Boundary Issues in Social Work: Managing Dual Relationships

Social Work ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G. Reamer
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Dual Relationships ◽  
Boundary Issues

“Technology and Boundary Concerns in Social Work Field Education”

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
Allan Barsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Role Modeling ◽  
Field Education ◽  
Supervisory Relationship ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Professional Boundary ◽  
Boundary Issues ◽  
Social Work Field Education ◽  
Support Students

Field educators and social work students use technology in various realms of practice, including provision of services to clients and provision of supervision for students. This article identifies how professional boundary issues may arise when social workers, field educators, or students use technology. This article also explores four ways that field educators can educate and support students in relation to pre-empting and managing technology-related boundary issues: policy clarification, role modeling through interactions with clients and others, role modeling within supervisory relationship, and advocacy.

Beyond the Code of Ethics, Part II: Dual Relationships Revisited

2002 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 483-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Freud ◽  
Stefan Krug
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Dual Relationships ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Social Work Practitioners

The authors, both social work educators, serve on an ethics call line committee that provides insights on how the provisions of the (United States) National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics (NASW, 1996) interface with the ethical dilemmas encountered by the social work community. In this paper, the authors highlight aspects of social work practice that they consider ethical, yet not easily accommodated by the provisions of the current Code. They also question the 1996 introduction of the concept of dual relationships into the Code and suggest that the Code adopt the less ambiguous term of boundary violations. Also recognized by the authors is the need for clear boundaries for the protection of clients against temptations that might arise in a fiduciary relationship, and for the legal protection of social workers. But, the authors argue, social work practitioners in certain settings, with particular populations, and in certain roles, inevitably face multiple relationships as an integral aspect of their work. The authors conclude that social work's adoption of the psychoanalytic constrains of anonymity, neutrality, and abstinence has detoured the profession from its original double focus on individuals and their society.

scholarly journals What Social Workers Should Know About Ethics: Understanding and Resolving Ethical Dilemmas

10.18060/124 ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine P. Congress
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Dual Relationships ◽  
Personal Agency ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Social Work Practitioners

Recognizing ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in professional practice is crucial for social work practitioners, educators, and students. After a discussion about the limited, although growing, literature on social work ethics, the ten main tenets form the most current NASW Code of Ethics are presented. These topics include limits to confidentiality, confidentiality and technology, confidentiality in family and group work, managed care, cultural competence, dual relationships, sexual relationships, impairment and incompetence of colleagues, application to administrators and relevance to social work educators. In addition to understanding the Code of Ethics, social workers can use the ETHIC model of decision making for resolving ethical dilemmas. This easy to use five step process includes examining personal, agency, client, and professional values, thinking about ethical standards and relevant laws, hypothesizing about consequences, identifying the most vulnerable, and consulting with supervisors and colleagues. A case example involving confidentiality, HIV/AIDS and family therapy demonstrates how social workers can use the ETHIC model.

Social Work Research Ethics: Dual Roles and Boundary Issues

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Landau
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Boundary Issues

This article reviews ethical issues and dilemmas that arise from the dual roles of the social work researcher: as scientist and as someone who cares for individuals and groups in distress while exercising social control. There is a fair amount of tension between the roles of social worker and social work researcher due to a lack of clear boundaries of the researcher's function. The ethical dilemmas may vary with the framework in which the research is conducted, the participants, and social work researchers themselves. The current article focuses on issues of informed consent, expectations, and anxieties of the research participants, and ethical dilemmas. It ends with suggestions for ethical social work research.

Social work ethics

2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Congress ◽  
Donna McAuliffe
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Dual Relationships ◽  
Work Ethics ◽  
Social Work Ethics ◽  
Practice Standards ◽  
Trabajo Social

English This article compares and contrasts two main areas of the Australian and US codes of ethics for social workers. These have been selected for comparison because recent revisions in their provisions about dual relationships and confidentiality raise challenging questions about acceptable practice standards. French Cet article compare et contraste deux grands domaines des codes d'éthique pour les travailleurs sociaux d'Australie et des Etats-Unis. Ces deux codes d'éthique ont été sélectionnés pour comparaison en raison de leurs récentes révisions aux niveaux des 'relations doubles' et de la confidentialité. Ces questions posent des défis de taille quant aux normes de pratiques acceptables. Spanish Se comparan dos áreas principales de los códigos de trabajo social de Australia y de los Estados Unidos. Se eligieron estos dos códigos para comparación porque sus revisiones recientes acerca de relaciones duales y de secreto profesional suscitan cuestiones difíciles acerca de estándares aceptables.

scholarly journals Social Work Practice Behaviors and Beliefs: Rural-Urban Differences?

10.18060/33 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom A. Croxton ◽  
Srinika Jayaratne ◽  
Debra Mattison
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Dual Relationships ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Practice Behaviors ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Social

There is continuing debate within the social work profession on whether there are significant differences in the practice behaviors and beliefs between rural and urban clinical social workers and whether different standards should be applied in defining ethical practices. This study measures those differences with regard to five practice behaviors: bartering,maintaining confidentiality, competent practice, dual relationships, and social relationships. Differences were found in beliefs regarding the appropriateness of professional behavior though such differences did not translate into practice behaviors.More significantly, the research suggests considerable confusion about the meanings of ethical standards and the utilization of intervention techniques without formal training across both urban and rural social workers.

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