The ethics codes of several professional organizations address a group practitioner's role in ensuring confidentiality in a group setting. Which of the following is NOT one of these codes?
a. When working with a group, confidentiality and privacy are impossible to adhere to; therefore, these are bothvoluntary aspects of a group experience
b. Group workers define confidentiality and its limits (for example, legal and ethical exceptions and expectations;waivers implicit with treatment plans, documentation, and insurance usage). Group workers have theresponsibility to inform all group participants of the need for confidentiality and potential consequences ofbreaching confidentiality; and that legalprivilege does not apply to group discussions (unless provided by state statute).
c. Marriage and family therapists, when working with a group, educate the group regarding the importance ofmaintaining confidentiality, and are encouraged to obtain written agreement from group participants to respectthe confidentiality of other members of the group.
d. Social workers have a responsibility to inform participants that confidentiality agreements cannot beguaranteed because all participants may not honor such agreements.
a
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A) ?A scale is created for each goal. B) ?This scale includes the MAPS goal, as the most favorable outcome. C) ?The scale can be used to identify the level of progress achieved. D) ?The scale consists of a continuum that ranges from the most unfavorable outcome possible to the most favorable outcome that the client believes is possible.
A supervisor works with a social worker whose learning pattern is that of an experimental-empathic learner. The worker is intuitive and uses self -appraisals quite well. To enhance the workers learning, the supervisor might
A. Offer repetitive experience with different cases B. State concrete and specific expectations C. Help the worker conceptualize and critically evaluate the issues D. Make associations between theory and practice
In the context of assessing behavioral functioning, the unrelenting experience of an unwanted thought is known as:
A) ?delusion. B) ?illusion. C) ?hallucination. D) ?obsession.
Audrey works for a community hospital. She is called down to the recovery area of the surgery department because there is a patient who has just had surgery but does not have alternative transportation home. It is not safe for the patient to drive after having received anesthetic. The patient has her car keys in her hand and is insisting that she be discharged. Audrey meets with the patient and calmly explains the safety risk to the patient, as well as potentially to other drivers. The patient becomes tearful but, working together, they are able to find a neighbor who can pick the patient up and drive her home. Audrey realizes that when staff is doing ________________________________ they should include questions about transportation.
a. Gatekeeping b. Preadmission planning c. Transitional case management d. Integrated care