Meeting the Client
I had the opportunity to do my Bachelor field placement in the Amarillo Independent School District. During my placement, I had the opportunity to experience different situations and shadow different social workers; my field placement consisted of mostly schools but I also worker in the Families in Transitions Program. The program provides services such as bus transportation, free lunch, and school supplies for families who were homeless. In one occasion a men contacted the offices seeking help for his family; one of the counselors and social worker had the opportunity to talk to him and made an assessment of what the client’s needs were and how we could help him. In the phone call the client explain that he was the father of three …show more content…
Once the client made contact to the agency it became our responsibility to seek services and resources to make sure his daughters had everything they need it to attend school.
1.02 Self-Determination
The NASW Code of Ethics (2008) describes self-determination to provide the client the opportunity to decide own their own what is best for them. We cannot control our clients even if we believe they are making the wrong decision; in the interview our client decided to make false statements that hurt how the public view Amarillo’s shelters.
1.7 Privacy and Confidentiality In order for a social worker to truly help a client there should be a bond of trust between the two. The client should be comfortable to share and provide private information and it is the social worker responsibility to keep this information private (NASW, 2008). Our obligation to keep our client’s information private forbid us to contact the local news station and let them know that their interview was inaccurate and could hurt the local shelters in our community.
Ethical Dilemma
I had the opportunity to do my Bachelor field placement in the Amarillo Independent School District. During my placement, I had the opportunity to experience different situations and shadow different social workers; my field placement consisted of mostly schools but I also worker in the Families in Transitions Program. The program provides services such as bus transportation, free lunch, and school supplies for families who were homeless. In one occasion a men contacted the offices seeking help for his family; one of the counselors and social worker had the opportunity to talk to him and made an assessment of what the client’s needs were and how we could help him. In the phone call the client explain that he was the father of three …show more content…
Once the client made contact to the agency it became our responsibility to seek services and resources to make sure his daughters had everything they need it to attend school.
1.02 Self-Determination
The NASW Code of Ethics (2008) describes self-determination to provide the client the opportunity to decide own their own what is best for them. We cannot control our clients even if we believe they are making the wrong decision; in the interview our client decided to make false statements that hurt how the public view Amarillo’s shelters.
1.7 Privacy and Confidentiality In order for a social worker to truly help a client there should be a bond of trust between the two. The client should be comfortable to share and provide private information and it is the social worker responsibility to keep this information private (NASW, 2008). Our obligation to keep our client’s information private forbid us to contact the local news station and let them know that their interview was inaccurate and could hurt the local shelters in our community.
Ethical Dilemma