Exam 3: Standards in the Profession: Skill Standards, Credentialing, Program Accreditation, and Ethics

Human service professionals typically perform 12 different competency areas within the profession.

Which competency area of the human service professional is defined as follows: "The community human service practitioner is knowledgeable about a range of participatory planning techniques and is skilled in implementing plans in a collaborative and expeditious manner."

Despite their advanced training and qualifications, licensed psychologists in the United States are legally prohibited from prescribing psychotropic medications in all 50 states.

Whose principle ethics model revolves around the six ethical principles of autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity?

Which of the following is a major advantage of receiving licensure in the human service professions?

In the case of human service programs, what is the relevant body that oversees accreditation?

Of the three ways to ensure minimum competence in a professional field through credentialing, which is the most rigorous?

In the developmental ethical model of William Perry, higher-level helpers are sometimes denoted as being in the stage of __________. This involves being more a complex thinker, open to different opinions, flexible, empathetic, sensitive to the context of an ethical dilemma, and nondogmatic.

Which of the following moral principles in ethical decision making is about promoting the good of society?

Which organization recently helped to develop a certification process for human service professionals, and can grant such certification to any individual with an associate's, bachelor's, or master's degree in human services or related fields?

In a survey of NOHS members regarding ethical behavior, 100 percent of those polled found informing clients of the purpose of the helping relationship to be an ethical action.

Corey's ethical decision making model contains which of the following?

Which process provides many benefits to the consumer and helper, such as delimiting the field, identifying competence, increasing professionalism, and ensuring parity?

Colin has worked as a social worker for 14 years and has established himself as an advanced clinician within the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW). The highest credential he might be awarded as a result of this established pattern of professional excellence is:

The Ethical Standards of Human Service Professionals state that human service professionals have an obligation to promote the continuing development of their profession.

Martavis believes that he is ethically obligated to be truthful and genuine with his clients within the context of their counseling relationship. According to Kitchener, Martavis is attending to the ethical principle of:

According to your author, a commitment to competence for a human service professional should include all but which of the following activities?

Ashook has been working in the human service profession for several years and has earned the recognition that he has met predetermined standards of professionalism in that field. He has most likely earned __________ in his field, and this will attest to his level of competence.

In order for an academic human service program to receive accreditation from CSHSE, an accreditation team visits the program, makes observations, and then submits recommendations to the CSHSE board.

All 50 states offer licensure for professional counselors as a(n) __________, though the specific requirements for such licensure can vary widely from one state to another.