{"id":97,"date":"2018-05-09T18:20:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T18:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2019-08-27T14:48:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:48:36","slug":"competency-1-professionalism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/bsw\/competency\/competency-1-professionalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Competency 1 &#8211; Ethics &amp; Professionalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This competency helps ensure that social workers understand the values and ethics of the profession. By meeting this competency I demonstrate that I\u00a0recognize the distinction between personal and professional values. As a social worker I vow to be a life-long learner and I commit to continue updating my skills in order to ensure my effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competency: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practice Behaviors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Make ethical decisions applying the standards of the NASW Code of Ethics, relevant laws and regulations, models for ethical decision-making, ethical conduct of research and additional codes of ethics as appropriate to context.<\/p>\n<p>2. Use reflection and self-regulation to manage personal values and maintain professionalism in practice situations.<\/p>\n<p>3. Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and oral, written, and electronic communication.<\/p>\n<p>4. Use technology ethically and appropriately to facilitate practice outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>5. Use supervision and consultation to guide professional judgement and behavior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evidence Based Learning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. I demonstrated this practice behavior in practicum by using the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics when faced with ethical dilemmas. An example of this is a situation in which I had to complete a <a href=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/01\/Child-Protective-Services-CPS-Referral-.pdf\">Child Protective\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/01\/Child-Protective-Services-CPS-Referral-.pdf\">Services\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/01\/Child-Protective-Services-CPS-Referral-.pdf\">(CPS) Report<\/a>. In the classroom I demonstrated this by visiting the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) headquarters and becoming informed about regulations as well as ethics and ethical dilemmas they deal with.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-426 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/02\/IMG_3676-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/02\/IMG_3676-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/02\/IMG_3676-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/02\/IMG_3676-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/02\/IMG_3676-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/02\/IMG_3676.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. In order to fulfill the requirements for this practice behavior I kept a weekly journal\u00a0in which I reflected on my experiences during the that week. Here is an example of one of my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/01\/weekly-journal.pdf\">weekly journals.<\/a>\u00a0In the classroom I reflected on my weekly experiences with my classmates while maintaining confidentiality.<\/p>\n<p>3. <span style=\"font-family: 'Source Sans Pro'\">I always conducted myself in a professional manner while at my practicum and while exchanging emails with my field instructor.\u00a0<\/span>In the classroom, I demonstrated this by always turning in professional work.<\/p>\n<p>4. I used technology to gather information on research-based interventions for my practicum. In the classroom I used technology to enhance my learning of the social work profession.<\/p>\n<p>5. I demonstrated this by having daily supervision with my field instructor where we addressed areas of strengths and growth. <a href=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/files\/2019\/01\/Supervision-Record-Sheet.pdf\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to view my weekly supervision record sheet. I also made sure to ask my professors for feedback on my performance and growth as a social worker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This competency helps ensure that social workers understand the values and ethics of the profession. By meeting this competency I demonstrate that I\u00a0recognize the distinction between personal and professional values. As a social worker I vow to be a life-long learner and I commit to continue updating my skills in &#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/bsw\/competency\/competency-1-professionalism\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":0,"parent":93,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/608"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/523"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/adrianaizquierdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}