Ethics in Child Welfare

Humanities

Imagine that you are a human service practitioner working with a family involved in the foster care system. You recently removed three children from the home due to physical abuse and medical neglect. The family is dedicated to fulfilling the child welfare system requests, and would like to reunite with their children as soon as possible. Review the social work code of ethics provided on the Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals website and choose two standards that would apply in this field of work. Then, explain how you would apply each of those standards in this particular situation. Justify your reasoning for each choice.

As you are writing your journal assignment, think about how difficult it can be, both ethically and emotionally, to remove and reunite children and their families. At times, you may be asked to remove or reunite children in conflict with your personal opinion. Be sure to consider your own biases in your response