The objective for this stage is for the social worker to show competence in transferring or terminating the case. Also, the social worker must look for relevant ethical dilemmas during the transition or termination. For the community mental health group, the final session is termination. The Observer The social worker applied appropriate knowledge for discussing a termination session with a client system. The social worker went back to the beginning of when she first met her clients and discussed where they were at then, compared to now. They had been working together for quite a while, so she covered how they had been struggling in the beginning, and now how they have made progress. The social worker remembered a lot of important issues that …show more content…
The social worker made eye contact with each client when she was talking to them and made appropriate hand gestures throughout the termination meeting (Kadushin & Kadushin, 1997). The social worker used an empowering approach with all clients throughout the meeting. She often said things to her clients like, “I am so glad to hear that, it sounds like you’ve come a long way, or I’m so proud of you.” This is important in the meeting because the clients can understand that they have made a lot of progress and it was an uplifting time in their life that they can also notice how far they have come (Kadushin & Kadushin, 1997). She also reflected feelings and used paraphrasing during the session. She says, “you seem to have developed a stronger relationship together, and your relationship with Morgan has grown a lot.” This was in response to Kylie’s discussion during progress. Also, she reflected feelings when Donna was talking about progress and the social worker said, “it sounds like it was difficult for you to see them go through what they did.” Another practice strength that the social worker used specifically for concluding a termination session was the activity of each client identifying strengths in each member of the group. This was a good strengths approach, as well a good way of showing closure for termination
In the social work practice, social workers should abide by and respect the protocol of their particular organization. The first ethical standard I would like to discuss is that a social worker having cultural competence and social (NASW, 1999). A social worker must possess the knowledge of values, customs, tradition and history just to name a few in order to have success with clients that may identify as something other than their own identity. Culture directs impacts human behavior. Within this case study, due to Mrs. Sanchez’s culture, she struggled to assimilate with the American culture and this included her being able to learn the English language. Her culture was very important to her and I respect that. As a social worker, I would have
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Moreover, ethical issues are ubiquitous within the field of social work. As such, social workers employed in all facets of the profession, whether it is substance abuse, mental health, among many others encounter ethical issues common and specific to each area. According to the article “Ethical Issues in Addiction Counseling” by Cynthia G. Scott (2000), prominent ethical situations specific to the field of substance abuse include, “confidentiality and privileged communication” (p. 213). In her article Scott (2000) discuss the blurred boundaries of confidentiality with regards to group counseling. The author points out the discrepancy in federal confidentiality laws that prevent the practitioner from sharing confidential information disclosed
Then start to develop goals by finding out what they think is helping and what is not and are they willing to invest the time and effort by using the scaling exercise. The social worker with asks strengths-reinforcing coping questions how, what, and has. The Client is encouraged to define their goals from the start where the social worker may present and alternate perspective are to ask the miracle question. Answers to this question can provide indicators of change to be used. “All task are interventions are intended to encourage the client to think and behave differently with regard to the presenting problem than has been typical in the past (Walsh, 2013).” The formal first-session is the assignment of observing the good the client would like to continue in their life and maybe get the client thinking about exceptions. Second the surprise task surprising another person connected with the problem in a good way “shake up” in the clients’ routine and influence positive behavior. The ending is worked on from the start of intervention, where progress is monitored at each session that might be the last. Where the focus is on helping clients identify strategies to maintain and continue the momentum of enacting solutions.
This paper will evaluate and analyze an ethical dilemma that was presented in the textbook and the Case Study #1 that will be evaluated for this assignment. The questions that will be answered include what are the ethical dilemmas in the case and are these legitimate concerns for the social worker. In addition, when evaluating and analyzing the ethical dilemma in this case study it is necessary to look at why the social worker is worried about reporting newborns and why she feels that there are injustices and discrimination that come from these policies. Furthermore, as a social worker in this agency I would respond by figuring out what could be done in this situation and what courses of action could be done to change the injustices in the
Ethical Issues in Social Work I will provide practical help for new social workers to help them understand and deal with ethical issues and dilemmas which they will face. There are many ethical issues which are important to social work, but I feel that these are all covered by the care value base. The care value base Was devised by the care sector consortium in 1992, this was so that the workers in health and social care had a common set of values and principles which they would all adhere to. It is important because for the first time the social care sector had a clear set of guidelines from which ethical judgements could be made. The care value base is divided into 5 elements - The care value base covers - Equality and Diversity - Rights and responsibilities - Confidentiality - Promoting anti Discrimination - Effective communication Equality and Diversity Carers must value diversity themselves before they can effectively care for the different races, religions and differently abled people they will come across in their caring profession.
In the case of the Trent and Joe, the interim social worker, responded properly and utilized the four phases of the problem-solving process which includes, the engagement phase, assessment phase, intervention phase, and evaluation phase. As a new interim social worker Joe is trying to acquaint herself with the teachers and learning the children’s name in the school. He was a little bit shocked when she saw how the teacher’s aide yelled at a little boy that was begging for his mother to come to his rescue. She did awesome job by properly engaging Trent. Joe makes good contact by meeting the client where he was and established rapport by briefly speaking and calming him down. But, relapsed when she said “By the time I count to five, you should
Entering the field of social work you must be prepared to encounter many personalities. Knowing this, you have to become aware of people with different backgrounds and morals. By doing this you will be able to help your clients to the best of your ability, without forcing your personal beliefs or values on to them. A value is a set of rules or or beliefs that affect your every day decisions (Sheafor & Horejsi, 2011). Applying your personal values to every situation is very important, however, you must learn to separate what you know and what is in actuality the best outcome for your client. I will be discussing the ways I feel about the “Vignette’s”, while also incorporating different things I have learned from the readings and class discussions.
Termination is where the program is able to determine if objectives were accomplished and whether the program was effective. The aggregated dated paints a primarily objective picture of where the clients are and what they have accomplished. It also provides an opportunity for the client to assess their growth based on the services provided by the worker. Compiled data from the PARQ from all participants at termination is also aggregated and it objectively shows where the client is now. This data can be compared to the baseline and questionnaire and many conclusions can be made from the indicated
The counseling session began with the introductions where I introduced myself as the counselor and later introduced my client. This stage is important in any counseling session since it is the time of exploration and focusing according to Gerard Egan as quoted by Wright (1998) in his essay on couselling skills. It is in this session that I was able to establish rapport and trust with my client in order to come up with a working and fruitful relationship with him. During this stage I made use of skills like questioning, where I would pose a question directly to my client, sometimes I would choose to just listen to what the client wanted to speak out while in some instances I would be forced to paraphrase the question if I felt the client did not understand the question I had asked previously. There were also other times when I would reflect through silence. During such a period, I got time to study the client and the information he had given. This being a difficult area, since some clients may not be able to volunteer information to you as the counselor, I decided to assure the client of confidentiality of any information he was willing to share with me with a few exceptions which I also told him about. Being open to him about the only times the information may not be confidential was part of my building rapport and establishing trust with him. I therefore, decided to ask the client what information he wanted to share with me and lucky enough he was ready to speak to me about different issues that he was going through.
Paraphrasing repeating use in the session, which not only shows counsellor is listening and also reflect back to client what he is shared. Regarding the paraphrasing, due to language barrier, some the statements was too long and not precise enough. I am also able to summarize client sharing, manage to draw information together and successfully presented information back to the client. Furthermore, I manage to follow client flow, from discussing about financial concern to adjustment issue in new occupation. I am also managing to facilitate client to consider alternative. For example, for financial concern, client manages to think about his life expectation and the way to achieve it, such as investment and working as part-time tutor. Client also share about the struggle in different nature of work, which is from working in non-government organization to property agent which is more materialistic and focus on sales. Counsellor manage to use reframing that help client to realize that even in different setting, but he still able to notice the similarity on it such as the patience working in NGO also applicable in business setting. Counsellor also
client is making the most of the social services other social workers have worked so hard to
All social workers are beholden to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics. Professional ethics are the main core of social work. The profession has an obligation to articulate its basic values, ethical principles, and ethical standards. The code is composed of thematic sections that outline a social worker’s responsibility to clients, colleagues, employers, and the profession. Some responsibilities that a social worker has to a client are that the clients are their primary responsibility, fostering maximum self-determination in clients, respecting the privacy of clients, keeping information that has been shared during the course of their duties confidential and charging fees for services that are fair and considerate
Engagement is considered one of the most important parts of working with a client. Coady and Lehmann (2008) consider engagement the first of four steps in the problem solving model of social work. Engagement can begin as early as the first over the phone contact or referral notification with the client. To become aware of the client’s background (ecology and life circumstances) is crucial part of this stage. It is also important for the social worker to become in tune with their own thoughts and beliefs when coming into contact with this client for the first time. After tuning into the client it is key for any social worker to make a client feel welcomed with a sense of warmth, empathy and respect. Too much empathy and warm, however, can be detrimental to the course of service provision. Coady and Lehmann (2008) note that the engagement process is never ending and can continue well into counseling.
This helps a service user undergo a restful experience while sharing their drawbacks. I highly agree on this type of method as it directs social workers towards meeting goals and objectives which would, in turn, satisfy a service user. However, a difficulty that social workers may face, is dealing with disadvantaged service users who only speak their native language. This would limit the process of communication between the practitioner and the user, leading to a failure in meeting the professional purpose. This would present the effort of social work in supporting all individuals regardless of their