• What steps would you take with an employee who might be straddling ethical lines? (e.g., issues of confidentiality or countertransference).
• When dealing with ethical issues, how do you determineifa coaching conversationneeds to be escalatedto a more serious level, for instance, having to write someone up or let them go?
• How do you balance supporting a struggling supervisee with ensuring continuous trust from other stakeholders, especially the local community?

References

Bernard, J. M., & Goodyear, R. K. (2019).Fundamentals of clinical supervision(6th ed.). Pearson.

• Chapter 11, "Ethical and Legal Foundations for Supervision Practice" (pp.251-280)

National Association of Social Workers. (2021). Code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers.Links to an external site. https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English.aspx

• Standard 3, "Legal and Regulatory Issues" (pp. 16-19).
• Standard 4, "Ethical Issues" (pp. 19-23)
• National Association of Social Workers & Association of Social Work Boards. (2013). Bestpracticestandards insocialworksupervision.Links to an external site. National Association of Social Workers. https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=GBrLbl4 BuwI%3D&portalid=0

O'Donoghue, K., & O'Donoghue, R. (2019). The application of ethics within social work supervision: A selected literature and research reviewLinks to an external site.. Ethics and Social Welfare, 13(4), 340-360.