Summary: Entering The Field Of Social Work

When deciding to enter the field of social work one must consider the things that come along with it. The field of social work has high turnover and that is because it can be very stressful. When entering the field of social work one needs to be prepared to handle large caseloads and meeting deadline in a specific time. In order to do this job and excel in it one must fully understand the code of ethics, and be able to display, follow, and abide by the code of ethics at all times.
During the film Matt Wilcox exemplifies the pressures that a social worker faces while working with the Department of Children and families. He also broke several codes of ethics, which include 3.04 client records, 5.01 integrity of the profession, and 4.04 dishonesty, fraud, and deception. Matt Wilcox unlike any other employee wanted to do his job right, but because of the amount of pressure he was under to make sure a certain number of clients were seen at a certain time, he did what is considered to be unethical and that’s breaking the code of ethics, which resulted in him losing his job and ending up on probation.
In this case that did not happen. Matt Wilcox lied about going to the hospital to meet with a client, also lied about getting a statement from the client and the time he met with the client. Matt admitted that he never actually met with the client at the hospital, but lied so that he would meet the 24hr requirement that DCF workers have to follow. This is an unethical action by the social worker and can potentially effect the entire case later on down the