utilitarianism, which holds “that an action is right if it promotes the maximum good” (Reamer 2006, p. 66). Teleological moral systems are characterized by a concentration on the consequences of any action. According to this position, in order to make the proper moral choices, a person must first attempt to establish what the results of their choices will be. If the consequence of their choices result in the right outcome, then the action is considered moral; if the consequences of their choices result in the wrong outcome, than the action is considered immoral. Social works ethical standards have evolved into a comprehensive guide detailing ethical practice and are found in the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers (NASW) 2008). A profession’s openness to establishing standards that will assist practitioners in monitoring their conducts correctness is can be seen as a sign of true professional competence. These standards are created to highlight those ethical issues actually encountered on a day to day basis and to offer instruction as to what is considered ethical and unethical in the profession. Responsibilities to Clients The first ethical standard in the NASW Code of ethics involves the practitioner’s responsibility to clients and it is the most...
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...(2015) references the NASW definition for both social work and the social work profession with such veracity that it makes it easy to ethically and empathically respond when questioned. We know those with wealth and power try to hold on to it by any means possible, but primarily by suppressing the poor and powerless. Therefore, I would carefully listen to all the concerns expressed by the Board Chair and then I would respond that prior to approving the acquisition and distribution of contraceptives that I met with our legal team, as well as most of the girl’s parents either formally or informally an asked them for their input regarding the increase in teen pregnancy. Based on the responses I received from the girl’s parents, as well as the approval from our legal...
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...Kolvitz, n.d.). Dual relationships include sexual intimacy with a client and (or) providing the service to a friend or relative. Within this paper an exploration of the ethical, moral, and legal challenges advocates and mediators may face regarding dual relationships will occur. A personal opinion concerning the integration of advocacy and mediation within the human services field will also be presented as well as a personal philosophy and approach to advocating and mediating within a child welfare agency setting. Challenges of Dual Relationships An advocate or mediator offering friendship or love to a client outside the purview of his or her duties, or if the exchanges goods or services with a client has occurred, indicates professional boundaries have been violated and a dual relationship has been formed (Mediation Council of Illinois, 1999). A Dual relationship is considered a conflict of interest and crosses the ethical boundaries issues set forth in most advocacy and mediation code of ethics. Advocates and mediators should respect clients’ integrity and protect the well-being of clients with whom they provide a service. When acting in accordance with their potentially influential position advocates and mediators both have the responsibility to monitor their own needs and values to avoid exploiting (to their own ends and gratification) the trust and...
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...Kolvitz, n.d.). Dual relationships include sexual intimacy with a client and (or) providing the service to a friend or relative. Within this paper an exploration of the ethical, moral, and legal challenges advocates and mediators may face regarding dual relationships will occur. A personal opinion concerning the integration of advocacy and mediation within the human services field will also be presented as well as a personal philosophy and approach to advocating and mediating within a child welfare agency setting. Challenges of Dual Relationships An advocate or mediator offering friendship or love to a client outside the purview of his or her duties, or if the exchanges goods or services with a client has occurred, indicates professional boundaries have been violated and a dual relationship has been formed (Mediation Council of Illinois, 1999). A Dual relationship is considered a conflict of interest and crosses the ethical boundaries issues set forth in most advocacy and mediation code of ethics. Advocates and mediators should respect clients’ integrity and protect the well-being of clients with whom they provide a service. When acting in accordance with their potentially influential position advocates and mediators both have the responsibility to monitor their own needs and values to avoid exploiting (to their own ends and gratification) the trust and dependency...
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...well known that the social work profession is value-based, that is, professional values in mind should accompany everything social workers do. Yet the argument here is whose values should determine what is right and what is wrong anyway? This query becomes particularly important, when some people of the social work profession expect others to apply “Western” social work Code of Ethics and values to other cultures and societies such as the Middle East or Arab world, without taking into consideration the Arab social worker different perspectives of what is right and what is wrong? Examples of such people are the authors of a journal titled “What is Sacred When Personal and Professional Values Collide?” Written by Richard Spano, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Terry Koenig, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare. As for the development of social work in the Arab world, Ragab (1995, cited in Al-Krenawi, and Graham, 2003) maps out the historical progress of social work as a profession in the Arab world as a product of both French and British colonialism. According to Al-Krenawi and Graham (2003), Egypt played a significant and influential role in the development and expansion of the social work profession in the Middle East and Arab world. In 1935, Egypt became the receiver of the American model of social work education and practice. Beginning in the 1960s, other Arab countries designed and implemented their own social work education programs...
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... Jenkins 2. PERSONAL STATEMENT & VALUE CLARIFICATION PAPER. . ABSTRACT: This paper explains my interests in social services. This is a 10 question social examination of my personal interest in the social work field and is a reflection of my goals and aspirations, leading to what I wish to accomplish as a social worker. My ambition is to prove my worth in social work, providing a helping hand to people needing social work. The NASW code of ethics and my obligation to it’s standards are discussed, respecting the guidelines of good fellowship between the infinite relationship of the client’s responsibilities and the social worker’s professional conduct in the practice of social work. In essense, this paper represents my social worthiness as a social worker, in reference to the six core values of social work, including service to client(s), social justice, dignity, worth, importance of human relationship, integrity and competency....
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...discuss the Social Work profession and how it has changed since it was first formed back in the 1800s. It will describe how the profession started and the reasons behind why it started. It will also discuss the federal government’s involvement within the profession throughout the years. This entry also gives insight as to how the profession operates currently. “The Changing Profession of Social Work” The social work profession originated by volunteer efforts to meet the needs of the growing economy. According to the National Association of Social Work or the NASW, the profession was established in the late 19th century to ensure that immigrants and other vulnerable people gained tools and skills to escape...
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...Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers Approved by the 1996 NASW Delegate Assembly and revised by the 2008 NASW Delegate Assembly The 2008 NASW Delegate Assembly approved the following revisions to the NASW Code of Ethics: 1.05 Cultural Competence and Social Diversity (c) Social workers should obtain education about and seek to understand the nature of social diversity and oppression with respect to race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, and mental or physical disability. 2.01 Respect (a) Social workers should treat colleagues with respect and should represent accurately and fairly the qualifications, views, and obligations of colleagues. (b) Social workers should avoid unwarranted negative criticism of colleagues in communications with clients or with other professionals. Unwarranted negative criticism may include demeaning comments that refer to colleagues’ level of competence or to individuals’ attributes such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, and mental or physical disability. 4.02 Discrimination Social workers should not practice, condone, facilitate, or collaborate with any form of discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender...
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...NASW Ethical Responsibilities to the Clients Step 1: In the NASW (2008) Code of Ethics ethical standards, it states, “In general, clients’ interests are primary”. This of course, is joined by a supplemental responsibility to the greater society and/or legal obligations, which may outweigh any such loyalty owed clients. Nevertheless, as long as harm is absent from the equation, it seems that law would hold little bearing on decisions that are in the client’s best interest. In the case of Martha, by deciding to continue to work with her and keep this information confidential I would be choosing to uphold my responsibility to my client, thus choosing the authority of outcome. This decision would preclude a number potential harms to Martha and her family. The most relevant being her continued successful participation in the CPS plan. If Martha’s boyfriend’s participation continues to be facilitated, Martha will have the child-care and financial support needed to attain her GED and potentially close her case with CPS. Also, though the boyfriend is not your official client, you are providing a subtle succor for another individual because not reporting allows him to have a place to live. The NASW (2008) ethical standards include other responsibilities, such as to the profession and our colleagues, however violating these rules (responsibilities) and upholding the standard listed above will yield what NASW claims to be its overall objective: to ensure the well-being and needs...
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...Mother Blaming: How Welfare Systems Reinforce Institutionalized Oppression Critical Response Paper Mother Blaming: How Welfare Systems Reinforce Institutionalized Oppression Introduction States have established several entities to ensure the safety and well being of their citizens; of particular importance is protecting the welfare of vulnerable populations, such as the disabled, minor children, and the elderly. Social welfare policies and programs also serve to afford equal and/or equitable opportunities for vulnerable populations, to level the playing field and minimize the effects that years of oppression tends to have on members of the non-dominant culture. Although welfare systems aim to improve the lives of our nation’s vulnerable populations, institutional oppression has also permeated this system, influencing the research, practices, and policies of professionals in their respective fields. Consequently, a system that was established to protect and assure the well being of vulnerable populations has also served to re/victimize and reinforces the oppression of the lives of those involved with these systems. The manifestation of gender bias and institutional oppression in the welfare systems are social justice issues with vast implications for vulnerable populations; according to the NASW Code of Ethics, as professional social workers, we have an ethical responsibility to challenge social injustice and pursue social change, particularly on behalf of vulnerable...
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...someone, it is our obligation to break confidentiality and inform the potential victim and or the police of the thoughts of your client. This may be a tough thing for some of us to do because of the ethical responsibilities we have with our clients but now this is a part of our legal responsibilities to protect the welfare of the society by having the duty to protect individuals who are bing threatened with bodily harm by a client naming it “duty to warn and duty to protect” (in the previous ruling it was only known as “duty to warn”. This is also known as a “Tarasoff warning” in place, meaning where a mental health professional is required to warn of a credible danger to a reasonably identifiable victim. Duty to protect includes clients that may be suicidal. Human services code of ethics entitles us as professionals to let the client know before our sessions began that we have a limits to our confidentiality. It also provides ethical standards to which the general public can hold the social work profession accountable due to the fact that the professionals in the case could have possibly prevented the sad incident from happening. Sometimes an issue may arise when social workers’ ethical obligations conflict with agency...
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...Generalist Practice Concept Paper Why did I choose social work as my profession? I ask myself that question often these days. I love working with families and seeing them succeed, but social work is a hard job, and the decisions we make can change people lives forever. So let’s start the paper by talking about what is a generalist social worker. A generalist social worker is an individual who is skilled to work with individuals, families, and their communities on many different levels. Generalist social worker can work in areas like substance abuse, aging, child welfare, work with families, health care or mental health (Raymond, Teare, & Atherton, 1996). Generalist social workers are able to make decisions on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Generalist social worker uses a person-in-environment perspective to help their clients. Meaning that a generalist social worker knows and fully understands how their client’s environment impacts their lives, and makes the best decisions in order the serve their clients accurately. They incorporate diversity into their practice and are expected to advocate for human rights and social justice (Hepworth, Rooney, Rooney, Strom- Gottfried, Larsen, 2010). I currently work at Dougherty County Department of Family and Children Services, in the social services department as an investigator. I’ve worked with DFCS for past four years. I have worked as an investigator for the past 7 months. So I can totally relate and understand completely...
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...ABSTRACT: The term welfare brings a lot of controversy, for some, it implies that its recipients meaning “poor people” are getting a free ride getting public assistance. For others it is believed to be anti-work, anti-family. Nonetheless, regardless of how one’s felt about welfare, no one can argue that poverty is a social issue that has serious impact on society. Although poverty means different thing to different people, to some, poverty means the some members of society are lazy, not able to take personal responsibility. For others, it means that some members of society are not getting a fair share of the wealth distribution. The point that it remain is viewed as not having enough or lacking enough resource to provide for one’s needs. But many disagree on this definition, because some scholars in the field of sociology agree that poverty transcend money and wealth. Hutchinson (2003) eloquently posits that” poverty influences the ability of parents to adequately meet their children’s basic needs. Understanding human development requires an ecological approach that views the child in a home environment duly placed in a community context, where the family strives to meet their needs and obtain long-term resources” (p.56). The social problem created by poverty is a much larger than any debate ever address. Its remains an issue of serious social concern, addressing the truthfulness about poverty is crucial to assist in the policy making process. Because ignoring the cause...
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