Tag: Professional Standards

Oct 27, 2021 — NSCSW Members are invited to provide feedback on new professional development standards proposed to take effect in 2022.

Oct 25, 2021 — NSCSW Members are invited to provide feedback on new professional development standards proposed to take effect in 2022.

Oct 18, 2021 — NSCSW Members are invited to provide feedback on new professional development standards proposed to take effect in 2022.

1 October 2021 — Join Alec Stratford to discuss updates to sexual misconduct standards & policy proposed for social workers in Nova Scotia.

Social work is a profession that highlights the importance of close and purposeful relationships with clients. These relationships play a crucial role in people’s lives, and directly affect their quality of life and general well-being. Within that important relationship, social workers are required to maintain professional boundaries with clients and to ensure that the professional relationship serves the needs of their clients.

In social work practice, social workers place professional service before personal goals or advantage and strive for impartiality in their professional practice. They must refrain from imposing their personal values, views, preferences, stereotypes/assumptions on clients and seek to understand the lived experiences of those whom they serve. It is the responsibility of social workers to establish the tone of their professional relationship with clients, and others to whom they have a professional duty, and to maintain professional boundaries.

Confidentiality is a cornerstone of the professional relationship. Social workers are expected to demonstrate respect for the trust and confidence placed in them by clients, communities and other professionals by protecting the privacy and respecting the client’s right to control when or whether this information will be shared with third parties.