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.
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- 7. Demonstrate professional use of self and leadership.
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- C1.SP.A: Apply professional use of self and leadership skills with colleagues, clients, groups, organizations, and communities.
- 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.
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- 1. Identify the unethical use of technology and other ethical and diversity issues in the case.
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- 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.
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- 2. Analyze the issues involved in a case using critical thinking skills.
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 2. Analyze the issues involved in a case using critical thinking skills.
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 2. Analyze the issues involved in a case using critical thinking skills.
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 2. Analyze the issues involved in a case using critical thinking skills.
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 6. Demonstrate cultural competence through the application of leadership skills with diverse populations.
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- C2.SP.B: Apply leadership skills, theoretical frameworks, decision making and best-practice interventions 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.
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- 5. Apply leadership skills and the use of technology to inform evidence-based research practice through the application of transformational leadership theory.
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- 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.
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- 3. Describe leadership behaviors and social work supervision standards used to address an organizational issue.
- 4. Apply leadership skills when working with a supervisee.
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 3. Describe leadership behaviors and social work supervision standards used to address an organizational issue.
- 4. Apply leadership skills when working with a supervisee.
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 3. Describe leadership behaviors and social work supervision standards used to address an organizational issue.
- 4. Apply leadership skills when working with a supervisee.
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
