Ethics & Regulation
This document outlines the professional values and ethical responsibilities of social workers in NS
What is the Code of Ethics?
SP is designed to provide this type of service within schools
What is integrated student and family support?
Anyone who suspects child abuse is legally required to..
What is report to child protection?
This concept refers to ongoing self-reflection and lifelong learning about cultural awareness.
What is cultural humility?
Accepting large personal gifts from clients may violate this ethical principle.
What is professional integrity?
This body regulates social workers in Nova Scotia
What is the NSCSW?
This model recognizes that students are influenced by multiple systems
What is Ecological Systems Theory
This type of abuse includes exposure to domestic violence and chronic verbal degradation
What is emotional abuse?
This approach examines how power and oppression shape client experiences
What is anti-oppressive practice
Running into a client at the grocery store and discussing their file publicly risks violating...
What is confidentiality?
This principle allows clients to make their own informed decisions unless there is risk of serious harm
What is self-determination?
When balancing youth confidentiality with parental rights in schools, this is often the central tension
What is capacity and informed consent?
The threshold for reporting is based on reasonable grounds to suspect, not...
What is proof?
This social determinant include housing, income, and employment conditions.
What are the social determinants of health?
Adding a client to social media creates this ethical risk
What is a boundary violation or dual relationship?
When a social worker has both a professional and personal relationship with a client, this is called...
What is a dual relationship?
This approach focuses on building on student and family strengths rather than deficits.
What is strength-based practice?
What is legal or professional discipline?
Over-reporting families from marginalized communities due to bias is an example of this.
What is systemic discrimination?
Documenting sessions clearly and objectively protects both client and social worker from this
What is liability?
This is required when a social worker believed a child may be in need of protective services.
What is duty to report?
When a school administration pressures a social worker to share confidential information, this ethics principle is at risk.
What is confidentiality?
This is the guiding legislation for child protection in NS
What is the Children and Family Services Act?
This historical reality has shaped mistrust of institutions among many Indigenous communities in NS
What is colonization
When your personal values conflict with a client's you must prioritize this.
What are professional ethical standards?