LEAD Professional Development Association Inc

Professional Development

Therapeutic Relationships and Professional Boundaries

Professional boundaries define effective and appropriate interactions between the professional (care/support worker) and the person accessing a service, such as a client. People who are providing support or care to a vulnerable population are required to ensure that they establish boundaries that prevent the relationship from being personal, unethical or unprofessional. This protects both the staff member and the person receiving the care or support from confusion or being put in the position when more is expected than is appropriate in a professional relationship.

Understanding and applying professional boundaries ensures professional standards are maintained and people are supported in a safe, respectful and dignified manner.

Learning Outcomes:

This short 1-hour eLearning course focusses on how to maintain professional relationships and reviews examples of maintaining roles and boundaries.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Define professional boundaries
  • Understand the benefits of a therapeutic relationship
  • Recognise behaviours that lead to professional boundaries being crossed
  • Understand the significance of Professional Boundaries Policies
  • Identify effective methods for maintaining boundaries within professional relationships – the right balance

Target Audience 

This eLearning course is for Community sector professionals including managers, team leaders, individual and peers support workers, caseworkers, counsellors, social workers, community development workers and other practitioners who directly support vulnerable children, individuals, families, and communities.

eLearning Course

Date

Tuesday 22 June 2021 - Friday 30 June 2023
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Location

On-demand Learning
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Cost

  • Member: $18.00 + GST
  • Non-Member: $30.00 + GST
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

At LEAD we acknowledge, recognise and respect the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which places of work are located, and value and embrace the cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strat Strait Islander culture. Our vision for reconciliation is to close the gap and improve the life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations by improving access and equity across all seventeen socio-economic and health targets including shared visions, shared journeys- same opportunity, same outcomes, same life expectancy.

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LEAD is committed to embracing diversity and eliminating discrimination in the provision of all of our services and the workforce. LEAD welcomes all people irrespective of age, ethnicity, faith sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status.

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LEAD acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land we gather and work on, and the land that you are on while visiting our website. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the cultures and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the nation. A better understanding and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures develops an enriched appreciation for Australia’s cultural heritage and can lead to reconciliation. This is essential to the maturity of Australia as a nation and fundamental to the development of an Australian identity. Understanding and respect are guiding principles of LEAD’s Reconciliation Action Plan.
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