Professional Boundaries

This professional boundaries course is ideal for all staff, whether in health and social care services or independent businesses.

Course Length. 3.5 hours

Introduction

Professional boundaries training teaches people, especially those with jobs involving direct contact with clients or customers, how to keep proper boundaries in their work relationships.

This training is important for jobs like healthcare (doctors, nurses, therapists), social work, education (teachers, counsellors), law enforcement, and any role where there is authority or trust with clients/customers.

This training gives the skills and knowledge to help prevent or stop professional misconduct, exploitation, and harm, and ensures ethical and appropriate relationships within one’s job.

Our professional boundaries training teaches important rules, how to spot boundaries, and what happens if the rules are not followed. It also explains how to follow the rules for health and care workers.

Course Contents

The need for professional boundaries
Core professional standards in health and social care settings
What are professional boundaries?
Poor practice
Professional codes of conduct
Creating stronger professional boundaries
Workshop – how could professional boundaries be crossed inadvertently?
Summary of learned skills

Course Outcomes

Successful completion of this training course will result in the award of a CPD accredited certificate covering all aspects of the above course contents.