In this module, we have been discussing professional versus personal conflicts. In the context of the agency setting, these conflicts may arise when agency policy conflicts with personal values. In a clinical setting, the worker may experience a conflict between their professional obligations to a client and their own personal values.
Present a short case (one to three paragraphs) in which you encountered a value conflict around one of the aforementioned areas of conflict. How do you understand this conflict and the context in which it occurred? You do not have to explain how this conflict was resolved—only the conditions of the case are of importance. Use the literature as a means of explaining the decision-making process. The final short paragraph will be, for this module, to assess the area of conflict and how you believe the conflict should have been managed to avoid dysfunctional outcomes and any breach of duty.
