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ASWB Social Work Clinical

Category - Ethics

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A client discloses information to a clinical social worker about domestic violence within the home. Several times it has involved the injury of their child. At a court proceeding, this is shared as circumstantial evidence. The client is angry with the social service agency and declares her confidentiality was violated. Administration looks at the case and determines:
  1. The information should have been forwarded to administration
  2. The clinical social worker should never have disclosed this information
  3. The clinical social worker acted appropriately considering the danger
  4. The clinical social worker was not acting within her job description
Explanation
- Considering the danger to the child, the clinical social worker acted professionally. The best interest of the child is top priority when child abuse is suspected.
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