Confidentiality in Social Work Practice | 4 Things to Avoid

Explaining confidentiality to a client in Social work is one of the foundational skills in Social Work practice. This is because Confidentiality and Privacy are one of the core Ethical Standards that we must uphold through the NASW Code of Ethics. Confidentiality in Social Work Practice not only guides the work that we do with children, youth and families in direct practice, but also guides how we handle information shared with 3rd parties and client records.

When you explain confidentiality to your clients, it is important to have a script that you can remember and recite every time you engage with a new Social Work client. Having a high degree of trust and confidentiality are two ways to ensure a strong therapeutic relationship, but there are also 4 major things that you should avoid in your practice. Explaining confidentiality with confidence takes patience and practice...so be gracious with yourself!

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Social work today.com has really good article on explaining the difference between confidentiality and privacy. The article states, "clarifying the meaning of and differences between privacy and confidentiality is important. Privacy refers to the right to noninterference in individuals' thoughts, knowledge, acts, associations, and property. Thus social workers' clients such as Tanya have a right to decide whether to share information about their emotional and behavioral challenges, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and political ideology. Confidentiality rights arise when individuals entrust others with private information, usually because of a vital need to share it."

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0:00 Introduction
1:07 CONFIDENTIALITY in direct practice
1:16 CONFIDENTIALITY with 3rd parties
1:26 CONFIDENTIALITY with records
4:05 USING ABSOLUTE LANGUAGE with clients
5:01 MOVING THE SESSION along too quickly
5:53 RELYING ON SOMEONE ELSE to report suspected abuse and neglect
6:54 COMING ACROSS AS uncomfortable or lacking confidence
7:55 CONFIDENTIALITY Social Work Scripts
8:52 1.1 explain my role 2.1 explain my responsibilities
10:44 1. I explain my role 2. I explain my responsibilities 3. I explain the terms 4. I explain the limits

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