It is a common occurrence to encounter situations that may challenge your personal beliefs and values when working with other individuals. To ensure a proper standard of care, it is important to identify those potential situations and create a plan for how you will address them.

 

Imagine you are dealing with a troublesome justice-involved client. Your supervisor is concerned about your ability to maintain professional ethics when you have conflicting personal values. Before you engage with the client, your supervisor asks you to write a self-assessment to ensure you can deliver quality care.

 

Write a 700- to 1,050-word self-assessment of how your personal values, beliefs, and biases have a potential to affect the standard of care you provide. Include the following:

• Identify a situation that you are likely to encounter as a support services professional that conflicts with your personal values or beliefs.
• Describe how the situation conflicts with your personal values or beliefs and identify any potential biases that you may have.
• Explain how ethical guidelines can help you to overcome the challenges with your conflicting values, beliefs, and biases.
• Explain how you will ensure quality care is provided, despite your beliefs, values, and biases.