The Social Work Ethics Audit: A Risk Management Tool - Softcover

Reamer, Frederic G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871013282 ISBN 13: 9780871013286

Publisher: NASW Press (National Association of Social Workers, 2001

Synopsis

How well are you managing your social work practice with the inevitable conflicts between personal and professional values, duties and obligations, and decision-making and liability risks? If you re uncertain, you re not alone. The Social Work Ethics Audit provides practitioners with a practical and easy-to-use tool that helps assess the adequacy of ethics-related policies, practices, and procedures related to clients, staff, documentation, and decision-making. Designed to work seamlessly with the audit instrument, the accompanying volume provides a comprehensive overview of critical ethical issues covered in the audit. From client relationships, boundary issues, and conflicts of interest to records and staffing, this invaluable book provides clear, insightful direction about managing the inevitable ethical dilemmas and liability risks faced by today s social work practitioners. As the public and courts demand higher levels of accountability, the need for ethics-backed decisions and policies has never been more urgent. Special Features * Helps prevent ethics complaints and lawsuits * Presents an easy-to-use instrument for analyzing ethics-related policies and practices * Provides step-by-step directions for implementing an ethics audit * Offers latest knowledge to help social workers create ethically sound policies and procedures * Identifies pertinent ethical issues in social work settings

About this title

Synopsis

This book provides social workers, administrators, supervisors and educators with an easy-to-use tool to assess ethics-related policies, practices, and procedures. Based on the latest knowledge concerning professional ethics and risk management, the audit package begins with an overview of key ethical issues and concludes with the practical, concrete steps that social workers can take to address ethical issues in their practice settings. The step-by-step instructions facilitate social workers' comprehensive assessments. The computer disk provides users with easy access to the Audit Instrument and the template for their action plan.

Edition details

• Publisher: NASW Press (National Association of Social Workers
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871013282
• ISBN 13: 9780871013286
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80