Extract from the Ethical Framework
Clients need to be able to participate freely as they work听with practitioners of the counselling professions towards听their desired goals. This requires clients to be able to trust听their practitioner with their wellbeing and sensitive听personal information. Therefore, as members or registrants听of 香港六合彩精准资料, we take being trustworthy as a serious ethical听commitment. We have agreed that we will:
1.听Put clients first by:
a. making clients our primary concern while we are working with them
b. providing an appropriate standard of service to our clients
2.听Work to professional standards by:
a. working within our competence
b. keeping our skills and knowledge up to date
c. collaborating with colleagues to improve the quality of what is being offered to听clients
d. ensuring that our wellbeing is sufficient to sustain the quality of the work
e. keeping accurate and appropriate records
3.听Show respect by:
a. valuing each client as a unique person
b. protecting client confidentiality and privacy
c. agreeing with clients on how we will work together
d. working in partnership with clients
4.听Build an appropriate relationship with clients by:
a. communicating clearly what clients have a right to expect from us
b. communicating any benefits, costs and commitments that clients may听reasonably expect
c. respecting the boundaries between our work with clients and what lies outside听that work
d. not exploiting or abusing clients
e. listening out for how clients experience our working together
5.听Maintain integrity by:
a. being honest about the work
b. communicating our qualifications, experience and working methods accurately
c. working ethically and with careful consideration of how we fulfil our legal听obligations
6.听Demonstrate accountability and candour by:
a. being willing to discuss with clients openly and honestly any known risks听involved in the work and how best to work towards our clients鈥� desired听outcomes by communicating any benefits, costs and commitments that clients听may reasonably expect
b. ensuring that clients are promptly informed about anything that has occurred听which places the client at risk of harm or causes harm in our work together,听whether or not clients are aware of it, and quickly taking action to limit or repair听any harm as far as possible
c. reviewing our work with clients in supervision
d. monitoring how clients experience our work together and the effects of our work听with them
FAQs
Why don鈥檛 we just have rules?
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If I can see a better way of implementing the commitments than is suggested in the Good Practice section what should I do?
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Can I use the Commitments section on its own to explain how I work ethically and give it to my clients or other colleagues?
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