LLQP ETHICS FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
GUIDE
●● NASW Code of Ethics
Answer: Enhance human well being and help meet the basic human
needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and
empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in
poverty
●● NASW confidentiality
Answer: Social workers should protect the confidentiality of all
information obtained in the course of professional service, except
compelling professional reasons
●● Breaking Confidentiality
Answer: 1. Suspension of hurting one self
2. Suspensions of child abuse
3. Suspension of hurting others
●● Child abuse reasonable suspicion
Answer: 1. Reasonable suspicion does not require certainity the child
abuse or neglect has occured
,2. Reasonable suspicion does not require a specific medical indication of
child abuse or neglect; any reasonable suspesion is suffeciant
3. Reasonable suspicion may be based on any information considered
credible by reporter, including statements by others
●● Third party
Answer: An entity with a legitimate need to know. I.e teachers, school
counselors, primary care physcians, members of hospital treatment team,
agency personal, insurance companies, gatekeepers to services
●● Privalaged communication
Answer: Refers to a private statement that must be kept in confidence by
the recepient for thr benefit of the communicator
●● Psychotherapist-patient privalage
Answer: Privilege refers to information shared verbally by the client in
psychotherapy sessions and information documented in the clincsl
records
●● Privilege legal right
Answer: Is established by ca evidence code 1014
●● Evidence code 1014
,Answer: 1: The patient is the holder of the privilege when he or she has
no guardian or conservator. If the patient has a guardian or conservator,
then the guardian or conservator holds the privilege.
2 If the patient is dead, the personal representative of the decedent holds
the privilege.
3 If your identified patient is a group, family, or couple you must receive
a waiver from each and every member of the group before you can
release any information.
4 If your patient is a minor child, he or she holds the privilege. A minor's
parents do not hold the privilege for the minor. The only time a parent
could hold the privilege for the minor is if the court has specifically
appointed the parent as a guardian ad litem.
5 If your patient is a minor, you must assert the privilege on his or her
behalf. If the minor has an attorney, the attorney can make the decision
to waive or assert the privilege.
●● Core value of social work
Answer: 1. Service
2. Social justice
3. Dignity and worth of the person
4. Importance of human relationships
5. Integrity
, 6. Competence
●● Ca evidence code 1016
Answer: Privilege is not absolute, if there is a issue of a clients mental
health or psychological treatment is raised during the course of a
lawsuit, a ,metal health provider might be forced by the court to reveal
the details of the clients treatment
●● Client privilege
Answer: may claim privilege on behalf of the client (per CA Evidence
Code 1015). The client may then:
1.waive privilege and allow the provider to provide the subpoenaed
information;
or 2 invoke privilege and refuse to allow the release
●● Minor confidentiality
Answer: California, minors who are 12 years of age or older may
consent to mental health treatment or counseling if both of the following
requirements are met: a) The minor, in the opinion of the attending
professional person, is mature enough to participate intelligently in the
outpatient services or residential shelter services AND 1) The minor
would present a danger of serious physical or mental harm to self or
others without the mental health treatment or counseling or residential
shelter services or 2) is an alleged victim of incest or child abuse
AND CORRECT ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
GUIDE
●● NASW Code of Ethics
Answer: Enhance human well being and help meet the basic human
needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and
empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in
poverty
●● NASW confidentiality
Answer: Social workers should protect the confidentiality of all
information obtained in the course of professional service, except
compelling professional reasons
●● Breaking Confidentiality
Answer: 1. Suspension of hurting one self
2. Suspensions of child abuse
3. Suspension of hurting others
●● Child abuse reasonable suspicion
Answer: 1. Reasonable suspicion does not require certainity the child
abuse or neglect has occured
,2. Reasonable suspicion does not require a specific medical indication of
child abuse or neglect; any reasonable suspesion is suffeciant
3. Reasonable suspicion may be based on any information considered
credible by reporter, including statements by others
●● Third party
Answer: An entity with a legitimate need to know. I.e teachers, school
counselors, primary care physcians, members of hospital treatment team,
agency personal, insurance companies, gatekeepers to services
●● Privalaged communication
Answer: Refers to a private statement that must be kept in confidence by
the recepient for thr benefit of the communicator
●● Psychotherapist-patient privalage
Answer: Privilege refers to information shared verbally by the client in
psychotherapy sessions and information documented in the clincsl
records
●● Privilege legal right
Answer: Is established by ca evidence code 1014
●● Evidence code 1014
,Answer: 1: The patient is the holder of the privilege when he or she has
no guardian or conservator. If the patient has a guardian or conservator,
then the guardian or conservator holds the privilege.
2 If the patient is dead, the personal representative of the decedent holds
the privilege.
3 If your identified patient is a group, family, or couple you must receive
a waiver from each and every member of the group before you can
release any information.
4 If your patient is a minor child, he or she holds the privilege. A minor's
parents do not hold the privilege for the minor. The only time a parent
could hold the privilege for the minor is if the court has specifically
appointed the parent as a guardian ad litem.
5 If your patient is a minor, you must assert the privilege on his or her
behalf. If the minor has an attorney, the attorney can make the decision
to waive or assert the privilege.
●● Core value of social work
Answer: 1. Service
2. Social justice
3. Dignity and worth of the person
4. Importance of human relationships
5. Integrity
, 6. Competence
●● Ca evidence code 1016
Answer: Privilege is not absolute, if there is a issue of a clients mental
health or psychological treatment is raised during the course of a
lawsuit, a ,metal health provider might be forced by the court to reveal
the details of the clients treatment
●● Client privilege
Answer: may claim privilege on behalf of the client (per CA Evidence
Code 1015). The client may then:
1.waive privilege and allow the provider to provide the subpoenaed
information;
or 2 invoke privilege and refuse to allow the release
●● Minor confidentiality
Answer: California, minors who are 12 years of age or older may
consent to mental health treatment or counseling if both of the following
requirements are met: a) The minor, in the opinion of the attending
professional person, is mature enough to participate intelligently in the
outpatient services or residential shelter services AND 1) The minor
would present a danger of serious physical or mental harm to self or
others without the mental health treatment or counseling or residential
shelter services or 2) is an alleged victim of incest or child abuse
