Legal and Ethical Issues: Confidentiality, Privilege, Reporting and Duty to Warn

Legal and Ethical Issues: Confidentiality, Privilege, Reporting and Duty to Warn

Liberty University

Abstract

Any persons working in the social work, counseling or any helping profession will be faced with different incidents where they will be dealing with confidentiality, privilege, reporting and duty to warn. The research done, will allow readers to have a first hand look at different hypothetical and even factual events that have deal with confidentiality, privilege, reporting and duty to warn. All of the hypothetical or factual references made will be coming from the video (listed on reference page). There will also be a detail reaction describing my thoughts on the facts that were presented in the video. A summery overview of the Virginia state board rules/regulations will be addressed as they apply to the topics that are being disused though out this paper, as well as ACA code of ethics mandates. In closing I will go into detail about how I apply all that I learned from the video, Virginia State board rules/regulation and ACA code of ethics mandates as a future practicing professional counselor.

Legal and Ethical Issues: Confidentiality, Privilege, Reporting and Duty to Warn

I loved the video that we were instructed to watch. The video gave great insight of real life events, in which a professional counselor may come in contact with. The video gave several different factual events that pertained to duty to report abuse as a mandated reporter. Also confidentiality, exceptions to confidentiality, and duty to warn were also covered in this video. The case that was used to explain duty to report abuse was great. The case involved a young child who came to the hospital with bruises on his spine. The Nurse, Ellen Brown asked the foster mother about the bruises. Nurse Brown took the foster mother’s word on how the child got the bruises. Nurse Brown never made a report for suspected abuse. Four days latter the young boy died due to head trauma....