FRIEND
Your friend makes an appointment at your agency and you are assigned as their social worker
Dual Relationship
Importance of Human Relationships
Privacy and Confidentiality
Conflict of Interest
Your coworker views all of their clients as their friends and communicates with them regularly outside of the office
Conflict of Interest
Importance of Human Relationships
Unhealthy Boundaries
Sending a social media friend request
Conflict of Interest
Social worker and client know each other in some capacity outside of the clinical setting (Through mutual friends, seeing each other at social gatherings)
Social Dual Relationship
Your friend knows you work as a counselor and asks you for help instead of seeing a clinician
Unhealthy boundaries
Your coworker has great client reviews, and says it's because he always tells his clients exactly what to do to fix their problems
Self Determination
Dignity and Worth of the Person
Your client tells you that they are happy to have you as their friend
Unhealthy Boundaries
Importance of Human Relationships
Dignity and Worth of the Person
Social Worker and client are colleagues in some capacity, via school, training course, co-authors, etc
Professional Dual Relationship
Your friend sees a therapist at your agency and you sneak a peek at your coworkers notes after a session
Privacy and Confidentiality
Your uncle asks if you can call and talk to your aunt because she doesn't want to pay for therapy
Unhealthy Boundaries
Conflict of Interest
Social Justice
Dual Relationship
Texting you about their day
Duel Relationship
Social Worker and Client share community resources, such as attending the same church, or shopping at a store where the client works
Communal Dual Relationship
You see a client that you had discharged a few months back at the park, and they ask if you would mind if they joined you on your walk
Unhealthy Boundaries
Communal Dual Relationship
A client you used to see has been hired into your agency
Privacy and Confidentiality
Professional Dual Relationship
Client asks if you could meet for a free session, out of the office, because they are struggling to pay bills
Unhealthy Boundaries
Dignity and Worth of the Person
Social Justice
Social interactions between social worker and client via online media outlets
Digital Dual Relationship
Your friend asks why your mutual friend made an appointment at your agency
Privacy and Confidentiality
You are friends with one of your client's parents, and your friend calls you and asks to discuss what their child said in a session you recently had with them
Privacy and Confidentiality
Social Dual Relationship
Asking to get a drink after your session together
Importance of Human Relationships
Sexual Relationships
Self Determination
The most obvious type of dual relationship to avoid with clients
Sexual Dual Relationships