University of Phoenix Material Essays (569 words) - Free Essays

University of Phoenix Material Essays (569 words) - Free Essays University of Phoenix Material Questionnaire Complete the questionnaire form by creating 10 questions you think will determine the competencies of caseworkers applying for a position with your family counseling practice. Address the following in your questions: The caseworker's method for handling ethical issues. The caseworker's plan for staying current in his or her area of expertise and for receiving continuing education. The caseworker's procedure for maintaining accurate and complete client records. Write the final question so it involves a scenario that requires the caseworker to determine whether to abide by the duty to warn or the duty to protect. Complete the questionnaire as if you were one of the caseworkers applying for the position. |Question |Your answer | |What previous experience do you |I have a love for helping children | |have? |and have been working in a child | | |care facility for a while now. I | | |work with children every day and | | |look forward to helping those in | | |need. | |If you saw a coworker that had done |The first thing that I would do is | |something unethical what would you |to talk with the coworker about it. | |do? |Then if needed I would go through | | |the proper channels to the ones | | |above us. | |What is your plan on staying current|I would find the most recent things | |within your area of expertise? |that are new to counseling and make | | |sure that I took them. | |How do you feel about taking some |I would be happy to keep up on my | |classes to keep you updated on your |education so that I was able to | |education? |better assist my clients. | |Can you tell me something that is |Having multiple relationships with a| |unethical for a counselor? |client that is not, in a | | |professional manner. | |If you found out that your client |I would explain to the client that, | |had another issue that you were not |it is not in my expertise but I | |aware of, and it was not in your |could help refer them to someone who| |expertise how would you handle it? |does. | |If you found out that a client had |I would first talk with my | |broken the law in the manner of |supervisor, about it and then make | |sexual or physical abuse, how would |sure that I took the proper steps to| |you handle it? |tell the authorities and then follow| | |up on it. | |What is your plan to make sure you |The first thing that I would do is | |have accurate and complete records? |to take notes on the client and make| | |sure that I kept them separated, | | |from each other by labeling them | | |with their names and dates that I | | |see them. | |Can you think of another way to keep|Another way that I would be able to | |your records accurate and complete? |do this, would be to put them in a | | |computer and make sure that I | | |labeled them the same way. | |If a client came to you and said |Yes, I would have to abide by the | |that they were wanting to hurt |duty to warn and the duty to | |themselves, and or someone else. And|protect. Because in this case you | |they have talked about it for a |cannot overlook this. If they were | |couple sessions would you abide by |willing to tell you then you should | |the duty to warn or protect? |abide by it and break that | | |confidence and tell someone. |