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Considerations of

Coaching

Coaching child welfare professionals requires an understanding of
both ethical codes of conduct and issues surrounding personal and
organizational liability.

Ethics, eth·ics, (plural noun): the rules of conduct recognized

in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular

group, culture, etc. (Dictionary.com, retrieved from

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ethics)

Liable, li·a·ble, (adj.): legally obliged or responsible;

answerable. (Dictionary.com, retrieved from

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liable)

Ethics

Coaches must be mindful of the National Association of Social
Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics as they provide ethical standards
to assure the integrity of the work being done with the agency, the
learner, and the families being served. The NASW code of ethics
builds integrity by providing guidelines for working with clients
and privileged or confidential information. In the field of coaching,
the International Coach Federation (ICF) and the Association for