Ethical Issues In Social Work

When I began this project I knew that it would be quite difficult because of the agency in which I am placed is the Division of Child and Family Services. Many people call it CPS. There is a lot of stigma surrounding CPS so conducting this project seemed difficult. There was a lot of questions on whether it would be ethical to ask clients if they wanted to register to vote. There was actually a joke of “Hey I am taking your kid, but do you want to register to vote.” Because of this uncertainty I had to get creative, or so I thought. Part of being an effective social worker is being able to meet many different competencies about practice. One such competency is 2.1.5 Advance human rights and social and economic justice. Under this competency a professional social worker/social work student advocates for the rights of all humans. The 15th amendment to the Constitution gives us as Americans the right to vote. This right to vote is often overlooked by many people. They simply do not think that their vote matters or that they can make a difference. Since voting is a human right social workers are tasked to make sure that those they work with have that right and know what to do with it. Since I want to be a professional social worker I wanted to make sure that I followed this competency and helped those I work with …show more content…
I also provided sample registration forms so the youth could see the forms that I printed from the Nevada Legislature website. I also created a quiz that was going to be given before and after the presentation to see if the youth’s knowledge about voting had changed given what I had taught them about voting. My presentation about voting included what people vote for such as laws, presidential candidates, electoral college, and even student council at school, I covered who can register to vote and who can vote, political parties, and briefly how to register to