Understanding
Published on Nov 18, 2015
Basics on Understanding Professional Relationships in Social Work
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Understanding
Professional Relationships
What do you all think of when you hear the term professional relationships?
-Relationships with clients?
-Relationships with other social workers?
-Aspects of professionalism?
-Relationships with clients?
-Relationships with other social workers?
-Aspects of professionalism?
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So how do we define
A Professional Relationship?
YouTube video?
Flowchart
Sometimes clients will treat practitioners as friends and it is our job to explain the nature of the relationship.
Flowchart
Sometimes clients will treat practitioners as friends and it is our job to explain the nature of the relationship.
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Important qualities
- Authority
- Payment for services
- Time limits-how often/how long/where you meet
- Sharing of information
- GOAL oriented conversation
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Dual Relationships
What are they and how do we approach them?
"If the practitioner has some type of social or business contact with a client outside the professional setting, these types of contact are called dual relationships" (39).
Examples?
We've talked about dual relationships in class before. Does anyone remember some of the ways to approach clients when dual relationships are unavoidable?
Examples?
We've talked about dual relationships in class before. Does anyone remember some of the ways to approach clients when dual relationships are unavoidable?
Rules of the relationships
- Protect confidentiality
- Ensure that clients needs take precedence
- Clarify assumptions about contact outside of office
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Values Activity!!
- Think about some professional relationships you have had
- Together, we are going to make a list of words that describe
- a professional's role in the relationship
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Ethical Principles
Service
Social Justice
Dignity and Worth of a Person
Importance of Human Relationships
Integrity
Competance
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Duty to Care
Clients have the right to the provision of a reasonable standard of care
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Duty to Respect Privacy
There are personal and symbolic areas that practitioners must not violate with clients
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Duty to Maintain Confidentiality
Sharing information about a client with a third party is a breach of confidentiality
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Duty to Inform
The practitioner is required to inform prospective clients about the nature and extent of the services
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Duty to Report
All states have laws concerning the reporting of child abuse, child neglect, molestation, and incest
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Duty to Warn
Most practitioners are legally obligated to reveal confidential information concerning a client's stated intent to harm another
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