BSHS/442 Week 4 Quiz: Advocacy, Mediation, Ethical Dilemmas, and Group Facilitation in Human Services

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Week 4 BSHS/442 Quiz1Week 4 Quiz: Advocacy, Mediation, Ethical Dilemmas, and Group Facilitation in HumanServicesWeek 4 BSHS/442 QuizName:Date:All information provided in response to this quiz should beappropriately referenced. Failure todo so could result in violation of the student code of conduct policy.Responses should be provided directly under the question.Questions1.CONTRACTING: You are working with a psychiatric patient, Pat, who is at risk of committing suicide. Your suicideprevention model suggests that you negotiate a “safety plan” with the client (e.g., Pat will stay with a friendovernight; you will contact the friend by phone to provide the friend with instruction about what to do in case ofemergency, Pat will call the 24-hour crisis line if Pat starts to think about committing suicide; Pat will meet withyou tomorrow to make further plans). Should this agreement be implicit, explicit and oral, or written? What are theadvantages and disadvantages of each type of agreement? Do you or Pat require legal advice before finalizing thisagreement? Why or why not? Is this agreement a legally binding agreement? What are the consequences if eitherone of you breaks the agreement?(3)Thiscontracting agreement should begin with oral then followed by a written agreement reflectingthe oral agreement.An implicit agreement is a nonbinding but sincere commitment.“The explicitagreementis a contract in which thetermsandrequirementson all involvedpartiesare clearlystated inwriting, agreed upon, and signed by allparticipants. Explicitcontractsare generally used informalbusinessagreements,financial transactions,salesofpropertyand other high-valueassets, andother situations wheresignificantvalueorobligationsapply. The explicit agreement is just theopposite of implied or implicit contracts” (Business, 2012, p. 1)An oral contract is a verbal agreement, is less formal and takes less time to produce.“Writtencontracts are particularly important when the subject of the conflict has serious legal ramifications(e.g., criminal behavior, child abuse or neglect, physical injuries, monetary losses)”(Barsky, 2007, p.67).If Pattrustsme as a professional, we will not need to require legal advice, an oral agreement will besufficient, aslong as both parties are clear about the agreement, and the terms are made specific.However, putting the agreement in a written contract, after having an oral agreement, wouldprobably be best for both parties. It would give Pat a better understanding of what was agreed upon.“As a helping professional, preferred practice suggests that you be deliberate about enteringcontracts and explicit about their terms, whether the contract is oral or written” (Barsky, 2007, p.67).Since contracts are promises that each party makes to the other,theycan be legally binding,anduseful as proof in court.The consequences of breaking the agreement depends on the type ofagreement made. An oral agreement is an agreement of words, can be broken, but since both partiesagreed, should not be. The professional should never break an oral agreement if he or she wants tobe trusted by their clients. A written contract is harder to break by both parties, it is signed andwitnessed, but can be modified with written agreements.2.IMPARTIALITY DILEMMA: You are facilitating a play therapy group for 6-year-olds who have experienced physicalabuse from their parents. During the third session, two children start to fight over one of the puppets. You decideto use yourmeditativeskills to help them resolve this conflict. You encourage them to come up with their owndecision rather than impose one on them. You are able to help them work toward a mutually agreeable solution:rip the puppet into small pieces so neither of them can fight over it anymore. You personally find this solution

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