700 words
Assignment Overview
Ethical behavior is foundational to your work as an advanced generalist social worker. Some violations of the NASW Code of Ethics are blatant, but others are less obvious. In this assignment, you analyze a given scenario involving possible violations of the NASW Code of Ethics.
By successfully completing this assignment, you demonstrate your proficiency in the following EPAS and advance generalist specialized behaviors:
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.
C1.SP.A: Apply professional use of self and leadership skills with colleagues, clients, groups, organizations, and communities.
Related Assignment Criterion:
7. Demonstrate professional use of self and leadership.
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.
C1.SP.B: Articulate and provide leadership in the application of the core values and ethical standards of the social work profession through an ethical problem solving model to aid in critical thinking, affective reactions and ethical decision making related to individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to guide and inform ethical practice in the specialization of advanced generalist social work.
C1.SP.C Integrate the ethical and effective use of technology at all levels of practice in the specialization of advanced generalist social work with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Related Assignment Criterion:
1. Identify the unethical use of technology and other ethical and diversity issues in the case.
Competency 6: Engage With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
C6.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when engaging with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Related Assignment Criterion:
2. Analyze the issues involved in a case using critical thinking skills.
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
C7.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when assessing colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Related Assignment Criterion:
2. Analyze the issues involved in a case using critical thinking skills.
Competency 8: Intervene With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
C8.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when intervening with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Related Assignment Criterion:
2. Analyze the issues involved in a case using critical thinking skills.
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
C9.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology evaluations with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Related Assignment Criterion:
2. Analyze the issues involved in a case using critical thinking skills.
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice.
C2.SP.B: Apply leadership skills, theoretical frameworks, decision making and best-practice interventions with diverse populations.
Related Assignment Criterion:
6. Demonstrate cultural competence through the application of leadership skills with diverse populations.
Competency 4: Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice.
C4.SP.A: Apply leadership skills, decision making and the use of technology to inform evidence-based research practice to develop, implement, evaluate, and communicate interventions across the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings.
C4.SP.B: Apply leadership skills, decision making and the use of technology to inform program evaluation to develop, implement, evaluate, and communicate interventions across the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings.
Related Assignment Criterion:
5. Apply leadership skills and the use of technology to inform evidence-based research practice through the application of transformational leadership theory.
Competency 6: Engage With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
C6.SP.C: Apply leadership skills and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice when engaging with individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
Related Assignment Criteria:
3. Describe leadership behaviors and social work supervision standards used to address an organizational issue.
4. Apply leadership skills when working with a supervisee.
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
C7.SP.C: Apply leadership skills, decision making and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice when assessing individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
Related Assignment Criteria:
3. Describe leadership behaviors and social work supervision standards used to address an organizational issue.
4. Apply leadership skills when working with a supervisee.
Competency 8: Intervene With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
C8.SP.C: Apply leadership skills, decision making and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice interventions with individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
Related Assignment Criteria:
3. Describe leadership behaviors and social work supervision standards used to address an organizational issue.
4. Apply leadership skills when working with a supervisee.
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
C9.SP.C: Apply leadership skills, decision making and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice evaluation with individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
Related Assignment Criteria:
3. Describe leadership behaviors and social work supervision standards used to address an organizational issue.
4. Apply leadership skills when working with a supervisee.
Assignment Instructions
Write a paper using current APA format:
Issue Analysis:
Identify the unethical use of technology and other ethical and diversity issues in the case.
Demonstrate your critical thinking skills through analysis of the issues (as opposed to a superficial statement of the issues).
Plan:
Develop a plan that assures your supervision addresses client, social worker, and agency safety and incorporates known best practices. Be sure your plan addresses the issues you identified in the section above.
Describe leadership behaviors and social work supervision standards used to address the issue. What leadership behaviors and social work supervision standards should be used? How would you apply advanced generalist social work best practices to address these issues?
Apply leadership skills when working with a supervisee as you develop your plan. Which transformational leadership skills would you apply when dealing with your supervisee?
Apply leadership skills and the use of technology to inform evidence-based research practice through the application of transformational leadership theory. How could you apply transformational leadership theory to advance and improve social work practices when addressing this issue? Include any use of technology and evidence-based research you would use to support your choices.
Demonstrate cultural competence through the application of leadership skills with diverse populations.Are there any cultural or diversity aspects that need to be addressed? How would you implement best practices with diverse individuals to address these issues? Demonstrate your cultural competence through use of leadership skills regarding diversity issues in your analysis and plan.
Demonstrate professional use of self in your role as supervisor. How might you discuss this issue with your supervisee and how might you work with the supervisee to design your plan of action?
Complete and submit your assignment by Sunday night of the unit.
Your instructor provides feedback on your assignments. The feedback you receive may be valuable for future assignments in this course.
Additional Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Communicate in a professional manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations of the social work profession. Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards. Include a title page, reference page, headers, and appendices as applicable.
Cited resources: Minimum of three scholarly sources. All literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.