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- Social workers enter into dual relationships when they engage in more than one relationship with a client, becoming social worker and friend, employer, teacher, business associate, or sex partner.
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Aug 10, 2023 · Key topics will include the nature of boundary issues, types of dual relationships, ethical standards, and risk-management strategies. Learning objectives: Identify ethics and risk management issues related to professional boundaries and dual relationships in social work.
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Mar 1, 1994 · The article defines dual relationships as boundary violations and provides a case example to show how even a posttermination friendship can be harmful to a client. Recommendations for preventing and responding to dual relationships are included.
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A qualitative study conducted by Nelson, Summers, and Turnbull (2004) examined the is-sues of dual relationships in special education set-tings that relate to social work. Two central issues were identified as affecting boundary definition in working with families.
Dual relationships with clients are addressed in the Code of Ethics in sections 1.06 (a), 106 (b), and 106 (c) (NASW, 2008) and generally consist of social, family, or business relationships and exchanges in which there is potential for harm or exploitation of the client (Galbreath, 2005; Strom-Gottfried, 2000).
Social workers enter into dual relationships when they engage in more than one relationship with a client, becoming social worker and friend, employer, teacher, business associate, or sex partner.
Apr 2, 2022 · As social workers, we know that we should generally avoid dual (or multiple) relationships, particularly when there are risks of exploitation or harm to clients ( NASW Code of Ethics, Standards 1.06 (a) and (c)).
This article provides an overview of boundary issues in social work (circumstances involving dual and multiple relationships); presents a conceptually based typology of boundary issues in the profession; and provides guidelines to help social workers manage the boundary issues and risks that arise in practice.
