Maintaining professional boundaries in social work practice is ethically important. Which of thefollowing is an example of appropriate professional boundaries?

A. When client asks for contact information, provide a personal cell phone number
B. Purchase groceries for a client
C. Leave a support group (when a participant) when your client joins group
D. Buy items from a client’s child who is selling them as a school project


C
Feedback to Correct Areas that are particularly at risk for boundary conflicts and infractions include: sexual relationships with current or former clients, friendships (including social events), meeting clients in public places, social networking contact, electronic communication, physical contact, gift-giving or receiving, financial conflicts of interest, working with multiple members of a family, and bartering for goods and services (Reamer, 2012).

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