The NYSED Office of the Professions has established Guidelines for Social Work Practice that are available on their website: http://www.op.nysed.gov/swguides.htm

Content provided includes:

Introduction

1. Defining the Terms for Providing Professional Services
2. Maintaining Confidentiality
3. Documenting the Provision of Services
4. Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries
5. Using and Providing Supervision
6. Providing Access to Services
7. Making Referrals
8. Maintaining Continuing Professional Competence
9. Engaging in Telepractice

Memorandum on Professional Practice Guidelines

NASW Practice Standards

Social work practice consists of the professional application of social work values, principles, and techniques to one or more of the following ends: helping people obtain tangible services; counseling and psychotherapy with individuals, families, and groups; helping communities or groups provide or improve social and health services; and participating in legislative processes. The practice of social work requires knowledge of human development and behavior; of social and economic, and cultural institutions; and of the interaction of all these factors.

Published standards include:

NASW Standards for Social Work Practice with Clients with Substance Use Disorders
NASW and ASWB Standards for Technology and Social Work Practice
NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Health Care Settings
NASW Standards for Clinical Social Work in Social Work Practice
NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Child Welfare
Standards for Social Work Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care
Standards for Social Work Services in Long-Term Care Facilities
Continuing Education and the Social Work Profession
NASW Standards for the Practice of Social Work with Adolescents
NASW Standards for Integrating Genetics into Social Work Practice
For Cultural Competence in Social Work Practice
For School Social Work Services