Module One Flashcards
Module One
What are the principles of practice from the OCSWSSW?
Eight Principles
Relationship with Clients
Competence & Integrity
Responsibility to Clients
Records
Confidentiality
Fees
Advertising
Sexual Misconduct
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Describe the competence and integrity principle of practice.
Professional development, boundaries, policies and legislation, advocating, awareness of power, and conflicts of interest.
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Describe the relationship with clients principle of practice.
Client needs, own values and attitudes, client capacity and right to achieve goals, limits and boundaries defined.
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What are two codes of conduct from the OCSWSSW?
Code of Ethics
Maintaining the best interest of the client and maintaining confidentiality in all client interactions.
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How would you model maintaining the best interest of the client in professional practice?
Understanding the needs of the client, recognizing your scope of practice, and focusing on empowerment and strengths with clients.
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How would you model maintaining confidentiality in professional practice?
Discussing confidentiality with clients, seeking supervision if there may need to be a breach of confidentiality, not revealing irrelevant information about the client, removing identifying information if possible when seeking guidance.
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Describe the responsibility to clients principle of practice.
Discuss limits of service, no discrimination, timely responses, and services are delivered responsibly.
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What are the ages of consent for sexual activity in Canada?
12-17
12-13: Can only consent to sexual activity with a person less than two years older.
14-15: Can only consent to sexual activity with a person less than five years older.
16-17: Can consent to sexual activity with a person who is any number of years older.
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What are two situations where you would have to breach confidentiality to report abuse to CAS?
sexual acitivty
If a person under 18 disclosed that they were having a sexual relationship with someone in a position of authority.
If a person who is younger than 16 is having a sexual relationship with someone who is not within the age restrictions.
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What are ethics?
ethics vs laws
Moral compass and guidelines for making appropriate professional decisions.
Increases professional standards.
Accountable in professional association.
Outlined in professional associations e.g. OCSWSSW.
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What are laws?
ethics vs laws
Often based on ethical principles.
Obeying law is part of ethical behaviour.
Violations are accountable in the courts.
Outlined in Criminal Code, Acts etc.
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What are the five steps to the ethical decision making model?
- Identify issue
- Examine important and relevant ethical principles
- Choose most important principle and evaluate risks and benefits
- Be mindful or personal emotional reactions
- Devleop an action plan
What are the ethical principles?
- protection of life
- equality and inequality
- autonomy and freedom
- least harm
- quality of life
- privacy and confidentiality
- truthfulness and full disclosure
