ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
PHE4EPP
2015
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject focuses on the counselling student's developing sense of professional identity and the privileges and obligations which this affords. Criteria aimed at ensuring ethical practice are examined, as are the dilemmas which can arise around confidentiality, duty of care, dual relationships, counselling minors, referrals, and work in large or multidisciplinary agencies. The counsellor's obligations to the wider community are considered, especially in legal or quasi-legal situations.
School: School of Psychology & Public Health
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Kathleen Gregory
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must be enrolled in HMCOUN - Master of Counselling.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: Available only to students enrolled in the Master of Counselling.
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Issues and ethics in the helping profession (8th edn). | Prescribed | Corey, G, Corey, M & Callahan, P 2009 | BROOKS/COLE, PACIFIC GROVE CA. |
| Readings | Standards and ethics for counselling in action | Prescribed | Bond, T 2000 | SAGE, LONDON. |
| Readings | ACA ethical standards casebook | Recommended | Herlihy, B & Corey, G (eds) 2006 | 6TH EDN, AMERICAN COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION. |
| Readings | Questions of ethics in counselling and therapy | Recommended | Jones, C et al 2001 | OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS, MAIDENHEAD. |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. To develop critical knowledge of the key ethical dilemmas in counselling practice
- Activities:
- workshop, enquiry-based learning
Melbourne, 2015, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Kathleen Gregory
Class requirements
Lecture
Four 1.0 days lecture per study period on saturday and delivered via face-to-face.
"Actual dates: 22/3, 12/4, 10/5, 17/5."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| one 2,500-word essay | 75 | 01 | |
| one 20-minute group presentation, plus annotated bibliography | 25 |