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Case Study: Ethical/Value Dilemmas And Conflicts

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employment, another professional suggests to the social worker that he is not ready to return to work. Several ethical/value dilemmas and conflicts are present here, not the least of  which include the level of competence the returning social worker is deemed to have (or not have). II. INSUFFICIENT ABILITIES Social work  is the territory where care and control meet, which brings to light a number of issues in relation to an appropriate and ethical approach. As such, the other professional  who considered the social worker to be ill-prepared to return to work may believe his intuitive quality has diminished that allows him to dance upon the fine line between care  and control. According to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics, "the primary mission of the social work profession is  to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living  in poverty" (NASW, 1999). With this in mind, it is clear to see why the effort of maintaining a separation between care and control represents the very essence of  a capable social worker. According to Harry Specht and Mark E. Courtneys Unfaithful Angels : How Social Work Has Abandoned Its Mission, the very nature of social work has  virtually lost its ability to focus upon the masses over and above the private, specialized and individualized population, a point that this particular social worker may be perpetuating without even  realizing it. "...Social workers should not be the secular priests in the church of individual repair; they should be the caretakers of the conscience of the community" (Specht et