Social Work Professional Standards: An Exploratory Study

Jayaratne, Srinika; Croxton, Tom A.; Mattison, Debra

doi:10.1093/sw/42.2.187

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“…Instruments identified in the literature varied considerably dependent on purpose such as investigating prevalence (Bayer et al, 1996;Coverdale, Bayer, Chiang, Thornby, & Bangs, 1994) and various combinations of beliefs, behaviors, knowledge attitudes, skills, and ethics (Borys & Pope, 1989;Gaufberg et al, 2008;Jayaratne et al, 1997;White, 2003). No single instrument was found that could measure knowledge, comfort, experience, and ethical decision making.…”

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“…Five of the nine instruments reviewed focused on sexual boundaries (Berkman et al, 2000;Borys & Pope, 1996;Coverdale et al, 1995;White, 2003), whereas the others focused on varying combinations of domains that though labeled differently can be understood within Reamer's (2001) five domains-intimate relationships, personal benefit, emotional and dependency needs, altruistic gestures, and unanticipated circumstances-used as a conceptual framework for scenario development in this study. For example, Jayaratne et al (1997) explored beliefs and behaviors of social workers in the domains of intimate relationships, dual relationships, advice giving, mixed modalities, boundary behaviors, and financial interactions, and Borys and Pope (1989) explored ethics and behavior in the domains of dual roles, social, financial, and incidental involvements.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As noted in previous studies (Jayaratne et al, 1997), developing questions that can incorporate a range of responses with a single question is challenging. Vignettes were used in several of the instruments reviewed (Borys & Pope, 1989;Tamin et al, 2010) and were considered suitable for presenting situations relevant to clinical settings and the applied nature of the professional boundary domains (Taylor, 2006).…”

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Assessing Professional Boundaries in Clinical Settings: The Development of the Boundaries in Practice Scale

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This article reports on the Boundaries in Practice (BIP) Scale developed to measure knowledge, comfort, ethical decision making, and experience. Few instruments used in studies conducted on professional/ client boundaries have been validated. The BIP demonstrated sound face, content and construct validity, and adequate internal consistency reliability. The BIP Scale provides the first reliable and valid means of investigating multiple boundary domains across health disciplines and teams. The sensitivity and complexity of boundary issues and the serious consequences of breaches highlight the importance of a valid and reliable measure in building empirical knowledge in this field.

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“…Máxime cuando es algo que se viene estudiando en otros países desde hace décadas. Existen numerosos estudios sobre las transgresiones de las y los trabajadores sociales en otros países (Berliner, 1989;Kagle y Giebelhausen, 1994;Reamer, 1995Reamer, , 2003Jayaratne et al, 1997;Strom-Gottfried, 1999, 2000Phelan, 2007;Chase, 2015).…”

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Eufemización de la violencia ejercida en trabajo social: Hacia el reconocimiento intradisciplinar del abuso de poder [Euphemisation of violence in Social Work: moving towards intradisciplinary recognition of the abuse of power]

Goldaracena¹

2017

Trabajo Social Hoy

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Resumen: Generalmente, en trabajo social utilizamos nuestro poder de forma ejemplar y en beneficio de la persona usuaria. No obstante, pueden ocurrir y ocurren situaciones en las que abusamos del mismo en beneficio propio y violentamos así a la persona usuaria, siendo por ello una de las principales preocupaciones de las trabajadoras y los trabajadores sociales en España (Ballestero, Úriz y Viscarret, 2012). Además, tales profesionales tienden a no reconocerse como sujetos de poder y a eufemizar el abuso del mismo.Por ello, el objetivo de este artículo consiste en aproximarnos a la eufemización de la violencia que se ejerce sobre la persona usuaria en el trabajo social. Para ello, en la primera parte explicaremos algunas teorías sobre la violencia, así como sus características y las diferentes perspectivas desde las que es analizada en el ámbito académico y, en la segunda parte, nos aproximaremos a la eufemización de la violencia, así como a la violencia de la eufemización en el trabajo social.Palabras clave: Trabajo Social, Ética, Violencia, Abuso de poder, Eufemización.Abstract: Generally-speaking, in the field of social work professionals make use of their power in an exemplary manner and to the benefit of their clients. However, situations can occur in which social workers abuse their power for their own benefit, thus subjecting clients to a form of violence; situations such as these are among the main concerns of social work professionals in Spain (Ballestero, Úriz and Viscarret, 2012). In addition, social workers tend not to recognise that they are power holders and they often euphemize the abuse of power. This paper explores the euphemization of violence exerted against clients in the field of social work. First, the characteristics of violence and some theories about violence are explained, along with different perspectives from which violence is analyzed in the academic sphere. Then we examine the euphemization of violence, and also the violence of euphemization, in the field of social work. Referencia normalizada: Idareta, F. (2017). Eufemización de la violencia ejercida en Trabajo Social: Hacia el reconocimiento intradisciplinar del abuso de poder.

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“…Research among psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers have found ethical dissension about issues such as becoming friends with former or current clients, going on social outings with clients (Borys & Pope, 1989;Jayaratne, Croxton, & Mattison, 1997;Zirkle, Jensen, Collins-Marotte, Murphy, & Maddux, 2002), developing dual financial relationships (Borys & Pope, 1989), seeing relatives or friends of clients in therapy, and providing home telephone numbers to clients (Jayaratne et al, 1997). Researchers have concluded that many professionals behave in ways that are contrary to professional ethics with respect to dual relationships (Jayaratne et al, 1997;Zirkle et al, 1995). Very little research has been conducted with clients about what they believe creates harm for them with respect to dual relationships with their therapists.…”

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Negotiating Therapeutic Boundaries with Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors: Choices in Decision-Making

Harper

2006

Stress, Trauma, and Crisis

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This qualitative study explored therapeutic boundary processes during individual therapy from the perspectives of adult childhood sexual abuse survivors and therapists. Interviews exploring the context, process, and effects of negotiating boundaries were conducted with 11 survivors (8 female and 3 male) after or upon completing individual therapy, and with 11 therapists (8 female and 3 male) who were working with survivors other than those interviewed in this study. Participants reported that their abilities to negotiate boundary modifications were affected by personal beliefs, such as preconceived ideas about the utility of the boundary, and interpersonal relationships that impinge on both survivors' and therapists' capacities to refuse requests for boundary modifications. Although discussion between survivors and therapists about boundary decisions before they are made may not always preclude negative consequences, participants also stated that it is helpful to understand boundaries in the context of the therapeutic relationship. Implications for practice are discussed.KEYWORDS childhood sexual abuse survivors, individual therapy, qualitative research, therapeutic boundary modifications Therapeutic boundaries are an interpersonal construct that establish the limits of therapy and generally protect the client from intrusion by the therapist. They set the foundation for establishing trust in the relationship (Epstein, 1994) and allow the creation of a structured environment that enables a client to focus on the therapeutic tasks at hand (Frick, 1994). Ideally, limits are

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Social Work Professional Standards: An Exploratory Study

Cited by 45 publications

References 16 publications

Assessing Professional Boundaries in Clinical Settings: The Development of the Boundaries in Practice Scale

Assessing Professional Boundaries in Clinical Settings: The Development of the Boundaries in Practice Scale

Eufemización de la violencia ejercida en trabajo social: Hacia el reconocimiento intradisciplinar del abuso de poder [Euphemisation of violence in Social Work: moving towards intradisciplinary recognition of the abuse of power]

Negotiating Therapeutic Boundaries with Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors: Choices in Decision-Making

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