Discuss in your own words what your role would be as a social worker in this situation.

A clinical social worker provided counseling to a married couple who were struggling to parent their adolescent daughter. During the course of treatment, the wife was hospitalized and the husband was laid off from his job as a landscaper. The family was in dire financial straits. The social worker felt bad for the family and referred the husband to several friends and neighbors who, she thought, might want landscaping assistance. The social worker also hired the husband to work on the grounds of her home. About six months later, the couple filed a licensing board complaint against the social worker alleging that she failed to provide them with competent counseling. During the legal proceedings, the licensing board learned that the social worker had hired the client to work at her home. The board sanctioned the social worker for violating professional boundaries and engaging in a conflict of interest.

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