The Competence Code
“Social workers should provide services and represent themselves as competent only within the boundaries of their education, training, license, certification, consultation received, supervised experience, or other relevant professional experience.”
What is competence?
“Social workers should provide services to clients only in the context of a professional relationship based, when appropriate, on ___________. Social workers should use clear and understandable language to inform clients of the purpose of the services, risks related to the services, limits to services because of the requirements of a third-party payer, relevant costs, reasonable alternatives, clients’ right to refuse or withdraw __________.”
What is Informed Consent?
“Social workers should respect clients’ right to __________. Social workers should not solicit private information from or about clients except for compelling professional reasons. Once private information is shared, standards of ______ apply.” A two-word answer.
What are Privacy and Confidentiality?
“Social workers should assist clients with accessing other professionals when the other professionals’ specialized knowledge or expertise is needed to serve clients fully or when social workers believe that they are not being effective or making reasonable progress with clients and that other services are required.”
What is Referral for Services?
“Social workers should demonstrate understanding of culture and its function in human behavior and society, recognizing the strengths that exist in all cultures.”
What is cultural competence?
“Social workers respect and promote the right of clients to _______ and assist clients in their efforts to identify and clarify their goals. Social workers may limit clients’ right to __________ when, in the social workers’ professional judgment, clients’ actions or potential actions pose a serious, foreseeable, and imminent risk to themselves or others.”
What is Self-Determination?
“Social workers should provide clients with reasonable _________ concerning the client. Social workers should limit clients’ ______________ only in exceptional circumstances when there is compelling evidence that such access would cause serious harm to the client.”
What is Access to Records?