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The following broad ethical principles are based on social work’s core values of service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence.
These Standards for Clinical Social Work Practice set forth by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) are intended to guide clinical social workers in all clinical settings.
NASW’s Delegate Assembly approved the first edition of the NASW Code of Ethics on October 13, 1960. Since then, the Code has emerged as the standard bearer for defining the values and principles that guide social workers’ conduct in all practice areas.
NASW Practice Standards & Guidelines provide benchmarks that describe the services that social workers should provide; that employers should support and that consumers should expect.
Per the NASW Code of Ethics, competence-related ethical practice has always emphasized that social workers pursue the necessary knowledge, training, certification, licensure, and experience before providing professional service.
The following broad ethical principles are based on social work’s core values of service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence.
NASW has risen to the occasion b y taking action in real time to address the needs of the profession through social media forums, the development of resources to guide the profession, social and political advocacy efforts, and now amendments to the NASW Code of Ethics.
Cultural competence in social work practice implies a heightened consciousness of how culturally diverse populations experience their uniqueness and deal with their differences and similarities within a larger social context.
Social workers practicing in health care settings shall provide and facilitate access to culturally and linguistically appropriate services, consistent with the NASW Standards and Indicators for Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice (NASW, 2015b).
The social work mission is rooted in six core values: service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence (NASW, 1999). All social workers have a responsibility to embrace these values as a service to clients, the profession, self, colleagues, and society. In delivering clinical ...