Confidentiality and Risk Management


Assignment Overview

The purpose of this assignment on confidentiality, documentation, security, and risk management is to evaluate the practice of social work in an online environment. To ensure proper use of social media tools, review the following standards from the “NASW, ASWB, CSWE, & CSWA Standards for Technology in Social Work Practice.”

  • Section 2: Designing and Delivering Services.
  • Section 3: Gathering, Managing, and Storing Information.

By successfully completing this assignment, you demonstrate your proficiency in the following competencies and 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: 
        • 1: Present self in a professional manner.
    • 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: 
        • 3: Explain how to protect the rights of clients when using a social media or online communication tool.
  • Competency 3: Advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice.
    • C3.SP.B: Apply leadership behaviors by engaging in reflective and professional practices that address and advance social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
      • Related Assignment Criterion: 
        • 2. Describe the social media or online communication tool used to address a social or economic injustice.
        • 4. Apply technology and social work standards used to advocate for social action and client advocacy.
        • 5: Apply the social work technology standards to demonstrate leadership behaviors.
    • C3.SP.A: Apply leadership skills and technology to engage in collaborative practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to advocate for appropriate services, resources, and supports to achieve goals and foster positive change.
      • Related Assignment Criterion: 
        • 9: Demonstrate critical thought through summarizing how the chosen social media or online communication tool can promote human rights.
    • C3.SP.C: Analyze and respond to evolving leadership, technological, political, economic, social cultural, geographical, and environmental contexts to shape the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
      • Related Assignment Criterion: 
        • 8: Apply leadership skills as social change agents through identification of collaborative partners and identified stakeholders.
  • Competency 4: Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
    • 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.
      • Related Assignment Criterion: 
        • 9: Demonstrate critical thought through summarizing how the chosen social media or online communication tool can promote human rights.
  • Competency 5: Engage in policy practice.
    • C5.SP.A: Apply leadership skills and decision making as social change agents to collaborate with clients, colleagues, and identified stakeholders to advance social and economic well-being in the delivery of effective and technology-assisted social work services to individuals, families, and groups.​
      • Related Assignment Criterion: 
        • 8: Apply leadership skills as social change agents through identification of collaborative partners and identified stakeholders.
  • 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: 
        • 9: Demonstrate critical thought through summarizing how the chosen social media or online communication tool can promote human rights.
    • C6.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when engaging with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
      • Related Assignment Criterion: 
        • 7: Discuss how social media communication addresses theory of social behavior and the social environment.
    • 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 Criterion: 
        • 8: Apply leadership skills as social change agents through identification of collaborative partners and identified stakeholders.
  • 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: 
        • 9: Demonstrate critical thought through summarizing how the chosen social media or online communication tool can promote human rights.
    • C7.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when assessing individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
      • Related Assignment Criterion: 
        • 7: Discuss how social media communication addresses theory of social behavior and the social environment.
    • 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 Criterion: 
        • 8: Apply leadership skills as social change agents through identification of collaborative partners and identified stakeholders.
  • 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: 
        • 9: Demonstrate critical thought through summarizing how the chosen social media or online communication tool can promote human rights.
    • C8.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
      • Related Assignment Criterion: 
        • 7: Discuss how social media communication addresses theory of social behavior and the social environment.
    • 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 Criterion: 
        • 8: Apply leadership skills as social change agents through identification of collaborative partners and identified stakeholders.
  • 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: 
        • 9: Demonstrate critical thought through summarizing how the chosen social media or online communication tool can promote human rights.
    • C9.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
      • Related Assignment Criterion: 
        • 7: Discuss how social media communication addresses theory of social behavior and the social environment.
    • 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 Criterion: 
        • 8: Apply leadership skills as social change agents through identification of collaborative partners and identified stakeholders.
    • C9.SP.D: Analyze and respond to evolving leadership, technological, political, economic, social cultural, geographical, and environmental contexts to shape the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation.
      • Related Assignment Criterion: 
        • 8: Apply leadership skills as social change agents through identification of collaborative partners and identified stakeholders.