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The Ethical Lens: A Comprehensive Guide to Conduct in Social Work
Strengthen your ethical decision-making with this social work ethics course covering the NASW Code of Ethics, confidentiality, informed consent, and professional boundaries. Designed for social workers, it addresses real-world ethical challenges across client care, colleague relationships, and documentation, helping you practice with confidence and integrity in any setting.
About this course
Social work ethics form the foundation of trustworthy, effective practice, yet navigating real-world ethical dilemmas takes more than familiarity with a code of conduct. This course examines the NASW Code of Ethics through a practical lens, guiding social workers through the six core values, confidentiality and informed consent, and the professional boundaries that protect both clients and practitioners. Learners will explore how to manage ethical responsibilities to clients, colleagues, and the broader profession, including conflicts of interest, documentation standards, and collaborative decision-making in supervision and consultation. Special attention is given to emerging challenges such as technology use, social media, and remote practice, equipping social workers to apply ethical principles with confidence across diverse practice settings. By strengthening ethical competence, this course helps social workers uphold client dignity, promote social justice, and reinforce the integrity of the profession in day-to-day decision-making.
Designed to meet Ethics, Boundaries, and Professional Conduct course requirements for ID, IN, MN, ND, VT, and WV.
What you will learn
At the completion of this activity, healthcare providers will be able to:
- Identify and explain the six core values of social work ethics: service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence.
- Apply principles of confidentiality, informed consent, and professional boundaries in client interactions.
- Promote a collaborative and respectful working environment among colleagues by upholding ethical responsibilities.
- Produce objective, accurate, and professional documentation that meets ethical standards while maintaining client confidentiality.
- Navigate ethical challenges within various practice settings, ensuring supervision, consultation, and education are ethically conducted.
- Address and resolve conflicts of interest in practice settings effectively and ethically.
- Advocate for social justice and promote the integrity of the social work profession through ethical practice and decision-making.
Course content
Course details
Accreditations
This course has been reviewed and approved through the rigorous standards of leading accrediting organizations, ensuring your continuing education credits are formally recognized and respected across professions and states.
ASWB
Accredited for social work continuing education
Additional Information
- Automatic reporting to CE Broker for participating states
- Instant certificate generation upon course completion
- Credits accepted for license renewal
- Meets state requirements for continuing education
Course Faculty
Learn from leading experts who bring their real-world experience and evidence-based practices to this comprehensive training.
Jenna Lapointe
Jenna Lapointe is a Licensed Independent Social Worker, who has been providing mental health therapy to individuals for fourteen years. She obtained her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Washington College and a Master's in Social Work from West Virginia University. In her role as a practitioner, she focuses on integrative therapies that regard both the mind and body as vital elements for attaining enduring mental wellness.
Disclosure
Partners requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated according to Partners policies. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.
- Jenna Lapointe
• has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
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Combined 27+ years of direct patient care experience with diverse HIV populations in various healthcare settings.
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- 100% Online. Complete on your time
- Courses meet state, department, and board license requirements
- Instant Completion. Certificate sent to you directly
- Reporting on your behalf to CE Broker
Satisfaction guaranteed or full refund
Requirements & Compliance
This course meets your continuing education requirements across multiple states and professions, ensuring you stay compliant with the latest regulations.
Requirements
This course is regularly updated to ensure compliance with current state and federal requirements.
Accreditations
ASWB
Association of Social Work Boards
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