ETHICAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE

HUMAN SERVICE PROFESSIONAL

Presented by: Team A

March 1, 2015

BSHS/408

INTRODUCTION

As a human service professional, there are times when you may need to deal with an ethical issue.

For this presentation we will describe at least three ethical issues that a human service professional may face and will include the following:• The potential impact on the family setting due to the intervention• The potential impact on both the human services professional and the client

within the school setting

ETHICAL ISSUES-CONFLICT OF INTEREST

A conflict of interest is a situation in which someone's personal (financial, political, professional, social, sexual, family, etc.) interests could influence his judgment or actions in a financial or other decision, in carrying out his job, or in his relationships with participants.

ETHICAL ISSUES

ETHICAL ISSUES –RELUCTANT TO REPORT

• Fear of reprisal

-- What if I am wrong?

• Societal – What happens in the home is nobody’s business

• Personal

_ If I report than it will affect the client/therapist

relationship

• Organizational

THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE FAMILY SETTING DUE TO THE INTERVENTION

• The objectivity and effectiveness of therapy may be reduced.

• Child may be placed in foster care• Child may be in more danger due to reporting allegations

of abuse• Child may be put up for adoption • The spouses of the alleged or convicted abusers also

suffer from a heavy emotional burden, as do any other children in the family.

THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON BOTH THE HUMAN SERVICES PROFESSIONAL AND THE CLIENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL SETTING

• The relationship with the client changes• Parents may panic, remove the child from the school or move to another

state

(Social Insecurity , N.D.).

What could have beendone differently in this

situation?

REFERENCES

Hirschy, S. T. (2010). Protecting our children: Understanding and preventing abuse and neglect in early childhood.

Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection database.

Social Insecurity (Year). Conflicting Rights & Child Protection: Alex & Martha's Story [Video file]. Retrieved from YouTube website:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7gr3mrpSx4