ethical standards that are intended to guide the relationship between the social worker .
and the client. The evaluation of this profession here is to provide a contrast or .
comparison to the field of therapeutic counseling, thus illuminating the gravity that .
dual relationships have in this field. The NASW Code of Ethics tend to use client and .
former client interchangeably. However, the literature suggests that there are no former .
clients. Unlike therapeutic counseling, a social service client quite possibly may be in .
need of social service at any time in the future so that relationship is interminable in a .
sense. (Mattison, Jayaratue, 2002) also found that the public sector being a social .
services environment differs significantly from that of a counselor in private practice in .
the view and approval of multiple or dual relationships with clients. This is due to the .
nature of the relationship. The counselor in a therapeutic setting is dealing with more.
sensitive issues, psychological and emotional in nature and therefore the issue of dual .
relationships having such great importance is quite tenable. .
According to Reamer (2000) the knowledge and focus on ethical values has .
burgeoned since the 1980's and many social workers were trained before the ethical .
code became part of the training process. This makes for a dichotomous situation as it.
relates to ethical standards unless the more seasoned social worker has embraced the.
training and practices under it. Although there seems to be more of a potential for harm.
in a dual relationship between a therapist and a client there has been a shift in social .
services toward adhering to the same standard that therapists are held to concerning dual .
relationships. .
Another area where dual relationships have become a topic of concern is between.
graduate students working on their licensure and professors. Yatom (1995) This .
relationship comes about when students take part in group sessions and the professor is .