Etyczne i nieetyczne zachowania pracownika socjalnego z klientami pomocy społecznej
Ethical and non-ethical behavior of a social worker towards their client

Summary/Abstract: The transformation period which took place in the 80s’ in Poland resulted in a noticeable change of attitude towards the social care system perceived as an institution. A social worker has been given and made to take over new responsibilities which previously had belonged to educational, legal or health institutions. Narrow specialization of a social worker conduct has become the most recognizable feature of this change. Also professionals have become ‘hostages’ of bureaucratic activities. Multidimensional activities targeted towards those who are endangered with all sorts of marginalization have been imposed on them too. A social worker is obliged to work in all sorts of environments – with the homeless, the socially excluded, the unemployed, the terminally or seriously ill. Such professionals work also with those who are passive and discouraged from all kinds of activities. Motivating such groups is not only time consuming but may also bring little or no results. Imposing such duties on social workers, frequent job frustrations or sometimes the lack of proper preparation for the contacts with a client may lead to inappropriate conduct, non-ethical behavior or boundaries crossing. The article explores some problems of social workers which they are forced to face daily in the social welfare in contemporary Poland.

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