This week you will examine cultural competencies when working with people of who have different socioeconomic status or religious and spiritual beliefs. You will also examine possible ethical dilemmas when working with these populations and how to overcome them.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,
Read Chapter 2 (read only pp. 29–33) in your textbook.
Read The Value of Adapting Counseling to Client’s Spirituality and Religion: Evidence-Based Relationship Factors.
Select one of the codes of ethics from the following resources:
Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/?_ga=2.246240068.135410194.1639408573-538753113.1634315150
NAADAC/NCC AP Code of Ethics https://www.naadac.org/assets/2416/naadac_code_of_ethics_112021.pdf
NASW’s Code of Ethics: Read the Code of Ethics https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English.
Ethical Standards for Human Services Professionals https://www.nationalhumanservices.org/ethical-standards/
Watch the following videos:
Barnes and…A Conversation With Dr. Donna Beegle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak5wbIAMqWQ
The Impacts of Social Class: Crash Course Sociology #25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a21mndoORE&feature=youtu.be
Edward R. Canda, Ph.D. – Spiritual Diversity in Social Work: The Heart of Helping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90kRJjh-F80
In your initial discussion forum post,
Discuss at least one ethical or legal dilemma you could face when working with culturally diverse spiritual
Discuss at least one ethical or legal dilemma you could face when working with culturally diverse socioeconomic
Identify the ethical codes your dilemmas would address, using one of the codes of ethics listed above.
Describe how you can resolve the ethical dilemma in a sensitive and appropriate manner.
Identify at least one new idea or concept you learned about spirituality and social class and how you will apply that to your work as a human service professional.
Be sure to use at least two scholarly or credible sources to support your responses. For help with this, review the Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. guide.
Guided Response: Reply to at least two of your peers by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. In your peer responses,
Discuss another way you can address each ethical dilemma your classmate presents and any other ethical standards you feel apply.