Faced with an ethical dilemma or have an ethics question?
Members can contact us at NASW Hawai'i with ethical questions or quandaries and our Ethics Committee will review and answer your questions.
Email us at [email protected]
Email us at [email protected]
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NASW Members have free access to speak with a lawyer at the National NASW office. The National Office of Ethics and Professional Review provides ethics consultations for current NASW members. Ethic consultations are a resource for members who are experiencing an ethical dilemma. We do not provide advice or tell members what to do. However, we do guide them through the Code and point them to the areas of the Code that address their concerns. We provide dialogue and considerations that allow members to make ethical decisions. We may also refer members to the appropriate areas if their questions do not appear to be related to ethics but are more related to legal issues or standards of practice. MORE INFO
(800) 742-4089
Mondays 1:00pm – 4:00pm (ET)
Tuesdays 10:00am – 1:00pm (ET)
Wednesdays 1:00pm – 4:00pm (ET)
Thursdays 10:00am – 1:00pm (ET)
(800) 742-4089
Mondays 1:00pm – 4:00pm (ET)
Tuesdays 10:00am – 1:00pm (ET)
Wednesdays 1:00pm – 4:00pm (ET)
Thursdays 10:00am – 1:00pm (ET)
File a complaint against a social worker
Filing a Complaint Against a Social Worker
There are two ways to file a complaint against a Social Worker:
There are two ways to file a complaint against a Social Worker:
- If the Social Worker is a member of NASW and you believe he/she violated the Code of Ethics, you can request a Request for Professional Review (RPR). This is a peer review process. Depending on the type of ethical violation the case will either go through mediation or adjudication. Contact NASW, Office of Ethics and Professional Review, 1-800-638-8799.
- If the Social Worker has a license, i.e. LBSW (licensed bachelor social worker), LSW (licensed social worker) or LCSW (licensed clinical social worker), OR if he/she is a government employee as a Social Worker, you may file a complaint through the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Contact the Regulated Industries Complaints Office Consumer Resource Center at 587-3222 (menu option #2). To call the Consumer Resource Center from the neighbor islands, dial 274-3141 from Kauai; 984-2400 from Maui; 974-4000 from the Big Island; and 1-800-468-4644 then 73222# from Molokai or Lanai.
