The NASW ethical principle

The NASW ethical principle

The NASW ethical principle applied in this case is dignity and the worth of the person. Child abuse has been a social challenge over the years, and a social worker should make use of this principle to care for individuals in a respective manner regardless of cultural and ethnic diversity as well as individual differences (Kornin, 2017). The first thing to do as a social worker is to read more about other people’s cultures and its element. While different cultures tolerate incest and close relationship with distant relatives, others do not. In the case of child abuse, some cultures may allow their kids to perform the tedious physical task, which in the typical case would be termed as child abuse, while others do not.

Whereas the culture may allow the child to cry, and he/she stops himself while others do not. Therefore, before defining an incident as an abuse, the social workers should assess the culture of the particular group and ascertain if the group identify the issue as child abuse and work from that same perspective. ”social worker resolve conflicts between clients’ interests and the broader society’s interests in a socially responsible manner consistent with the values, ethical principles, and ethical standards of the profession” (Congress, 2020). While addressing the issue of child abuse, the social worker should work from the model of family rehabilitation despite the public requirement of taking away the child. The family from which the child grew from has history and culture that make them act the way they do. Minus assessing the cultural factors that could have contributed to the abuse, the cycle of violence to the children will continue. While respecting the culture, the social worker should offer social services to the victim in line with their culture.

References

Congress, E. P. (2020). Ethics and Values in Social Work: An Integrated Approach for a Comprehensive Curriculum: by Allan Edward Barsky, 2019, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 552 pp., $46 (paperback), ISBN 978-0190678111.

Kornin, J. (2017). Child maltreatment in cross-cultural perspective: Vulnerable children and circumstances. Child Abuse and Neglect: Biosocial Dimensions-Foundations of Human Behavior.