Part of becoming a professional social worker is reflecting on how your personal

Part of becoming a professional social worker is reflecting on how your personal values and professional ethics will play a role in your practice. This assignment will give you an opportunity to define some key terms, consider potential ethical challenges in your present or future practice, and place your discussion in a scholarly context.
One way to do this is through the use of infographics. In your studies, you examined “Digital Literacy: Learning Through Infographics,” by Danielle Davis. For this assignment, you will prepare an infographic or concept map addressing the difference between your personal and professional values and examining how personal values can create bias. In addition, you will create a one-page written document or three-minute audio/video explanation of your infographic.By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following EPAs and advanced practice behaviors:
EPAS Competency 3: Engage Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) in PracticeC3.GP.B Demonstrate cultural humility by applying critical reflection, self-awareness, and self-regulation to manage the influence of bias, power, privilege, and values in working with clients and constituencies, acknowledging them as experts of their own lived experiences.Related Assignment Criteria:Identify personal and professional values.
Illustrate (with images and words) the concepts of competency, integrity, boundaries, and social justice.
EPAS Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and CommunitiesC6.GP.B Use empathy, reflection, and interpersonal skills to engage in culturally responsive practice with clients and constituencies.Related Assignment Criteria:Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
EPAS Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and CommunitiesC7.GP.B Demonstrate respect for client self-determination during the assessment process by collaborating with clients and constituencies in developing a mutually agreed-upon plan.Related Assignment Criteria:Describe how personal and professional values play a role in social work practice and ethical decision-making.
EPAS Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and CommunitiesC8.GP.A Engage with clients and constituencies to critically choose and implement culturally responsive, evidence-informed interventions to achieve client and constituency goals.Related Assignment Criteria:Depict how to advocate for clients to secure resources to support their efforts to change behaviors and how this relates to ethics and values.
Instructions
Part 1- Infographic
For this assignment, prepare an infographic or concept map addressing the difference between your personal and professional values and examining how personal values can create bias. Show how values will play a role in social work practice and ethical decision-making based on the lens and content of the assigned reading. Use words, images, symbols, and other media to detail your accounts. Use the assigned readings to guide the development of your infographic.
Part 2 – Explanation
Create a one-page written document and upload it as an additional document to your infographic assignment. Use the instruction, prompts, and grading rubric to describe the components of your infographic.
Be sure to include the following: Describe the difference between your personal and professional values and examine how personal values can create bias. Describe how personal and professional values play a role in social work practice and ethical decision-making. Illustrate (with images and words) the concepts of competency, integrity, boundaries, and social justice. Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments. Lay out any ethical challenges you anticipate in the field and areas or concepts on which you can improve. Be insightful and use critical thought for this explanation. Describe how you could advocate for clients to secure resources to support their efforts to change behaviors and how this relates to ethics and values. This assignment is developed to harness your creativity to social work practice. Submit your assignment by 11:59 p.m. Central time on Sunday.
Additional Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication is free from errors that detract from the overall message. Length: One infographic plus one-page written document or three-minute audio/video explanation.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA Style and Format.
Cited resources: Minimum of two scholarly sources. The assigned reading must be utilized. All literature cited should be peer-reviewed and current, with publication dates within the past five years. Can be placed in the bottom footer of the infographic.
Due date: Assignment must be submitted to your instructor in the courseroom no later than 11:59 p.m. on Sunday of this week