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    Record keeping

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    Accurate, clear and coherent documentation is a pre-requisite for ethical social work practice that contributes to social justice and anti-oppressive outcomes for individuals, families, groups and communities. This chapter highlights some of the issues, contexts and conflicting demands that impact the development of high-quality social work records which contribute to individual and family wellbeing

    Ethics of social work practice

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    Social work holds dear the principles of the dignity and worth of each individual. These principles can be applied to social practice when the social worker facilitates self-determination and empowerment, respects difference and diversity, and promotes social justice and human rights. Care should also be taken to safeguard confidentiality, respect colleagues and take responsibility for one's own professional conduct in interactions with others -including interactions that take place online. These principles and terms, embedded in the 2010 Code of Ethics of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) (the Code), are ones with which social workers should be readily familiar and use every day. This chapter considers the key ethical principles that define the social work profession and represent the hallmarks of good professional practice. It discusses how they apply to social workers in different contexts and fields
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