This paper is about a reflection on a class interview for a senior social worker. The teacher gave every student ten minutes for this interview. The students did not have an idea of what their situation was about until couple minutes before the interview. This paper will focus on the limits of confidentiality for the client, potential assessment for the client, engagement with the client, and evaluation of the social worker. Scenario The story was about a social worker intern who was placed at the hospital emergency room. The social worker intern had to do an intervention to one of her classmates who is in the same social work program, Ralph. Ralph arrives in need of facial sutures after being involved in a fight at a party. With him is a 14-year-old girl who tells that she is his client at a foster family agency. They are both extremely intoxicated. The social worker intern was told …show more content…
The main concern for the social worker intern should have been to ensure safety in the room for her and her client. One red flag for the social worker is that Ralph was with a minor at the time of the accident and they are both intoxicated. This can be considered child endangerment or even child abuse. The social worker intern had to report this immediately to child protection services, and they will take care of that situation. After the report had been done, the social worker intern can focus more in her client and his needs. The client main concern was that the university would find out of the accident and kick him out of the program, and as a consequence his career would be over. For this same reason, the client had suicidal thoughts. The social worker intern should let the client know about limits of confidentiality and letting him know that she cannot tell that information for the university or anyone else. As a worker of the hospital, he is cover and she cannot say
In the field of Social work, it is essential that we are all treating clients equally and ethically. It is our duty to promote the well-being of our clients. As individuals, we each have our own values and beliefs. When it comes to social work, all that is pushed aside and we must go off of the NASW code of ethics. We have different responsibilities that go along; the ethical responsibilities to clients, colleagues, our practice setting, as professionals, to the profession and as well as to the society as a whole. This scenario about Frank and his client could very well become a scenario that happens to me in this career in the future. There are five parts to the Ethical Decision making model, Examining, Thinking, Hypothesizing, Identifying, as well as Consulting. This is how we as social workers can maintain good ethical standards.
As stated above the first step is to determine if there is an ethical dilemma. To determine if there is a dilemma the social worker should refer to the ethical theories noted in Rothman. Rothman (2008) explores three important questions in determining if there is an issue or dilemma. In the case of unethical documentation, it is justified as an ethical dilemma referencing to the distributive question found in Rothman 2008. The distributive question from Rothman (2008) ask whose interest does this theory address (p. 15)? This dilemma balance is close, it can have been seen from both sides. Therefore, it considered to be a dilemma. The next step would be identifying the values and actions involved both personal and client values. According to Rothman (2008) A desire to assist the client toward well-being, grounded in reason and in knowledge of
I am passionate about social work, motivated, adaptable to new environments final year, postgraduate, social work student. I am committed to social work values and I am confident that I share Hackney Children and Young People’s Services values and core principles. I share a vision for the local area described by the Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS). I share the Council’s vision of a community based on fair and equal treatment for all and respect for the dignity and value of each person is summed up in its Equality and Diversity Statement. I am committed to promoting and to protect equality of opportunity for all groups of staff and service users and to challenge discrimination, racism, sexism and other forms of unjust behaviour. I am also committed to other Council’s core values of public service, quality, and empowerment. I am committed to the seven Principles of Public Life which are as follows: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, Leadership
Being given the opportunity to intern with the staff at the Family Resource Center in the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) has been a tremendous learning experience thus far. The opportunity has truly surpassed my expectation of what I imagined the journey of internship would be like and how it would help me to evolve into the professional arena as a social worker. I see myself transforming and viewing the community in which I live, the clients served, those deprived, and the tremendous job that we as social workers are tasked with to advocate for those in need from a more open-minded perspective. By enhancing and developing my personal and professional skills, such as active listening, observation, and professional comportment, I will be
I chose Transformational Leadership in Social Work as my elective course, because I wanted to learn about ethical leadership and about the state of contemporary nonprofits specializing in human services. I also wanted to challenge myself. For example, when I volunteered to describe the steps required to register the non-profit agency with the IRS and the state of Texas, I struggled at first, but during the process of researching the topic, I was becoming more confident in my ability to successfully complete initially unfamiliar task. I believe that by leaving our comfort zone, and becoming open to learning something new, we also transform ourselves.
Particularly, this visit intent was to just offer support to the client to offer conversation and companionship. Intentionally, the student social worker wanted to discuss with the client about her meals and to see if she would like to get up into her chair
Making sure that each individual understands that all of the information presented is confidential unless someone mentions harming themselves or someone else. That is when I will have to share their information, being that I’m a mandated reported. With that being said, it is beneficial to these clients that I mention I respect their rights to privacy and I will not solicit private information that I receive from them. By addressing this, there is a chance my clients will participate in discussions, disclose some valuable information, and hopefully feel comfortable being a part of this group. Hence, the NASW Code of Ethics 1.07 “Privacy and Confidentiality” further explains disclosing confidential information, protecting confidentiality, rights and obligation and more. (NASW Code of Ethics, 11). Confidentiality is a very important aspect when communicating with clients. They want to know that they can trust someone without being judge. I think it is important to make the clients in this group feel comfortable and respect their opinions and not judge them. In the NASW Code of Ethics, it mentions that social workers should treat the clients with respect and avoid giving negative criticism. This information was mentioned in the NASW Code of Ethics under “Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues” 2.01 Respect. (NASW Code of Ethics,
Working with others and improving own learning and performance are highly essential skills in social work. In this essay I will reflect on how well I have developed these two skills and what I need to do to improve them.
AASW Code of Ethics Section 4 (2010, p. 14-15) strongly recommends social workers to ‘‘consult with colleagues, supervisors, AASW Ethics Consultation Service and other competent professionals including cultural consultants’’ to make sound ethical decisions. In this scenario, the worker should discuss the matter with knowledgeable colleagues before making any decision. If necessary, the worker could also consult a legal representative in the organisation about the clarification of state and federal laws regarding privacy and welfare fraud.
All clients want to have their confidentiality kept but, because of the demands for accountability, mandated, duty -to protect or warn it has made it impossible to have total confidentiality. Confidentiality is something that all clinical social workers must take seriously because if you do not report and something happens it puts you at fault and, on the other hand you do report, and it is not founded you
When I first received this assignment, I perceived it as just another requirement for this class but, as I began researching social work as a career path and interviewed my internship supervisor, I soon saw the value of this project. Given that my career path is unique and fairly modern, I was unable to locate an interviewee who could provide me with the specific information about this specialized field, but I was, however, able to interview Pat. Even though Pat is a clinical psychologist who works with at-risk youth instead of military youth, I do aspire to be a youth program coordinator, so she was the perfect choice. Thanks to the positive relationship that I have with her, this interview went much smoother than I ever could have expected.
Over the course of the semester, I have learned a variety of many things regarding social work. These things vary from learning how to help oneself to understanding how to help others. Not only were the textbooks very useful, but also the materials that furthered this textbook learning. The in class presentation, activities, and guest speakers gave us insight and a different perspective on the material we were learning. I feel like this course has given me a good foundation and prepared me as a future social worker (1).
The social worker sets to the side the form of oppression, so it focuses on the need of social advocacy and social action. Also, coming from a low-income family I had suffer first hand hunger. My parent were poor that there were times we would eat a piece of bread and water. This event motivate me to help other people in need to provide resources that they need to better their well-being.
In the interview that I conducted, I established confidentiality with my client at (0:16). Millstein (2000) defines confidentiality as the legal and ethical guidelines regarding the protection of privacy. However, social workers can only offer ‘relative’ confidentiality, due to their mandated duty to protect (Millstein 2000). This assures that confidentiality may only be breached if it is in the best interest of the client (Millstein 2000). It is extremely vital that the client is fully aware of the circumstances in which the social worker may need to breach confidentiality, so that they can make an informed decision on what they are comfortable sharing (Millstein 2000). In turn, this would help create a safe environment, as the clients would be more aware of their rights, and would therefore
The mission and purpose of social work are to safeguard the needs and wellbeing of individuals or a group of people experiencing poverty or other social conditions. Specifically, the role of a social worker is to tackle social inequalities and use their political and social voice to handle these issues, while giving at the same time a platform to those that are vulnerable, oppressed or living under marginalized or poor conditions. Furthermore, the purpose of social work is to empower people whom for certain circumstances has become victims of both structural and individual inequalities. Thus, the purpose and mission of social work relates to my field of interest, which is clinical social work because it’s my job as a clinical worker, to enhance