ETHICAL ISSUES

ASSOCIATED

WITH THE HUMAN

SERVICE

PROFESSIONAL

Learning Team “B”

Brittany Bizzell, Carol Herrera

Jamesetta Jones, Tynthia Smith

BSHS/408

February 9, 2015

Instructor: Reina Woods

AGENDAINTRODUCTION

PART I THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE FAMILY SETTING DUE

TO INTERVENTION

INTERVENTION & CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES

CHILDREN ACTING OUT

PART II THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF BOTH THE HUMAN

SERVICE PROFESSIONAL AND THE CLIENT WITHIN THE

SCHOOL SETTING

ETHICAL ISSUES & THE HUMAN SERVICE PROFESSIONAL

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Human services workers have professional, moral, and ethical obligations to the agency they work for but to the families representented by that agency.

In this Power Point we will describe ethical issues that might impact the family setting due to the intervention. Also the potential impact of both the human services professional and the client within the school setting. Lastly it is important to remember that human services professionals are human beings and personal morals, and ethics sometimes conflict with professional tasks and duties.

The Potential Impact on

the Family Setting due to

Intervention

PART I

Intervention & Contemporary

Families

Gays raising

children

Lesbians going to a

infertility doctor to

have a child.

A adolescent who

is exploring a sex

change

PART I

Children Acting Out

Children who intentionally hurt others.

Children who bully

Children who kill

Part I

Severe or chronic physical

abuse of the child

Any sexual abuse of the

child

Severe psychological

abuse or torture of the

child

Extreme emotional

damage to the child

Child neglect by failing to

provide shelter, food, or

other needed care as is

required by parental

obligations

Abuse or neglect of other

children in the same

household Abandonment

of the child

Involuntary

Termination of

Parental Rights

Mio Campbell weeps as she leaves the courtroom after her parental rights to her three children were terminated during a trial in front of Chief Family Court Division

Campbell is charged with first-degree child abuse in connection with the death of her 6-year-old son, Elijah Dillard.

PART I

Impact on the

Family Setting

due to

Intervention

by Educators

“…collaboration, shared monitoring, and

dialogue—are directly applicable to educators as they seek to establish relationships and work with families to support

student learning in general .”

(Christenson & Carlson, 2005)

PART I

The Potential Impact of Both

the Human Service

Professional and the Client

Within the School Setting

PART II

Ethical Issues & the Human

Service Professional

1. Failure to protect the clients Privacy and

confidentiality

2. Not being able to help clients with Goal

Setting

3. Human service Professional fails to keep the

clients integrity , safety, and security of client

records

Part II

Ethical Issues & the Human

Service Professional cont.

Having a sexual

relationship with a

client

Conflicts of Interest

Discrimination

PART II

Respect client’s as ends, not means: consider and treat everyone as a unique individual who matters, not as a number in a political or social or clinical calculation.

Respect participants' ability to play a role in determining what they need. Don't assume that professional staff or program planners necessarily know what's best for a community or individual.

Respect everyone's human, civil, and legal rights. This encompasses such issues as non-discrimination and cultural sensitivity.

Do what is best for everyone under the circumstances. You're not necessarily going to be able to help everyone all the time, but you can try to get as close as possible.

PART II

Don't abuse your position or exploit a participant to gain a personal advantage or to exercise power over another person.

Don't attempt an intervention in areas in which you're not trained and/or competent.

Actively strive to improve or correct, to the extent possible, the situations of participants in your program and the community.

PART II

References

http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/ethical-

standards-for-hs-professionals

FindLaw. (2014). Checklist: Grounds for Terminating

Parental Rights. Retrieved from

http://family.findlaw.com/parental-rights-and-

liability/checklist-grounds-for-terminating-parental-

rights.html

Carlson, C., & Christenson, S. L. (2005). Evidence-

based parent and family interventions in school

psychology: State of scientifically based practice.

School Psychology Quarterly, 20, 525–528.