Ethics Reflective Assignment

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Ethics reflective assignment

Question 1 do you think it is ever justified to influence a clients sets of values?if so when and and in what circumstances? Professionally speaking i don't think it is right to ever influence our clients values because as a social worker we must respect each and everyone values even if it defers from ours. their values could be a result of their culture and if we challenged their values or try to take that away from them we may be sending the wrong messages to our clients However,if my clients values may cause harm to self or others i will speak in a supportive manner to my client about it such as the pros and cons if needed and leave the decision to my client to chose. Furthermore I will never discourage my
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question2 you worry that openly discussing your values with certain clients might unduly influence their decision making? I think openly speaking about my own values may influence my client’s decision making because most clients look up to you as a positive role model. And sometimes because of how you've helped them they may want to impress you by doing something that you believe in or ding something they think might impress you. It could be that some clients have a low self esteem and afraid of making mistake however if you think something for example abortion is okay and its the person choice that client what you are saying applies to them they might want to go ahead with the abortion because you are support abortion area of growth sometimes when I meet people and I am comfortable with them i tend to talk non stop and sometimes i cant even keep track of what I have said and often end up saying to much than i intended to however with my clients I have to be aware that it isn't always my place to do all the talking most of the counseling session should be about the client getting to know me and telling their story and lastly i will have to think before I speak or say anything to my clients because I wouldn't want to be too talkative or say something that will