Professional Boundaries – Ethical Dilemmas and Principles

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Professional Boundaries – Ethical Dilemmas and Principles

Instructions

Describe a time when your boundaries have been challenged in your field placement. Discuss how you handled the challenge. What ethical principle(s) are relevant to the incident?  How do you feel when your boundaries are challenged?

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Ethical issues related to boundaries in social work pose a problem to social workers and are very challenging. Boundary issues consist of circumstances where social workers encounter conflict between their social relationships and professional duties. The core skills that every social worker should have is the capacity to relate to others and their problems (Banks 40). Social workers encounter boundary issues in various settings. The choice of whether to be a friend to a former client reveals some information to your client. Also, to receive gifts from your client or to receive specialized services from your client.

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