Understanding Professional Boundaries

Explore the nature of boundary issues at work.

Duration

3-Hours

Location

In-House and Online

How to attend this workshop

In-House Workshop

If you have eight or more people interested in attending this workshop, our in-house training is tailored to your learning needs and offers great value for money.

In-house workshops can be delivered online or face to face!

Online Public Workshop

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Successful customer outcomes largely depend on the quality of interpersonal relationships. Both internal relationships with colleagues, and external relationships with stakeholders and the people receiving your services.

This 3-hour workshop takes a reflective approach and explores the nature of boundary issues at work by looking at five risk areas:

  • Physical boundaries
  • Emotional boundaries
  • Sexual boundaries
  • Intellectual boundaries
  • Financial boundaries

Course Outline

Delivered through a social housing lens, this workshop gives delegates the opportunity to identify strategies they can use to maintain safe boundaries.

Prior to the workshop, delegates are encouraged to complete a self-assessment of their current practice.

Having reflected on their current practice prior to the session, delegates will be able to easily identify the areas they need to address during the session and take their learning back to the workplace.

Upon completion, gain access to online self-study materials to reinforce learning.

“This training was great value. I have a clear understanding of professional boundaries after completing this training.”
– Delegate feedback.

The training has the following objectives:

  • Reflect on current practice
  • Define Professional Boundaries
  • Understand the importance of maintaining Professional Boundaries
  • Examine ethical considerations
  • Implications of overstepping Professional Boundaries
  • Identify strategies and interventions for maintaining Professional Boundaries

Learning methods:

  • Pre-course self-assessment
  • Knowledge and information sharing
  • Evidence from research
  • Video clips
  • Group discussion
  • Post-course reflective study

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