socw6520 assignment blog response to 3 students wk2

Due 06/06/2019 6PM EST

Respond to the blog post of three colleagues in one or more of the following ways: (Please be very detailed in responses with examples(the teacher takes off points if post are not detailed) Use 2 APA references

• Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.
• Offer and support an opinion.
• Validate an idea in your colleague’s post with your own experience.

Be sure to support your blog posts with specific references to this week’s resources and provide full APA citations for your references

Response to Jennifer

• An explanation of potential challenges in adhering to confidentiality in your field education experience

As a social worker, my responsibility is to show respect honor client’s privacy and self determination. However ,There will moments as a intern or in my professional career, I may have to break a client’s confidentially only when he/she pose a threat themselves and others. According to Saxon, Jacinto, and Dziegielewski (2006) . Overall, confidentiality can be a complicated process, since, there are certain circumstances in which breaching it is sanctioned by both state laws and professional standards. For example, confidentiality may be breached with or without the client’s consent in order to report instances of neglect and abuse. Other circumstances include times when a client may be a danger to self or others, or when other compelling reasons exist, such as imminent harm to a client or if the law requires disclosure. Most professionals agree that there are situations in which breach of confidentiality is certainly justifiable and expected. For example, a client who has threaten a staff member with the intent to harm, client reported sexually abuse on an elder,or child.

A description of agency policies or mandates with regard to confidentiality.

• The agency in which I am doing my internship Care Resource , have policies in place with regard to confidentiality when it comes to patient information in the electronic health records (EHR). There has been trainings and workshop concerning and ensuring client’s confidentiality is upheld with the agency guidelines and Joint commission. POLICY NO. 5007.002 CONFIDENTIALITY POLICY: Care Resource understands, acknowledges, and respects the issue of confidentiality associated with HIV disease. The Agency will comply with Florida Statutes, administrative rules and Department of Health policies, protocols and procedures pertaining to confidentiality as contained in the Florida Department of Health Information Security Policy.PROCEDURE:All persons with an assigned Agency responsibility that potentially give them access to clients/patients and other confidential information must sign a statement of understanding that confirms the person understands the requirements of confidentiality as wells as the penalties for failure to comply with such requirements. One will be held accountable for any breach of client’s information. HIPPA is also affiliated with Care Resource. Care Resource also have on the Desktop of all computer, on the the importance of confidentiality and the tips on ensuring that all staff is reminded of how imperative it is.
  An explanation of potential challenges in communicating with clients within your agency.

Confidentiality is of importance when dealing with vulnerable population of individuals. Client comes into an organization to receive help to addressing their needs, such as traumas, mental health and substance use disorder, Their hope is to be treated with respect and dignity. As a social worker, human relationship is the beginning of the treatment or therapy. According to National Association of Social Work (2017) Social workers respect and promote the right of clients to self-determination and assist clients in their efforts to identify and clarify their goals. Social workers may limit clients’ right to self-determination when, in the social workers’ professional judgment, clients’ actions or potential actions pose a serious, foreseeable, and imminent risk to themselves or others. If a client from different culture background and if I’m not culturally competent, the challenge would not knowing how to address the needs of the client of family members. As social workers, cultural competence is a core value of the code of ethics.

References

National Association of Social Work (2017) NASW https://www.socialworkers.org

Saxon, C., Jacinto, G. A., & Dziegielewski, S. F. (2006). Self-determination and confidentiality: The ambiguous nature of decision-making in social work practice.