Many Canadians remains largely divided in its views of the GLBT population. Some believes that the GLBT population should have equal opportunities as heterosexuals, and should have right to same-sex marriages, the right to adopt children, access to the same tax benefits and health care, while others believe otherwise. The GLBT refers collectively to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and throughout this paper GLBT will be used. Gays and lesbian are people who are attracted and indulged in sexual relationship with people of the same sex, while bisexual are people who are attracted and indulged in sexual relationship with both male and female, and transgender are people who are born male or female but believes that they should be living their lives as the opposite gender to which they were born (Horejsi & Sheafor, 2008). Even though Canadians views are beginning to change about the GLBT population, “this population still faces oppression, discrimination, and internalize homophobia, and marginalization which may result in poor physical, emotional and social well being” (Morrow, 2004). While heterosexual are surrounded with positive role models and an abundance of images regarding sexual expression, the GLBT population may have difficulty finding support and positive images, especially when their communities lack resources such as gay –straight alliances and visible GLBT role model. GLBT individuals have to overcome internalize homophobia, much of which is derived from anti-gay message received in a variety of institutions such as religious affiliations, schools, and human services. This paper will discuss three concepts of social work that is important when dealing with the GLBT population. As a social service worker i... ... middle of paper ... ...007). Psychology, A Journey (2nd ed.). Toronto: Thomson Nelson Cournoyer, R. B. (2008). The Social Work Skills Workbook (5th Ed.). Canada: Ontario Crisp, C., & McCave, E. (2007). Gay Affirmative Practice: A Model for Social Work Practice with Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual and transgender. Retrieved on September 29, 2010 from http//vnweb.hwilsonweb.com Dunn, A. M. (2002).Culture Competence and the Primary Care Provider. Journal of Paediatric Health Care, Volume 16, May/June 2002, p 105-111. Horejsi, C., & Sheafor, B. (2008). Techniques and Guidelines for Social Work Practice(8th Ed.). Boston: New York Ivey, M., & Ivery, A., (2008). Essentials of Intentional Interviewing Counselling in a Multicultural World (3rd Ed.). Belmont: USA Srivastava, H., R. ( 2006) Clinical Cultural Competence. Retrieved on September 28, 2010, from http://ceris.metropolis.net
When working with this population, if a client is withholding their diagnosis from their sexual partners and having unprotected sex the social worker faces an ethical dilemma. Confidentiality is a major concern but so is duty to warn and the duty to protect. According to Granich (2012), “Mental health professionals do not have the legal right to disclose that a person is HIV-positive to another person. This is at the discretion of physicians in many states. However, social workers and mental health professionals must struggle with this legal situation if a client insists on potentially harming another person through risk of transmission of HIV”. Social workers need to consider the society in which they are working and the society that the
Working with people can be challenging, but so rewarding all at the same time. As humans, we are certainly not perfect and we are making mistakes daily. Making decisions is one thing that does not come easily to us, and depending on the day you can get multiple different answers to one situation. The NASW Code of Ethics is an extremely helpful tool when we are working with clients and something that does not ever waiver in ethical decision-making. If we are working in the Social work profession, then we must insure we are making the correct decision for everyone who is involved with the client.
We live in a society in which there are people of different race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation etc. people are free to choose whatever path they want to follow and especially with sexual orientation. People know what path they way want to follow at an early age whether they heterosexual, meaning that they are straight or if they are homosexual which means that they are lesbian, transgender, or queer/questioning. In this paper, Ally Training will be discussed as being educational, how heterosexism plays a part in homosexual’s lives, the coming out process, the multicultural world, concerns that homosexual faces, and religion.
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
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Imagine being in the shoes of someone who like guys and girls. Even imagine your world crashing down when you eventually come to a realization of being a girl in a boy’s body. These can be put into a community called lgbtq. Lgbtq is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning. About 57% get threats, 51% get harassed, 51%have violence, and 34% say they’ve had verbal harassment in a bathroom or being questioned in the bathroom. In this community there can be a lot of ruckus, and when it comes to that there are activists, shootings, and a person being disrupted throughout the day.
In the National Association for Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics, there are many standards a social worker should uphold in order to promote a healthy and helpful relationship with the client. One such aptitude is Cultural Competence and Social Diversity, which is in section 1.05 of the NASW code of ethics (National Association of Social Workers, 2008). There are three sections associated with this competency “Social workers should understand culture and its function in human behavior and society, recognizing the strengths in all cultures”. It is assumed that “social workers should have a knowledge base of their clients’ cultures and be able to demonstrate competence in the provision of services that are sensitive to clients”. As a final point “Social workers should obtain education” in order to understand cultural diversity and oppression in people (NASW, 2008, p. 9).
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals acronymic by LGBT embrace all races and ethnicities, religions, and social classes around the world. We know that this community faces many health care disparities like the lack of access to needed services related to their sexual orientation or gender identity; however there is a gap in health data for the number of LGBT individual and their health needs. This is because sexual orientation and gender identity are not frequently asked on state or national surveys and majorly that many people don’t openly express their true sexual orientation. Health disparities refers to the inequities in access and quality to health care that are experienced by minority groups, including racial and ethnic minorities, lower income individuals and families, sexual minorities, and immigrant communities. LGBT individuals that are considered “in the closet,” lose the critical potential for empowerment and capability to participate in the services that may improve their access to appropriate health care. Approximately 20 States has agreements against same-sex activity and around the world we see a widespread discrimination directed at people who have revealed their identity. Now many LGBT individuals feel that “coming out” is dangerous, even coming out to health care providers, they feel that they would be personally judged and not receive good healthcare. LGBT people face daily discrimination, and this oppression contributes to the health disparities. LGBT community’s health requires specific attention from health care because LGBT individuals are at a higher risk than their heterosexual peers for many diseases and other conditions. These poor outcomes are a result of differences in access to hea...
The often overlooked GLBT history is one which is important to be aware of when analyzing the GLBT movement of the current era. Although the very term homosexual is a relatively new one, examples throughout history give insight into the views of GLBT issues. A clear shift in tolerance can be seen in the transition from Pagan religions to Christianity in Ancient Greece and Rome. Similar shifts, both positive and negative, exist as well. Changing popular beliefs is a very slow process, although the widespread tolerance of the GLBT population today is promising but there still is much more work to be done.
Before reading the chapter written by Allan Barksy, I had a different understanding of my values. Entering into the social work profession is providing a different outlook and definition regarding values. In the social work profession values are not only personal, they must also include my client’s values. For example, I will be working at Child Net during my field internship. Child Net is a facility for children that are abused, neglected, molested, and other situations that I will be exposed too. These families may have values similar to mine, but their values may be viewed differently. Emotional security was one of my highly desirable values for Table 1.1. After giving this some thought regarding the situations I will be working with, emotional security will be hard to maintain working at Child Net. I say this because my
In the past three decades, gays and lesbians have become more assertive in expressing their rights within American society. Being gay comes as a source of pride for some, while being a social stigma for others. Though people who identify as LGBTQ are gaining legal rights and protection, they are still subject to discriminatory laws and social intolerance. Those who hold negative attitudes towards gays and lesbians are likely to have less likely to have interpersonal communication with them. This is because of the existence of negative attitudes, in addition to the anti-gay violence and harassment that some LGBTQ people continue to suppress their sexual orientation. Being someone who identifies as LGBTQ, it is important to me that people are educated about the problems that are commonly neglected in terms of interpersonal communication between homosexuals and heterosexuals and how these problems coincide with the vast amount of LGBTQ homeless youth there are in America.
“In this essay, we have been asked to critically assess the professional values in the ‘British Association of Social Work’ (BASW). With this the concepts of ethics and how this operates in social work practice and analyse the general role in governing and representatives bodies in social work practice”.
The social work profession and its Code of Ethics dictate that social workers must act in the best interest of the client, even when those actions challenge the practitioner’s personal, cultural and religious values. In practice; however, ethical decision-making is more complex than in theory. As helping professionals, social workers are constantly faced with ethical decision-making or ethical dilemmas. As noted by Banks (2005), an ethical dilemma occurs “when a worker is faced with a choice between two equally unwelcome alternatives that may involve a conflict of moral principles, and it is not clear what choice will be the right one” (as cited in McAuliffe & Chenoweth, 2008, p. 43). In addition, ethical decision-making is a process that
The concept of sexual orientation, which is a person’s romantic and emotional attraction to another person, is a modern sociological construct (Macionis, Jansson, Benoit, & Burkowicz, p. 190, 2016). The predominant classifications of this concept are heterosexuality, meaning the sexual attraction to someone of the opposite sex, and homosexuality, the sexual attraction to someone of the same sex (Macionis et. al., p. 190, 2016). With the large majority of society’s acknowledgment towards these two sexual identities, it leaves little to no room for those who find themselves in neither ends of these categories, to receive any sort of recognition. More specifically, the visibility for those who establish themselves as bisexual, defined as the sexual attraction to people of both genders, face misconceptions from a portion of society (Macionis et. al., p. 190, 2016). Whether it may be from heterosexuals or homosexuals, someone who falls in between the two identities seem to encounter greater difficulties in gaining social acceptance. Despite having its place in the term, LGBTQ, which is an abbreviation for the community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and people of other sexual orientations and
...owards heteronormativity. What people refer to, as normal human behavior doesn’t necessarily apply to everyone. However, due to conservative traditional and religious beliefs, the integration of homosexuals in society is often met with resistance. It can therefore be said that societal conservative tendencies have led to the intolerance of homosexuality therefore causing the inequality of LGBT men and women. In order to challenge normative constructions on sexuality one must first acknowledge that discrimination is still evident and continues to be a reason behind socio-political exclusion. The operations behind social policies cause oppression and isolation, and only re-thinking our approach in delivering new policies can hopefully one day meet the needs for a diverse lifestyle or in the words of Macklemore “It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference!”