Code Of Ethics For Social Workers

The Code of Ethics serves as a guide to all social workers and helps them with their profession. I find the code of ethics to be interesting because it goes in depth on what a social worker should do or be like. I like the section that was titled, “Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to clients” (Section 1). This section of the code of ethics is broken down into sixteen sub-sections. Within those sub-sections it goes into detail of what those responsibilities could possibly be. For instance, some of the many examples are, 1.01 Commitment to Clients, 1.07 Privacy and Confidentiality, 1.09 Sexual Relationships and 1.14 Clients Who Lack Decision-Making Capacity. Whenever I am unsure about any of the examples previously listed, I can go to

If someone were to violate this section, I believe I would ask them if they are aware that the code of ethics states it clearly on what we should or should not do. If one of my colleagues constantly violates this section than I would nicely report them to my supervisor. This would not be for bad intentions it would be to help out my colleague. Maybe once they are told by supervisor it will show them how important the code of ethics is and it’ll remind them of what they need to do. Sometimes being reminded by a supervisor will be more important than just being reminded by a colleague. The only reason I would report he/she to my supervisor would be because clearly as a social worker this person is not doing their job correctly and they could possibly be directing the client in the wrong

There was a point when I had first started this job and I was not sure of what to expect. This was my first job as a waitress and I was still adjusting to everything. My manager would tell me to do things a certain way and my supervisor would tell me different. At the time I thought I could just do what each of them wanting depending on who was working at the time of my shift. My supervisor later called me into his office and asked why I was doing things differently than what he wanted. I than told him that the manager taught me different and I thought it was okay to listen to what she was teaching me. He nicely told me that wasn’t the right thing to do and I should follow with whatever he tells me do to because it was a part of corporate rules. He handed me a thin book of requirements that corporate wanted us to follow and he told me that if I read that it will explain to me how I should really be doing things. The reason I bring up this story is because the corporate book served as a reminder of what I should be doing, just like the code of ethics. As social workers there are going to be times when I am going to want to ask a colleague for advice and I am sure it is okay to do that but to play it safe I will also check back to the code of ethics to see if I am doing my job