request private data from clients unless it is essential for giving services or conducting social work assessment or research. Confidentiality applied when there is private information shared between client and social worker (Reamer, 2016). In clinical work particularly, social workers have deep-seated profound regard for their clients' requirement for confidentiality (Reamer, 2012). The trust between social worker and client, so essential to viable help, ordinarily relies upon the social…
Carolina Garcia (5864359) 3. Describe some circumstances in which confidential health information may be disclosed without the patient's consent. The Criminal Appeal Act, Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act, Public Health (Control of Disease) Act and the Road Traffic Act describe the circumstances in which confidential information about the patient can be revealed to the statutory bodies. There are also guidelines as to how the information will be disclosed. (Dolan, 2004) During…
Individuals researching within the health and social care environment may come across many ethical issues and professionals need to be able to accept service users’ choices and opinions. An ethical issue is when someone has to judge what is right and what is wrong and being able to make the right choice without disrespecting service users’ opinions and choices and treating every individual fairly and with dignity. By staying away from ethical issues will reduce the amount of conflict and will…
Action: Q9 Identify the reasons for agreeing the purpose, content, layout, quality standards and deadlines for the production of documents When we produce a document we need to ensure it is fit for purpose and delivered on time. For example if my hotel manager asks me to produce a poster to advertise that in 2 weeks we will host a karaoke night, I would bear in mind the following for the production of the document: - The target audience is mainly our hotel guests but we can accept some visitors…
Legislation and procedures covering confidentiality, data protection and the disclosure of information Adults who work with children in any setting need to have some idea about current legislation, as this will affect their practice. Legislation is an area that is constantly under review and you…
experience in providing support and promoting individual needs, abilities and personal goals of people with disabilities within Life Without Barriers values and scope of practice. Commitment to the values of dignity, respect, inclusion, empowerment, confidentiality and strength-based practice. Dignity and Respect are key principles of the Human Rights Act. When a person 's dignity is compromised and no respect is afforded them, it is an abuse of their human rights. I fully commit to the…
Confidentiality is the keeping of personal information about a person or persons securely. Confidential information is: personal information of a private or sensitive nature; and information that is not already lawfully in the public domain or readily available from another public source; and information that has been shared in circumstances where the person giving the information could reasonably expect that it would not be shared with others. As a teaching assistant all information must be…
they were allowed to take the survey’s, the participants had to fill out a confidentiality form. The confidentiality form told them that they could withdraw from the study at any point in time, and that their names would not be disclosed in the study. The confidentiality form also asked for the participants complete and undivided attention while taking the survey to control for confounding variables. The confidentiality form also addressed all possible risks and rewards for participating. The…
about this information, to ensure practitioners know the boundaries, organisations such as care homes, will have a confidentiality policy to protect the data of individuals. When a carer is looking after a resident they will have to look through the confidential data, this is so they understand the needs for the individual and are able to care for them effectively. The confidentiality policy is in place so the carer cannot disclose this information without the providers consent; if the…
changes they can make to keep the overall family cohesion if they want to keep the family together. Third, is to inform the family or group about who the client is and what guidelines and rules come with this in regards to issues of boundaries and confidentiality. The “client” is essential all members of the family/group and as the counselor one has an ethical responsibility to all of them. So one must be able to keep track of what is said in an individual session and within a family session.…