Social workers respect and promote the right of clients to self-determination and assist clients in their efforts to identify and clarify their goals.

Documentation of social work interventions with clients should be contained in one file. The records may be electronic, paper or both. Social workers should not maintain client information that is not relevant to the service delivery.

Social workers have access to clients’ per-sonal information that is both confidential and privileged. Social workers are duty bound to protect all client information, regardless of the means by which it was conveyed.

•How a client file is put together and how to organize it. •Why file organization helps. •Best practices on custom forms and maintaining your interaction with clients and showcasing their progress. •Tips for monitoring and examples. •This will accompany the rules of standardization and documentation and show you how to organize that ...

Social workers promote social justice and social change with and on behalf of clients. “Clients” is used inclusively to refer to individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Social workers are sensitive to cultural and ethnic diversity and strive to end discrimination, oppression, poverty, and other forms of social injustice.

A quick guide to help social workers easily document client information, assessments, and progress notes accurately and efficiently.

A VISION FOR SOCIAL WORK: ADULTS Context This vision, by the UK professional association for social work, draws on our work over the last 50 years to set out the current situation and potential future for social work with adults. The vision relates to all people over 18 in the UK who may come into contact with social work.

What things should I consider pertaining to the documentation of electronic social work services? Is it appropriate to use abbreviations or acronyms in social work documentation? How should social workers respond when a client asks not to record something in their file?

Social workers should keep records to provide better care to their clients, to meet ethical and legal requirements, and for legal defense purposes, if needed. Many social workers lack information about how long they are required to maintain client files.

Enabling clients to access their records is supported by the NASW Code of Ethics, which states that "social workers should provide clients with reasonable access to records concerning the clients" (standard 1.08[a]). However, NASW recognizes that …