As a component of professional regulation, most jurisdictions require licensed social workers to agree to abide by the NASW Code of Ethics (NASW, 2021). Jane is a social worker at a privately-funded foster care support service agency. She provides case management and support services to children in foster care, and foster families. Jane recently was assigned a new case: Michael, a 10-year-old male. Upon visiting the home to meet Michael, Ann, the foster mother, asks Jane why Michael is in foster care. Jane told Ann that Michael's mother had gone to jail unexpectedly, but Michael had not been told. Ann was outraged that Michael had not been told, and insisted they sit down together and tell him.

Using the following website:

https://www.aswb.org/regulation/laws-and-regulations-database/

Go to the jurisdictional statutes regulating social work in Kentucky. What does the statutes say about this dilemma?

d. Using guidance from the NASW Code of Ethics and jurisdictional regulations, discuss the action you would take in this situation.