Professional standards Flashcards

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What is the first professional standard?

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Promote the rights, strengths and wellbeing
of people, families and communities.

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What is the profess standard 1.1

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Value each person as an individual, recognising their strengths and abilities.

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What is the profess standard 1.2

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Respect and promote the human rights, views, wishes and feelings of the people I work with, balancing rights and risks and enabling access to advice, advocacy, support and services.

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What is the profess standard 1.3

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Work in partnership with people to promote their wellbeing and achieve best outcomes, recognising them as experts in their own lives.

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What is the profess standard 1.4

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Value the importance of family and community systems and work in partnership with people to identify and harness the assets of those systems.

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What is the profess standard 1.5

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Recognise differences across diverse communities and challenge the impact of disadvantage and discrimination on people and their families and communities.

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What is the profess standard 1.6

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Promote social justice, helping to confront and resolve issues of inequality and inclusion.

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What is the profess standard 1.7

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Recognise and use responsibly, the power and authority I have when working with people, ensuring that my interventions are always necessary, the least intrusive, proportionate, and in people’s best interests.

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What is the second professional standard?

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Establish and maintain the trust and confidence of people.

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What is the profess standard 2.1?

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Be open, honest, reliable and fair.

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What is the profess standard 2.2?

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Respect and maintain people’s dignity and privacy.

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What is the profess standard 2.3?

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Maintain professional relationships with people and ensure that they understand the role of a social worker in their lives.

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What is the profess standard 2.4?

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Practice in ways that demonstrate empathy, perseverance, authority, professional confidence and capability, working with people to enable full participation in discussions and decision making.

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What is the profess standard 2.5?

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Actively listen to understand people, using a range of appropriate communication methods to build relationships.

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What is the profess standard 2.6?

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Treat info about people with sensitivity and handle confidential info in line with law.

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What is the profess standard 2.7?

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Consider where conflicts of interest may arise, declare conflicts as early as possible and agree a course of action.

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What is the third profess standard?

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Be accountable for the quality of my practice and the decisions I make.

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What is the profess standard 3.1?

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Work within legal and ethical frameworks, using my professional authority and judgement appropriately.

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What is the profess standard 3.2?

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Use information from a range of appropriate sources, including supervision, to inform assessments, to analyse risk, and to make a professional decision.

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What is the profess standard 3.3?

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Apply my knowledge and skills to address the social care needs of individuals and their families commonly arising from physical and mental ill health, disability, substance misuse, abuse or neglect, to enhance quality of life and wellbeing.

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What is the profess standard 3.4?

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Recognise the risk indicators of different forms of abuse and neglect and their impact on people, their families and their support networks.

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What is the profess standard 3.5?

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Hold different explanations in mind and use evidence to inform my decisions.

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What is the profess standard 3.6?

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Draw on the knowledge and skills of workers from my own and other professions and work in collaboration, particularly in integrated teams, holding onto and promoting my social work identity.

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What is the profess standard 3.7?

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Recognise where there may be bias in decision making and address issues that arise from ethical dilemmas, conflicting information, or differing professional decisions.

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What is the profess standard 3.8?

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Clarify where the accountability lies for delegated work and fulfil that responsibility when it lies with me.

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What is the profess standard 3.9

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Make sure that relevant colleagues and agencies are informed about identified risks and the outcomes and implications of assessments and decisions I make.

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What is the profess standard 3.10?

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Establish and maintain skills in information and communication technology and adapt my practice to new ways of working, as appropriate.

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What is the profess standard 3.11?

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Maintain clear, accurate, legible and up to date records, documenting how I arrive at my decisions.

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What is the profess standard 3.12?

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Use my assessment skills to respond quickly to dangerous situations and take any necessary protective action.

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What is the profess standard 3.13?

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Provide, or support people to access advice and services tailored to meet their needs, based
on evidence, negotiating and challenging other professionals and organisations, as required.

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What is the profess standard 3.14?

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Assess the influence of cultural and social factors over people and the effect of loss, change and uncertainty in the development of resilience.

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What is the profess standard 3.15?

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Recognise and respond to behaviour that may
indicate resistance to change, ambivalent or selective cooperation with services, and recognise when there is a need for immediate action.

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What is the fourth profess standard?

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Maintain my continuing professional development.

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What is the profess standard 4.1?

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Incorporate feedback from a range of sources, including from people with lived experience of my social work practice.

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What is the profess standard 4.2?

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Use supervision and feedback to critically reflect on, and identify my learning needs, including how I use research and evidence to inform my practice.

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What is the profess standard 4.3?

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Use supervision and feedback to critically reflect on, and identify my learning needs, including how I use research and evidence to inform my practice.

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What is the profess standard 4.4?

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Demonstrate good subject knowledge on key aspects of social work practice and develop knowledge of current issues in society and social policies impacting on social work.

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What is the profess standard 4.5?

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Contribute to an open and creative learning culture in the workplace to discuss, reflect on and share best practice.

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What is the profess standard 4.6?

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Reflect on my learning activities and evidence what impact continuing professional development has on the quality of my practice.

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What is the profess standard 4.7?

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Record my learning and reflection on a regular basis and in accordance with Social Work England’s guidance on continuing professional development.

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What is the profess standard 4.8?

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Reflect on my own values and challenge the impact they have on my practice.

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What is the fifth profess standard?

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Act safely, respectfully and with professional integrity.

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What is the profess standard 5.1?

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Abuse, neglect, discriminate, exploit or harm anyone, or condone this by others.

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What is the profess standard 5.2?

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Behave in a way that would bring into question my suitability to work as a social worker while at work, or outside of work.

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What is the profess standard 5.3?

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Falsify records or condone this by others.

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What is the profess standard 5.4?

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Ask for, or accept any money, gifts or hospitality which may affect or appear to affect my professional judgement.

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What is the profess standard 5.5?

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Treat someone differently because they’ve raised a complaint.

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What is the profess standard 5.6?

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Use technology, social media or other forms of electronic communication unlawfully, unethically, or in a way that brings the profession into disrepute.

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What is the sixth profess standard?

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Promote ethical practice and report concerns.

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What is the profess standard 6.1?

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Report allegations of harm and challenge and report exploitation and any dangerous, abusive or discriminatory behaviour or practice.

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What is the profess standard 6.2?

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Reflect on my working environment and where necessary challenge practices, systems and processes to uphold Social Work England’s professional standards.

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What is the profess standard 6.3?

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nform people of the right to complain and provide them with the support to do it, and record and act on concerns raised to me.

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What is the profess standard 6.4?

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Take appropriate action when a professional’s practice may be impaired.

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What is the profess standard 6.5?

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Raise concerns about organisational wrongdoing and cultures of inappropriate and unsafe practice.

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What is the profess standard 6.6?

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Declare to the appropriate authority and Social Work England anything that might affect my ability to do my job competently or may affect my fitness to practise, or if I am subject to criminal proceedings or a regulatory finding is made against me, anywhere in the world.

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What is the profess standard 6.7?

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Cooperate with any investigations by my employer, Social Work England, or another agency, into my fitness to practise or the fitness to practise of others.