Social Work Values
Social Work Standards
Terminology
Ethical Nuggets
Hmm...What to Do?
200

This social work value says that social workers draw on their knowledge, values, and skills to help people in need, to address social problems, and to do so above self-interest. 

What is SERVICE.

200

This social work ethical standard centers on self-determination, informed consent, professional and cultural competence, conflicts of interest, privacy and confidentiality, access to records, sexual relationships, physical contact, sexual harassment, derogatory language, payment for services, decision-making capacity, and service delivery.


What is the social workers' ethical responsibilities to CLIENT.


200

These are the the collective beliefs concerning what constitutes correct or proper social worker behavior.

What are ETHICS.

200

This is the year that the original National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics was developed.

What was 1960?

200

Social workers respect and promote this right of clients, while also assisting clients in their efforts to identify and clarify their goals.


What is SELF-DETERMINATION

400

This social work value says that social workers understand that relationships between and among people are an important vehicle for change. Social workers engage people as partners in the helping process

What is IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS

400

This social work standard centers on respect, professional confidentiality, interdisciplinary collaboration, consultation, professional boundaries, and how to approach concerns of inappropriate behaviors committed by other social workers.


What is the social workers' ethical responsibilities to COLLEAGUES.


400

In social work, this is the attitude and practice of working with clients at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels with a presence of humility while learning, communicating, offering help, and making decisions in professional practice and settings.

What is CULTURAL HUMILITY

400

In 2017, the most current NASW Code of Ethics was published. The majority of new and/or revised standards were related to this area/dynamic. 

What is TECHNOLOGY

400

According to the NASW Code of Ethics, except for this __________ (3 word phrase), social workers shall not gather information about clients from online sources without the client's consent.  



What is COMPELLING PROFESSIONAL REASON

600

This social work value say that social workers are continually aware of the profession’s mission, values, ethical principles, and ethical standards and practice in a manner consistent with them.

What is the social work value of INTEGRITY.

600

This social work standard centers on supervision and consultation, education and training, performance evaluation, client records, billing, client transfer, administration, continuing education and staff development, commitments to employers, and labor-management disputes.

What is the social workers' ethical responsibilities in PRACTICE SETTINGS


600

This is known as contributing to the welfare of the client and attempting to benefit the client.

What is BENEVOLENCE

600

This statement:

The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human wellbeing and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty...

Comes from here.

What is the NASW PREAMBLE.

600

As part of the 30 contact hours of continuing education required for license renewal, social workers must also obtain these two (2) caveats within their continuing education.

What is 2 hours of suicide prevention and 3 hours of cultural competence, diversity, or biases awareness.

800

This social work value says that social workers treat each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity. Social workers seek to enhance clients’ capacity and opportunity to change and to address their own needs.

What is the social work value of DIGNITY AND WORTH OF THE PERSON

800

This social work ethical standard centers on competence, discrimination, private conduct, dishonesty, fraud, deception, impairment, misrepresentation, solicitations, and acknowledging credit.


What is the social workers' ethical responsibilities as PROFESSIONALS.


800

This is another word for honoring commitments and guarding trust with clients.

FIDELITY

800

This is the individual practice of health management without the aid of a medical professional. Any human regulatory function which is under an individual’s control, deliberate, & self-initiated.

What is SELF-CARE

800

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the need for this profession is expected to grow twice as fast as any other occupation.*


What is SOCIAL WORK.

*Especially in gerontology, home healthcare, substance use disorders, private social service agencies, and school social work 

1000

This social work value says social workers pursue social change, particularly with and on behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals and groups of people, ... focused primarily on issues of poverty, unemployment, discrimination, and other forms of inequality.


What is the value of SOCIAL JUSTICE

1000

This social work ethical standard centers on social welfare, public participation, public emergencies, and social/political action.

What is the social workers' ethical responsibilities to the BROADER SOCIETY


1000

This has occurred in a situation where professional values, duties, and obligations clash.


What is an ETHICAL DILEMMA

1000

This is the current NASW President, overseeing 55 chapters in the United States and its territories. 

Who is Mildred "Mit" C. Joyner, DPS, MSW, LCSW

1000

This event has created new challenges in social work, but also new opportunities, demonstrating the need for quality social workers across virtually every part of society.



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