Exam Preview for 1068: Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in So

Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in Social Work

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1. Boundary crossings (as opposed to boundary violations) occur when practitioners: Engage in a sexual relationship with a client Accept money when they refer someone to a professional colleague Develop acceptable and, perhaps, unavoidable dual relationships with clients Enter into a business relationship with a current client
2. Boundary violations (as opposed to boundary crossings) occur when social practitioners: Exploit clients or engage in unacceptable dual relationships with them Conduct home visits with clients Accept a gift from a client for cultural reasons Provide clinical services to more than one member of a family
3. Dual relationships between practitioners and clients are: Always unethical, unless the parties are consenting adults Prohibited by the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics under all circumstances Are sometimes unavoidable and, when they occur, require skillful management Prohibited by the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics within the first three years following termination of services
4. By definition, dual relationships occur: Only consecutively Only simultaneously Sometimes consecutively and sometimes simultaneously Between consenting adults
5. The National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics prohibits sexual relationships between social workers and former clients: Within the five-year period following termination of the professional-client relationship Under all circumstances, with the proviso that if social workers engage in conduct contrary to this prohibition or claim that an exception to this prohibition is warranted because of extraordinary circumstances, it is social workers--not their clients--who assume the full burden of demonstrating that the former client has not been exploited, coerced, or manipulated, intentionally or unintentionally Only when the former client was a minor when services were provided Within the two-year period following termination of the professional-client relationship
6. The National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics: Prohibits all physical contact between social workers and clients Permits only brief physical contact between social workers and clients Prohibits physical contact with clients when there is a possibility of psychological harm to the client as a result of the contact Prohibits physical contact with current clients and permits physical contact with former clients
7. The National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics: Prohibits all forms of barter between social workers and clients Permits barter of items valued at less than $25.00 Discourages bartering arrangements between social workers and clients, but does not prohibit them entirely. Permits barter of services but not goods.
8. The concept of "judicious self-disclosure" refers to: The Standard in the NASW Code of Ethics that prohibits practitioners' self-disclosure to clients in all circumstances Inappropriate and unethical self-disclosure by practitioners to clients The idea that practitioners should exercise sound judgment about when self-disclosure to clients is in clients' best interest and is not likely to harm them Decisions practitioners make about whether to use Google or other search engines to locate personal information about clients
9. Which of the following statements is true? Standards of care related to managing boundaries may be different in geographically small communities than in large metropolitan areas Practitioners should never share personal information about themselves with clients – no exceptions It is never appropriate for practitioners to use the Internet to locate information about clients, even in emergencies Hiring a former client is never permissible
10. The concept of standard of care in negligence theory refers to: Licensing requirements for practitioners The way a reasonable and prudent professional should have acted under the same or similar circumstances Practitioners' eligibility to take the licensing exam Supervision guidelines for practitioners during the first two years after receipt of their graduate degree