Social Work Values
Social Work Standards
Terminology
Ethical Nuggets
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?
400
Social workers view these as essential for well-being and change.
What are Interpersonal 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
600
This social work value states that professional social workers behave in a trustworthy manner.
What is Integrety?
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.
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
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