Ethical Issues in Community Work

Chapter 13 Summary
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Chapter 13 Summary
Chapter 13, Ethical Issues in Community Work, focuses on the significance of being a change agent in the community. Community work entails developing leadership, inspiring confidence, connecting with people, and being an advocate. The chapter asserts that a community worker comprises a broad range of human-service workers, including social workers, therapists, psychologists, mental health counselors, and nurses, with the primary duties of serving people. A comprehensive model of community counseling has four primary components that include direct client, indirect client, direct community, and indirect community services (Corey, Corey, & Callanan, 2011). For instance, direct client services entail outreach activities that might put a population at risk to develop mental health issues. Indirect client services comprise client consultation and advocacy. Direct community services are preventive education while indirect community services change the social environment so that the population's needs can be met ...