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Social Work Practice: Values and Ethics

   

Added on  2020-11-12

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Ethics, Values and LegalContext of Social Work

Table of Contents1. What are personal values, what are professional values, and what is the relationshipbetween the two? How could these issues impact upon the chosen case study?...................12. How do philosophical ideas and concepts help us to resolve ethical conflicts /dilemmaswithin Social Work Practice? What is the link between values and ethics and the professionalcodes of practice? How might these debates impact upon the case study?...........................33. What is the contextual link between legislation and ethical social work practice, how doSocial workers use and apply the Legislation to intervene e.g. Human Rights Act 1998, theChildren Act 1989 / 2004, Mental Health Act 1983/2007, the Care Act 2014 or the MentalCapacity Act 2005. How might legislation and ethical interventions apply to the chosen casestudy?......................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

1. What are personal values, what are professional values, and what is the relationship betweenthe two? How could these issues impact upon the chosen case study?According to Bank, (2012) values signifies those beliefs which are from a religious andmoral point of view. Values refers to the degree of importance of something or action with thepurpose of determining what actions are right to perform something. Social workers are thepeople who stand for human rights and justice and give voice to unheard marginalisedpopulations. They give their contribution for better individual's life. There are 5 major values insocial work, such as service; which states that their primary aim is to provide public service byhelping vulnerable. Next is values which means they value the dignity and worth of each personand they need to treat each service user in respectful way. Other values are social justice, humanrelation and integrity (Banks, 2016). Personal values refers to the reflection of our needs, wants, and what people care aboutthe most in life. In other words, they are general expression of what is most crucial for anindividual. Some examples of personal values are achievement, integrity, intelligence, etc. Theseare considered vital because values inform people's thoughts, words and actions, further theyhelp to grow and develop. Professional values is a generic term for the principles that key for practising a professionsuch as for medicines, involve integrity, altruism, excellence, and capability to partner withmembers of broader healthcare team. These values include a strong work ethic, honesty,adaptability, etc. (Vitell, 2015). Professional ethics and code of conduct outlines the ethical principles that regulatedecisions and behaviour of an individual. Rules are provided by values and professional ethicson how a person should act towards other people and institutions. Professional values are foundin professional codes of conduct, as codes of professional ethics tend to have components whichassist to mitigate the power gradient between professionals and others. Code of ethics and codeof conduct can be combined because in most situations businesses combine both as there issignificant overlap between them (Beckett, Maynard and Jordan, 2017). A professional code of conduct is a guide of principles created to assist professionalsconduct business honestly and with wholeness. In other words, a code of conduct is a set of rulesoutlining the social norms, religious rules and obligations of an individual. Following are the keyprinciples:1

respect for laws and regulations respect for people respect the environment transparency and integrityProfessional codes of conduct support personal values, as professional ethics encompass thepersonal and corporate standards of behaviour expected by professionals. There exists enforcedcodes of practice internally that members of the profession must follow to prevent exploitation ofthe service user. Professional values and ethics understanding by social workers has maturedconsiderably. Through codes of conduct, social workers have developed comprehensive ethicalstandards to direct practitioners and decision making frameworks that are useful whenpractitioners experience tough ethical dilemmas (Bertrand, 2018). Personal and professional values are different in some or the other way. Some people usethe term personal ethics to explain their own moral code, which means the values and standardsthrough which they run their daily life. Hence, values of a social worker are important because asit makes them aware that they are simultaneously accountable for their clients, also conflicts canbe resolved between service user and society in ways that are respectful (Weber, 2017). It has been observed that social work practice raises ethical dilemmas on a regular basis.Also, these occur due to a conflict of personal and professional values. The work of socialworker is safeguarding vulnerable individuals. Therefore, this states that social worker willalways reflect values and will frequently be disputed because society may not essentially agreewith the aim of social work. Based on case of Sally's and my personal values as a social worker,states that respecting the client's right to self determination and confidentiality, can be difficultprocedure. The reason behind this is that there are particular situations where breaking privacy islegal by the law and professional values (Braye and Preston-Shoot, 2016). As stated by learningdisability partnership professionals that two children Jasmine and Lottie are loved but at timesthey are cared in haphazard way, which means unsystematic-ally. Therefore, here myprofessional values says that a social worker must discuss this topic to my senior members andalso Sally regarding her two children. Also, her friends who spend their time at Sally's flat andsmoking, having beer, using marijuana among those two children is not right. Since, it wasexamined by the hospital staff that, Jasmine was in smelly wet clothes and her body wasingrained with dirt, which means that the lady does not take care of her children properly. My2

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