Ethical Codes of Social Work

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This paper discusses the major values and ethics of social work . It examines how basic helping and counselling skills are guided by the ethical codes and then discusses the benefits that can be attained for the service user when they are used effectively. Furthermore, the paper outlines what can occur when such codes are not adhered to in the way they should be.

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"Moreover, unless such theoretical assumptions are placed at the centre of social work endeavour, it is difficult to envisage how the relationship between the social worker, individual service user and wider community can be successfully forged and maintained. Above all, what these values and ethics show is that the practice of social work is extremely varied and must include a wide and differing collection of factors. This is indeed the case with relationship forging but it could also include less obvious and more complex factors like the ecological social work approach (Watson and West, 2006). Here is it necessary for true harmony to be found between human beings and the wider ecological environment. Doing so is a protracted process, but there is also an inherent danger that social work values and ethics are lost when using such wide ranging criterion for the purposes of social understanding."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Banks, Sarah. "Ethics and Values in Social Work" New York: Palgrave, 2006.
• Becket, Chris. "Values and Ethics in Social Work: An Introduction" London: Sage, 2005.
• Moss, Bernard. "Values in Social Work" Wrexham: Prospects Publications, 1999.
• Watson, David and West, Janice. "Social Work Process and Practice: Approaches, Knowledge and Skills" New York: Palgrave, 2006.

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