I had gone to Boys &Girls Club of Lansing and shadowed the Program Director Christina Medina February 20th at 12:30. Professional ethics is important to the field as to show that as the field has grown and that rather than being a field that could do no harm that there needs to be a showing that the field is growing and maturing (Palm, G p.2). Professional work with people they need to have a code of ethics that is enforced to make sure that the professional groups are working in the best interest of the people (Srebalus, D Brown D p.80). Also, professional ethics helps with ethical decisions as well in helping to what to do in a situation especially in ethical dilemmas (Palm G p.73). • The Boys & Girls Club of Lansing 4315 Pleasant Grove …show more content…
This is suitable for her position because her bachelor is in the community in which she works, she works with the community to give the young people a place to be that is safe. Then the masters she is working on in family life helps with the families that she has to interact with as she works with the families that come to the program. What is an example of an ethical dilemma they have encountered in their work? When working with young people ranging from seven to seventeen their comes many times where ethical dilemmas may occur such as when a child is not listening having to decide what steps to take or running the halls. It is about trying to figure out the right consequences for their actions that are ethical so trying to figure if it is something that can be taken care of by time out or if they need to suspend the child. In difficult work situations how do they decide what to do? When a difficult situation comes about her she rather than feel like she made the wrong decision she goes to other directors for counseling because they have more experience working at the club and working with the …show more content…
This is something that the Boys & Girls club of Lansing work with they work with families in different social context in which the family cultural variations in their family and how each family is dealing with their own social situation such as a divorce or a change in family. They work with all types of families as well as anything that the family is involved in such as the children’s education helping them with school. (NCFR p.3) Then there is human growth and development in understanding the changes that come with growing and know how to help with each stage, one of the things that they do for this is to get the age groups their own space having a seven to twelve space a ten to twelve space and a thirteen to seventeen space in which they can be they can be with others there same age and do things that are appropriate for their age while having a safe space for them to be in. (NCFR