LESSON
As we go through the CEU presentation – please consider/apply some of your ethical codes, ethical standards to the cases. This handout can serve as a reference to part of the Ethics Code from Social Work, Case Management, Nursing, and Licensed Professional Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapist. Feel free to pull up your entire code on your mobile device to reference/apply it as well.
Social workers’ primary responsibility is to promote the wellbeing of clients. In general, clients’ interests are primary. However, social workers’ responsibility to the larger society or specific legal obligations may on limited occasions supersede the loyalty owed clients, and clients should be so advised. (Examples include when a social worker is required by law to report that a client has abused a child or has threatened to harm self or others.)
Source: NASW
Certified case managers will serve as advocates for their clients and ensure that:
a) A comprehensive assessment will identify the client’s needs.
b) Options for necessary services will be provided to the client.
c) Clients are provided with access to resources to meet individual needs.
• Recognition that case management is guided by the principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.
Source: CCMC
Provision 1 –The nurse, In all professional relationships, practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal attributes, or the nature of health problems.
Source: ANA
Source: AMHCA
Marriage and family therapists advance the welfare of families and individuals and make reasonable efforts to find the appropriate balance between conflicting goals within the family system.
Source: AAMFT