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NASW Member Voices: ?Can Social Workers Ethically and Legally Keep Clients when they Leave Their Agencies?

Social Work Blog

The FTC’s concern for consumers is similar to the relevant reasoning found in the NASW Code of Ethics. The NASW Code centers concern for the best interests of clients when a social worker is leaving their employer. Kathryn Krase Kathryn Krase, PhD, JD, MSW is the Principal Consultant at Krase Consulting.

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NASW Member Voices: ?Can Social Workers Ethically and Legally Keep Clients when they Leave Their Agencies?

Social Work Blog

The FTC’s concern for consumers is similar to the relevant reasoning found in the NASW Code of Ethics. The NASW Code centers concern for the best interests of clients when a social worker is leaving their employer. Kathryn Krase Kathryn Krase, PhD, JD, MSW is the Principal Consultant at Krase Consulting.

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Developing a Personalized Social Media Policy for Social Work Practice

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

From an ethical lens, this is a recommended practice per National Association of Social Worker’s (NASW) Technology in Social Work Practice Standard 2.10 – Social Media Policy and fits with the NASW Code of Ethics standards of informed consent with clients (1.3e-i),

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The pros and cons of employment models in private practice

Prosper Health Collective

Under a contractor model employers and contractors must be very careful to not breach the code of ethics. Our code states that we can not receive commission or payments for referrals of clients. Payment must only be for services provided whether they be clinical, consultative, administrative or of another nature.

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Social worker talks about importance of self-care in self-published book

Social Work Blog

Self-care is important to social workers and in fact the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics included the importance of self-care when it was updated this year. While emails are useful, more tangible resources have to be utilized because while at work, all we think about is work and not our needs.

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You Asked, Can Social Workers Prescribe Medication?

Social Work Haven

To get a prescription for medication, you should consult your doctor or a psychiatrist. Social workers should avoid breaching the code of ethics, using unprofessional language or behaviour, maintaining unprofessional relationships with clients, taking away a child from their family without court approval, and taking gifts from clients.

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NASW Media News Hits – December 2021

Social Workers Speak

The article, which reached a potential 65 million readers, noted that NASW Kentucky Chapter Executive Director Brenda Rosen was one of stakeholders he consulted in making this decision. The article mentioned the NASW Code of Ethics , which discourages social workers from adopting clients under their care.