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Social Work Clinical Board Exam Prep

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Clinical social work services are being provided for a family referred due to child sexual abuse by a guardian. The perpetrator is currently in jail, but will be released soon due to a lack of evidence. The children are fearful of his return, and the mother still claims his innocence. An adult daughter contacts the social worker with reports of her own sexual abuse by the same man many years ago. Her testimony is consistent with that of the younger children, and the perpetrator is sentenced to more jail time. Why was this information not a violation of confidentiality?
  1. The judge ordered the testimony
  2. The other children consented
  3. The perpetrator had no rights while in jail
  4. It involved child abuse.
Explanation
Answer: D -In every state in the U.S., the law requires the state to investigate allegations of child abuse. This issue is a matter of law and it does not violate a person’s right to confidentiality to provide requested evidence or testimony in the case where a crime has occurred. Children are 100% protected and a social worker must legally report any and all suspicions of child abuse regarding any person under the age of 18 or face prosecution themselves for failure to report it.
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