1. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall practice the profession to the best of his/her ability, and in any case in
line with the present state of the profession in respect to the standards of child/youth care work and those
practices which are accepted as being the best available and in the forefront of Child/Youth Care practice.
2. The Child/Youth Care Worker has the responsibility to ensure the accuracy of information and to
indicate the soundness of recommendations forwarded to another person, agency, or the courts.
3. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall be aware of the rights of clients, and shall avoid any action
which violates these legal or civil rights or is inconsistent with the maintenance of the dignity and worth of
clients and others who may be affected by the worker’s professional actions.
4. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall divorce him/herself from any consideration of situation, which
may predispose or incline the worker to lose his/her objectivity and/or effectiveness.
5. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall enter into and maintain a contract only if it will allow him/her to
maintain his/her integrity. Where the demands of an organization on the Child/Youth Care Worker go
beyond reasonable conditions of employment, possible ethical and personal conflicts may arise. When such
conflicts occur, the Child/Youth Care Worker must clarify the nature of the conflict, inform all parties of the
nature and direction of the loyalties and responsibilities involved, and keep all parties informed of their
commitments.
6. Information obtained by the Child/Youth Care Worker concerning clients, employees, Learners, and
others is discussed only for professional purposes and never with anyone who is clearly not involved with the
case.
7. The Child/Youth Care worker must thoroughly disguise client identity in making use of confidential
information for teaching, public education, and research purposes.
8. The Child/Youth Care Worker who permits any confidential or identifying information concerning a
client to be divulged for research purposes, does so only after ensuring that the individual or his/her guardian
is fully aware of the purposes and of the ways in which the information will be used, and gives his/her
informed consent.
9. The Child/Youth Care Worker, when presenting a personal opinion, will indicate he/she is doing so,
and will maintain objectivity in his/her statements and work.
10. The Child/Youth Care Worker does not undetermined the confidence of clients in other
Child/Youth Care Workers.
11. The Child/Youth Care Worker publicly respects the prerogatives and obligations of the institutions
or organizations with which he/she is associated.
12. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall act in such a manner as to maintain the honor and prestige of
the profession.
13. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall not intentionally, and will make every effort not to accidentally,
compromise the Nova Scotia Child and Youth Care Workers Association and/or the objectives of the
NSCYCWA in any way and by any means. Should such a compromise occur, the member shall take it upon
him/herself to make right the situation utilizing whatever reasonable means are within his/her scope and
abilities.
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line with the present state of the profession in respect to the standards of child/youth care work and those
practices which are accepted as being the best available and in the forefront of Child/Youth Care practice.
2. The Child/Youth Care Worker has the responsibility to ensure the accuracy of information and to
indicate the soundness of recommendations forwarded to another person, agency, or the courts.
3. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall be aware of the rights of clients, and shall avoid any action
which violates these legal or civil rights or is inconsistent with the maintenance of the dignity and worth of
clients and others who may be affected by the worker’s professional actions.
4. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall divorce him/herself from any consideration of situation, which
may predispose or incline the worker to lose his/her objectivity and/or effectiveness.
5. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall enter into and maintain a contract only if it will allow him/her to
maintain his/her integrity. Where the demands of an organization on the Child/Youth Care Worker go
beyond reasonable conditions of employment, possible ethical and personal conflicts may arise. When such
conflicts occur, the Child/Youth Care Worker must clarify the nature of the conflict, inform all parties of the
nature and direction of the loyalties and responsibilities involved, and keep all parties informed of their
commitments.
6. Information obtained by the Child/Youth Care Worker concerning clients, employees, Learners, and
others is discussed only for professional purposes and never with anyone who is clearly not involved with the
case.
7. The Child/Youth Care worker must thoroughly disguise client identity in making use of confidential
information for teaching, public education, and research purposes.
8. The Child/Youth Care Worker who permits any confidential or identifying information concerning a
client to be divulged for research purposes, does so only after ensuring that the individual or his/her guardian
is fully aware of the purposes and of the ways in which the information will be used, and gives his/her
informed consent.
9. The Child/Youth Care Worker, when presenting a personal opinion, will indicate he/she is doing so,
and will maintain objectivity in his/her statements and work.
10. The Child/Youth Care Worker does not undetermined the confidence of clients in other
Child/Youth Care Workers.
11. The Child/Youth Care Worker publicly respects the prerogatives and obligations of the institutions
or organizations with which he/she is associated.
12. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall act in such a manner as to maintain the honor and prestige of
the profession.
13. The Child/Youth Care Worker shall not intentionally, and will make every effort not to accidentally,
compromise the Nova Scotia Child and Youth Care Workers Association and/or the objectives of the
NSCYCWA in any way and by any means. Should such a compromise occur, the member shall take it upon
him/herself to make right the situation utilizing whatever reasonable means are within his/her scope and
abilities.
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Code of Ethics
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