The adoption of a child must be guided by ethical social work practice. As you consider making an adoption plan for your birth child or wish to adopt a child, you must ensure that the adoption professions supporting you act ethically. As an adoption social worker for the past eight years with Family Connections, Inc. and an adoptive mother for the past thirteen years, I am committed to providing services to birth parents, adoptive families, and children that are ethical, honorable, moral, just, virtuous, and right.
I am guided by ...
- My profession’s Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers)
- New York State's ethical expectations for adoption agencies and professionals
- The Council on Accreditation's Hague standards of practice (Family Connections, Inc. is Hague Accredited by the Council on Accreditation)
- The Medical Model of ethics
- And other Ethical Models of human behavior
Social workers supporting and assisting you with your plans for adoption, placing a child for adoption as a birth parent or adopting a child into your family, are to act ethically using the following standards; it is the social worker’s responsibility to:
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Act in best interests of the child who is in need of a permanent, loving family
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Promote the well-being and welfare of all persons involved
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Respect the dignity and worth of each person - the birth mother, the birth father, the adoptive mother, the adoptive father, and the child
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Recognize the importance of relationships between the birth family, the adoptive family, and the child
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Respect and promote the right of clients to autonomy, freedom, and self-determination - to make their own decisions without influence from others
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Understand and respect culture of the birth family, adoptive family, and sending country in international adoption
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Protect the birth parents’, adoptive parents’, and child’s right to privacy and confidentiality
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Be truthful and fully disclose
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Do no harm
Family Connections, Inc. is an authorized New York State adoption agency who is Hague Accredited by the Council on Accreditation. The Agency provides ethical services to birth parents, domestic adoptive parents, and adoptive parents planning an international adoption who reside in New York. We would be honored to support your adoption plans. Please contact Renee or Anita at 607-756-6574 or info@adoptfamilyconnections.org to learn more about your adoption options. All communications are confidential. We look forward to hearing from you.
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