NASW-TX: Code of Ethics: A Deep Dive into the 2021 Revisions

Course overview

This video course is comprised of two parts Part 1, "The 2 New "P's" for Ethical Self Care: Personal and Professional" and Part Two," Cultural Competence: The Connection Between Cultural Competence and Cultural Awareness." For over 60 years, the NASW Code of Ethics has provided standards of practice for social workers. It has gone through several revisions and its latest update now includes language specifically identifying self-care as part of a social worker's essential professional practice. This amendment promotes the well-being of social workers and their duty to take care of themselves as they take care of others. Part One of this presentation will provide a brief, historical overview of the NASW Code of Ethics, a discussion about the addition of self-care verbiage in the Code, and implications for self-care practice within the changes in the environments in which social workers practice. Part Two of this session will provide a brief overview of changes to NASW Code of Ethics standard 1:05 formerly "Cultural Awareness and Social Diversity", then we will move into a discussion on how to demonstrate cultural competency through cultural awareness.