Ethical Considerations

Professional Expertise

1.04 Competence

a. “Social Workers should provide services and represent themselves as competent only within the boundaries of their education, training, license, certification, consultation received, supervised experience, or other relevant professional experience.”

1.05 Cultural Competence

b. “Social Workers should understand culture and its function in human behavior and society, recognizing the strengths that exist in all cultures”

c. “Social Workers should have a knowledge base of their clients’ cultures and be able to demonstrate competence in the provision of services that are sensitive to clients’ cultures and to differences among people and cultural groups”