By this point, it's probably not BREAKING NEWS to you that the NASW Code of Ethics has been updated. On January 1st, 2018, the new version of the code became the official guide for social work practice.
To prepare for the social work licensing exam, you've always had to know what's what in the Code of Ethics. Now, that what's what has changed some.
The updates reflect what's been updated in the world since the previous version of the code was penned. An ever-increasing proportion of clients'--and social workers'--lives happen on line. Clinical questions result.
What, for example, are you to do if a client tries to friend you on Facebook? And what is ethical when it comes to researching clients' backgrounds on Google? The newly updated code has guidance on these and several other net and social media-related questions.
There have also been nips and tucks in other parts of the text. Instead of reading and trying to pick up what's new, take a look at these helpful walk-throughs: Practice tests at major companies should have been updated by now--they have been at SWTP. It's worth double-checking. Old questions on the same topics may have been properly answered with something like, "The Code of Ethics does not have guidelines about such and such." Well, now it does. Time to learn them. Enjoy!