Legal and Ethical Issues in Helping Professions

Synopsis

Understanding the legal provisions in the social service settings in Singapore is crucial to social workers. This course helps students to understand a wide range This course explores the legal provisions in the social service settings in Singapore and helps students to understand a wide range of issues concerning these legislations. It also looks at the social worker as a person and as a professional and how he/she should apply ethical standards in practice with reference to the Code of Professional Ethics of the Singapore Association for Social Workers (SASW).

Level: 2
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: EVERY REGULAR SEMESTER

Topics

Introduction to ethics
SASW Code of professional ethics
Fundamentals of ethical decision making
Ethical decision making process
Legislations concerning vulnerable groups
Ethical dilemmas
Social worker's ethical responsibility to clients
Social worker's responsibility to colleagues
Social worker's responsibility to practice settings
Social worker's responsibility as professionals
Social worker's responsibilty to the profession
Social worker's responsibility to society

Learning Outcome

Explain the legal provisions affecting social services and how to function within the court system.
Analyze commonly encountered ethical dilemmas in all areas of social work practice.
Examine the framework for analyzing and resolving ethical dilemmas.
Demonstrate how legislations impact the social worker, the agency, and the clients.
Discuss the Singapore Association of Social Workers' Code of Professional Ethics
Apply the value of the profession.

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Singapore University of Social Sciences

Legal and Ethical Issues in Helping Professions