Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

Standard 2.08: RBTs protect the confidentiality and privacy of their clients, stakeholders, and others in the workplace. RBTs also maintain confidentiality when interacting with client information and records. Confidentiality and privacy The RBT Code of Ethics underscores the confidentiality of client information.

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

JUNE 10, 2017

HIPAA, HITECH provide baseline standards for not only protecting confidentiality, but also ensuring accessibility to protected health information during a disaster, to coordinate care and for the patient to review.

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CO4Kids

OCTOBER 11, 2024

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, free and confidential support is available 24/7. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or find local resources shared by Violence Free Colorado. Resources: To learn more about Domestic Violence Awareness Month, visit the Domestic Violence Awareness Project.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Online Treatment Locator , the confidential and anonymous resource for individuals seeking treatment for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories.

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Recovery Substance Abuse Confidentiality Harm Reduction 129

Relias

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Empower employees to speak up and report issues, ensuring confidentiality and support. Make it clear to all employees that hostile behavior will not be tolerated and provide them with safe avenues to report incidents without fear of retaliation. Key action items: Establish clear policies, procedures, and consequences for disruptive behavior.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Online Treatment Locator , the confidential and anonymous resource for individuals seeking treatment for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

Other factors include time constraints, as well as concerns about privacy and confidentiality. Some healthcare providers say they feel uncomfortable talking about alcohol use with patients. The consequences of these gaps in patient care are serious – especially for women.

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University of Connecticut

MAY 2, 2023

Learning Objectives (Supervisory Best Practices): Support supervisees in understanding and recognizing signs and symptoms of mental illness in children and adolescents Teach supervisees to comprehensively assess the needs of children and their families in crisis Engage supervisees in collaborating with interprofessional teams to engage appropriate (..)

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Dial 988 on your phone to get free and confidential support services. A good place to start is the US Department of Health and Human Services administration, which operates a suicide and crisis Lifeline. Monteiro, MSW, LCSW, is a Licensed Certified Social Worker in Boston. Originally published in The Dorchester Reporter.

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2023

Confidentiality concerns regarding child In ruling against disclosure, Judge Ahmed found that it was “very likely that [Z’s] welfare would be adversely affected, and her life changed in important respects” by the judgment’s disclosure.

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Children’s Home Society of Washington

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Name changed for confidentiality Kristen Conte is the director of marketing and communications for CHSW. Doing so disrupts instability, turmoil, generational poverty, and a mindset of crisis, before a more difficult crisis can occur.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2022

Currently, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline consists of a national network of call centers that provide free confidential support to individuals experiencing emotional distress or suicidal thoughts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Callers now are able to reach crisis services via the toll-free national hotline or by calling 911.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 3, 2022

The referral will do no good, of course, because, though false reports are illegal in Texas, anyone can evade the law by making the call anonymously, something that won’t change until anonymous reporting is replaced with confidential reporting. This case has significant implications well beyond Pittsburgh.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 18, 2023

The story also quoted a state legislator opposed to a new Texas law that, in most cases, replaces anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse and neglect with confidential reporting. (None of the laws passed this year does anything to change the standard for removal.) And I would hate for us to vote for a policy where the tradeoff is.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

KDVR-TV reports on a bill that would replace anonymous reporting with confidential reporting. ● . ● Another key problem with child abuse reporting: allowing people to report with total anonymity. That, too, is under scrutiny in Colorado.

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Center for Child Protection

JUNE 26, 2024

March: Asian Family Support Services of Austin (AFSSA) offers free, confidential services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking in 39 languages, with specialized services for immigrant communities.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JULY 14, 2021

There are many reasons for social workers to have a personalized social media policy – to maintain boundaries, protect privacy and confidentiality, and model professional behavior. Editor’s Note : This blog post is adapted from the Second Edition of the Social Media Toolkit for Social Work Field Educators.

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Code of Ethics Communication Confidentiality Self-harm 147

Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

From Breakdown : “When anosognosia and psychosis render a patient unable to make sound judgments involving treatment recommendations, and unable to sign any release of confidentiality document, it warrants an exception to the conventional procedure. The team would inform the patient of this override.

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All For Kids

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

This could include therapy, where the child can express their feelings in a safe and confidential environment. Integrating an Adopted Child into Your Family Integrating an adopted child into your family can be facilitated by providing them with the necessary support.

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Psychology Adoption Psychosocial Substance Abuse 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

They should do what Texas did and largely replace it with confidential reporting, in which the accused still doesn’t know the name of the accuser, but the family police do. ● The whole ordeal never could have started if not for the fact that, like 48 other states, Colorado allows anonymous reporting.

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Foster Care Adoption Child Welfare Confidentiality 78

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 3, 2022

In the Albany Times Union , Madelyn Freundlich, policy research consultant for the Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York writes in support of legislation that would replace anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse and neglect with confidential reporting.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Resources: SAMHSA’s National Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP (4357) (also known as the Treatment Referral Routing Service), or TTY: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

Psychology 40

Psychology Confidentiality Disorder Mental Health 40

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 30, 2023

But this time a judge was so outraged that he refused to let the agency hide its incompetence behind confidentiality. As the Anchorage Daily News reports that is exactly what Alaska’s family police agency did. That’s not unusual. But the judge got one thing wrong: He blamed a lack of staff at the family police.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

Following each set of cases, Reamer includes commentary highlighting key ethics concepts and references to relevant standards in the Code of Ethics.

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Relias

AUGUST 12, 2024

In practice, it’s crucial that responses adhere to the six principles of trauma-informed care : Safety : Ensuring physical and emotional safety, while protecting privacy and confidentiality Trustworthiness and transparency : Building trust by providing clear, consistent information and maintaining honesty and accountability in all interactions Peer (..)

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

Now The Imprint reports on how the same agency used the same tactics to undermine legislation to replace anonymous child abuse reporting with confidential reporting. in contrast, passed bills to do both. You can learn more about how that happened, and the ongoing fight, at this webinar on June 29 from Narrowing the Front Door.

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Shelter, Inc

APRIL 13, 2021

She was told the program was free, voluntary, and confidential, so she figured she had nothing to lose. She had no money of her own, no job, no other place to live, and no one who knew how to help her. Leah heard from a friend about Shelter’s Healthy Families home visitation program and found the courage to call.

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Confidentiality 52

Social Work Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

A confidential and anonymous source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities. Smart Recovery. Resource to finding support meetings which are free and open to anyone. Retrieved March 22, 2022. SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Also in Texas: ● The governor signed the law described here , which partially replaces anonymous child abuse reporting with confidential reporting. The bill also curbs the abuse of "hidden foster care" - a practice Texas uses at what may be the highest rate in the country.

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Adoption Child Welfare Confidentiality Foster Care 55

Community Care

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

It is vital that young people have safe, confidential spaces to discuss their experiences and talk to a trusted adult.” “Likewise, a legal obligation to report must not contribute towards young victims and survivors being unable to safely discuss abuse.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Confidentiality: Maintaining strict confidentiality is essential. Social workers assure clients that their personal information will be kept confidential, except in situations where disclosure is mandated by law. They keep their promises and follow through on commitments.

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Social Worker Treatment Planning Justice and Corrections Interventional 95

Community Care

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Supporting students : to ensure that students have access to resources to support their health and wellbeing, including through confidential counselling services and careers advice. Course design: to ensure that courses are fully aligned with and informed by the principles of anti-discriminatory, anti-oppressive and anti-racist practice.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Now, KDVR-TV reports, she’s persuaded a state legislator to introduce a bill to replace anonymous reporting with confidential reporting. ● . ● In Aurora, Colorado a city councilor and her family were victimized by an anonymous, malicious false allegation of child abuse filed by someone who, fortunately, did a poor job of covering her tracks.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 25, 2022

Contracted mental health counselors will confidentially speak with soldiers and their spouses about their concerns and offer targeted information that can help deal with difficult situations. Military One Source. Individuals can receive immediate 24/7 person-to-person information by calling 1-800-342-9647.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Follow the data protection principles – lawfulness, fairness and transparency; purpose limitation (share only for clear, specified, legitimate purposes); data minimisation (share information that is adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for your purposes); accuracy; storage limitation (keep the information no longer than necessary (..)

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2022

How to address confidentiality concerns. Communication skills, such as teach-back, plain language, verbal and written instruction methods, interviewing, non-verbal communication, and knowledge confirmation. How and when to use interpreter services. Learn How To Put DEI Into Practice in Healthcare.

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Relias

MAY 21, 2024

They are: 1 – Safety In the context of trauma-informed care, safety means ensuring that people feel physically and emotionally safe in the care setting and that their privacy and confidentiality are protected. 2 – Trustworthiness and transparency Trust is critical for effective care.

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