This presentation outlines a framework for ethical and professional boundaries in peer support. This ensures that peer specialists provide the best support to individuals without compromising self, the person served, or the integrity of the profession. Learning to handle ethical dilemmas is not about learning what to think, instead, it is about how to think. Taking any course of action may have consequences or violate rules, beliefs, convictions, or commonly accepted practices. Learning to decide upon the best and most appropriate course of action is the key to strong ethical decision-making.
FREE Training
Audience: professionals in peer support
Instructional Level: Introductory
Speakers: Jean Dukarski and Deborah Monroe
This training is approved for 2.75 CE credits for Certified Peer Support Specialists. Credits will be awarded to participants who attend the entire training.
OBJECTIVES
- Describe challenges to good ethical decision-making.
- List three (3) entities to which Peer Specialists have an ethical obligation.
- Identify three conditions that invite ethical violations.
- Identify reasons people make poor ethical decisions.
- Explain how peer drift can impact ethical decision-making.
- List multiple questions to consider when making ethical decisions.
See event flyer for more info: go.unl.edu/peer-ethics-flyer
Sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Behavioral Health and the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center.
There are no personal or professional relevant conflicts of interest in relation to this presentation.