Case Analysis: Ethical Issues and Supervision in Community Program

This case analysis examines four scenarios involving ethical dilemmas in a community program setting and the role of supervision. The first scenario focuses on a supervisor, Janet, dealing with a report of sexual violence from a staff member, Jason, and emphasizes the importance of ethical codes and anti-harassment policies. The second scenario involves Jim, a senior worker struggling to address the trauma experienced by an ethnic minority group, highlighting the need for understanding cultural sensitivities and ethical practices. The third scenario describes Mary, an experienced worker, mediating community members and dealing with an angry outburst, and emphasizes accountability, professional development plans, and the importance of ethical codes. The fourth scenario presents Karan, an employee with inconsistent attendance at supervision sessions, and the need for effective supervision, clear contracts, and a supportive relationship between the supervisor and supervisee. Each scenario provides a discussion of the issues, relevant rules (Code of Ethics), analysis, and conclusions, offering insights into ethical considerations, professional conduct, and effective leadership within a community program framework. The analysis emphasizes the application of ethical frameworks, the importance of organizational policies, and the need for supervisors to maintain ethical standards, address impairment, and protect the well-being of clients and employees.

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Table of Contents
Scenario: 1.......................................................................................................................................2
Issue.............................................................................................................................................2
Rule..............................................................................................................................................2
Analysis.......................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................3
Scenario: 2.......................................................................................................................................3
Issue.............................................................................................................................................3
Rule..............................................................................................................................................4
Analysis.......................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................5
Scenario: 3.......................................................................................................................................5
Issue.............................................................................................................................................5
Rule..............................................................................................................................................5
Analysis.......................................................................................................................................6

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Conclusion...................................................................................................................................7
Scenario: 4.......................................................................................................................................7
Issue.............................................................................................................................................7
Rule..............................................................................................................................................8
Analysis.......................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

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Scenario: 1
Issue
In Janet’s case, he is attending to the session of supervision and she unfolds that she is
witnessing sexual violence from Jason.
The skill and role as the professional supervisor are distinctive from that of administrator
and counsellor. Thus the effective supervision guarantees that the clients are served competently
and also ensures that the counsellors endure enhancing the skill that increases the effectiveness
of treatment, staff satisfaction and client retention.
Rule
The rule engaged in the present scenario is The code of Ethics that entails that the
supervision is designated as the tutorial, disciplined procedure by which the doctrines are
converted in practical competency with evaluative, administrative, supportive and clinical
(Salveron, 2015). The supervision is the intervening procedure that is facilitated by the oldest
member of the community to the junior associates. The relationship expands with the passage of
time and has the purpose of improving the functioning of professionals of junior persons and
regulate the standard of professional assistance that is invited to the client. Thus the procedure of
supervision is the process of social influence by which the supervisor partake with the
supervisees in guaranteeing the standard of professional care. The effective supervisor mentor,
observe, evaluate, coach, create and inspire an environment that enhances learning, self-
motivation, and also professional progress (Lee, 2019). They create, build, design the culture of
the agency and resolve the conflict while appearing to the diversity and ethical concerns in all

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facet of the procedure. The supervision is the chief to the improvement of quality and effective
execution of evidence and consensus-based practices.
Analysis
In this case, Janet is working as a staff member on the community program along with
Jason. Jason is the senior member of the community. There is a session of supervision conducted
and the relation of supervision is based on trust. The session of supervision is concentrated on
convincing Janet for entering the contract of supervision and formulate the tasks and goals to
achieve. The study mainly designates to inquire about the determinants that distress the ethical
exercise of the professionals in the firms of public relations (Fitzgerald, Moores, Coleman &
Fleming, 2015). The ethical factors in the organizational sectors are determined as follows that is
the presence of code of ethics, top support of managerial for moral and ethical exercise. The code
of ethics of the individuals in public relation organization may represent an efficient method for
dealing with the practice of unethical issues than the code of ethics of the association.
Conclusion
Thus in this scenario, there should formulation of anti-harassment policies and also
setting out the method the employees and employers must respond to the harassment incidents.
The policies of anti-harassment set out the instrument by which the complaint can be lodged by
the employees where there is an occurrence of sexual harassment.
Scenario: 2
Issue
In this case, Jim is the oldest worker in the community where both of them work. Jim has
given the responsibility to work with a group of ethnic minorities from Iran. Jim is struggling

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with the information ability and base of address the trauma that is witnessing by ethnic group.
Thus Jim felt that there is a necessity to understand the issues.
Rule
The rule involved is The Code of Ethics the ethical instability of practices of public relations has
become the chief matter of consideration amongst the practitioners and the scholars (McCulloch,
Kumar, van Schalkwyk & Wisker, 2016). The unethical practices of public relations have ruined
the reputation, image and professionalism of the particular area. Thus the area has fundamentally
revolved to code of ethics of the association in the initiative to combat the practices that are
regarded as unethical. Nevertheless to enhance the efficiency the public relation organization
must strengthen the code of ethics through the factors of organizational ethics such as support of
top management, the connection in between the career success and ethical conduct in the
institution.
Analysis
The process of evaluation of the supervisors and the counsellors are summative and
formative. Nevertheless in the process of supervision, the power differential in between the
supervisee and the supervisor is evident than in the process of evaluation. The evaluation and
feedback are significant in the procedure of risk management of the organization. The guidelines
of evaluation and the machinery determine the competence areas to ascertain skill, knowledge
and attitudes however the particular criteria for establishing the evaluation left on the
organization and individual supervisor (McKellar & Graham, 2017). There is a necessity for the
formulation of the plan for individual development or the plan of professional development. It
helps to discourse the supervisor’s expectation, the experience of the counsellor and also

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readiness for the procedures, positions to asses and observe the competencies of the counsellors
and goals of counsellors for professional development.
Conclusion
The supervisor requires to frame comprehensive legal and ethical practice in the
relationship of supervisory. the supervisor needs to cater as a catalyst for development, the
necessity for developing competency in discoursing the requirement of different clients along
with the personnel. The supervisor is liable for maintaining of standards of professionals
determining and resolving the impairment and protect the well being of clients. In this manner,
Jim is required to frame proper structure to deal with the issues of clients.
Scenario: 3
Issue
Mary is appointed as an experienced worker in the community centre and he had given
the duty to aid the community member who arrived in the community centre in addressing the
issue of mental health. Mary intervenes to negotiate between the members of the community. All
of sudden one of the community members storm out in an angry state. The issues can be resolved
Rule
The rule involved in the particular case is that accountability in the organization is the
process of management control in where there are responses given for the action of individuals.
The responses involve both negative and positive and based on the responses the individuals
need to make corrections. Accountability has robust linking to expectation (Genuchi, Rings,
Germek & Cornish, 2015). The employees who did not fulfil the supervisor expectation are held
to be responsible for the conduct and to respond for the failure of complying with the same. The

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guidelines of supervision demonstrate the commitment of the organization to the supervision,
terms of working and necessary documentation of clinical supervisions. The issues faced by
Mary can be responded by the formulation of the development plan to resolve the ethical
concerns. The performance of the counsellors in monitoring is crucial and complicated for the
task of supervision is managing the issues of the individuals who are not counsellors (Ducat,
Martin, Kumar, Burge & Abernathy, 2016). The behaviour which is regarded as unacceptable
involves the act which is harmful for clients and violation with the standard of a program,
important psychiatric deficiency, illegal conduct deficiency of self-awareness and incapability to
cohere to professional ethical code or the reliable to functioning with the clients in the matter of
abuse treatment. For instance, the policies of the progressive disciplinary state the process to
abide when there is the identification of impairment. The consultation with the attorney of the
organization and acquaintance with case legislation is significant. The ethics and culture
influence the interactions amongst the supervisory. The contextual determinants such as race,
culture and diversity affect the concept of the relationship of supervisory. The supervisory
models are constructed primarily on the cultural role in designing supervision. The professional
supervision is the central activity of the organization that made the integration of goals, missions
of the program and the treatment values with the practices that are evidence based and
professional theory. The reason for the supervision is to provide quality care to the clients. The
fundamental mission of the supervision is to safeguard the client’s welfare and also guarantees
the reliability of professional assistance.
Analysis
The professional supervision is designated as the procedure that is formulated to aid
staffs to advance the aims of the institution and also to promote professional development. The

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fundamental aim of professional supervision is to advance safety, optimal care and welfare for
the users of the services in pursuance with the professional standards and organizations. The
secondary function of the procedure of supervision is to facilitate obligation to take care for the
employees by establishing supportive and safe opportunities to involve in serious reflection for
raising the concerns that discover and explore problems and new method of dealing with the
situation. The processes of quality supervision have connected with the better proficiency that is
problem-solving enhanced the performance of work and also upsurge job satisfaction. The
commitment to the organization with the quality supervision is connected with motivating the
staff and also dedicated to the organization as the work in the cultural environment where the
developments and learning are valued.
Conclusion
The professional supervision is perceived and valued generally as important and
beneficial in addition to that put positive impact on the professional practice. Thus by keeping in
mind the professional guidelines the establish structure of work endorse the practices of
professional supervision. The standards of competency and professional codes offer the base to
perform the professional supervision with the doctrines that are adopted by observed literature.
Thus the confidentiality and professional relationship as the reliable foundation permit the
supervisees to sense safe in full participation. The parties involved in the processes of
supervision is acquainted with and also advocate the ethical standards of the professionals as
bordered in The Code of Conduct, The Code of Ethics, The Australian Occupational Therapy
Competency Standards.

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Scenario: 4
Issue
Karan is appointed as an employee of the institution and the attendance of Karan at
supervision has spasmodic. Karan misses the session of supervision on a fortnightly basis. Karan
while questioning regarding the non-attendance state that he is too busy in attending supervision.
It is noted that during conversation Karan seemed to look tired, stressed and also appears to lose
weight. She had forgotten the time and says she is on a visit to another organization. Then
another time is rescheduled for supervision and Karan agreed to attend supervision session.
Rule
The issues faced by Karan can be resolved by effective supervision of the professionals.
The efficient supervision is connected with the external supervision coordination that is
professional specific, comprehensive guidelines and regulatory drivers. The internal healthy
policies of the organization and also guiding principles are the chief factor in aiding the efficient
policies of supervision. The organizational culture in the commitment to the values of
professional will pervade the conduct of contributors in supervision.
Analysis
The agreement or contract at the onset of the session of supervision establishes unambiguous
outlines of responsibility that is recommended highly. The optimum supervision is progressive
and developmental. The written records and agreement of each supervision session can aid in the
process of decision making, decision documenting in addition to that assessment of what is
attained from supervision session. The supervision record facilitates the substantiation of the
continuing development of professionals. The effective supervision is connected with the

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matching of the supervisee and the supervisor and also to fit. The worthy fit impacting in the
supportive positive relationship of supervision that can be determined as the significant
determinant for efficient supervision.
Conclusion
Thus the strategies to be adopted for supervision is the formulation of proposal
development, embracing the flexible supervision model. The ethical code outline the values and
missions of the organization or business and the way the professionals are expected to address
the issues the ethical doctrines rest on core values of the organization.

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