Social Work Code Of Ethics

Front 1

Ethical Principles

Back 1

-- Service

-- Social Justice

-- Dignity and Worth of the Person

-- Importance of Human Relationships

-- Integrity

-- Competence

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Service

Back 2

Social workers primary goal is to help people in need and address social problems.

Front 3

Social Justice

Back 3

Social Workers challenge social justice

Front 4

Dignity and Worth of the Person

Back 4

Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of the person

Front 5

Importance of Human Relationships

Back 5

Social workers recognize the central importance of human relationships.

Front 6

Integrity

Back 6

Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner.

Front 7

Competence

Back 7

Social workers proctive within their areas of competence and develop and enhance their professional expertise.

Front 8

Ethical Standards

Back 8

Ethical Responsibilities to...

-- Clients

-- Colleagues

-- Practice Settings

-- as Professionals

-- the Social Work Profession

-- Broader Society

Front 9

Responsibilities to Clients

Back 9

Commitment to clients, self determination, informed consent, competence, cultural competence and social diversity, privacy and confidentiality, acess to records, sexual relationships, physical contact, sexual harrassment, derogatory language, payment for services, clients who lack decision making capabilities, interruption of services, termination.

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Responsibilities to Colleagues

Back 10

Respect, confidentiality, interdisciplinary collaborations, disputes invloving colleagues, consultation, referral for services, sexual relations, sexual harrassment, impariment of colleagues, incompetent colleagues, unethical conduct

Front 11

Responsibilities in Practice Settings

Back 11

Supervision and consultation, education and training, performance evaluation, client records, billing, client transfer, Administration, con't education, commitments to employers, labor management disputes

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Responsibilities as Professionals

Back 12

--Competence

--Discrimination

--Private Conduct

--Dishonesty, Fraud, Deception

--Impairment

--Misrepresentation

--Solicitations

--Acknowledging Credit

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Responsibilities to the Social Work Profession

Back 13

Integrity of of the profession

Evaluation and Research

Front 14

Responsibilities to the Broader Society

Back 14

-- Social Welfare

-- Public Participation

-- Public Emergencies

-- Social and Political Action

Front 15

HIPPA

Back 15

Human Services Consumer Bill of Rights

Each individual receiving social work services has the right to

-- recieve accurate, easy to understand information and assistance in making informed decisions about their helath plans, healthcare professionals, and medical facilities, if needed

-- a choice of healthcare providers that is sufficient to ensure access to appropriate high quality healthcare

-- access emergency health care services when and where the need arises.