As members of a profession counsellors abide by a set of ethical standards so as to enhance their ability to work for the betterment of their clients while opposing self-interest, third-party interference, and/or risky behaviour. Although our ethical obligations are set out in the ACA Code of Ethics and Practice this document cannot hope to encapsulate the nuances of day-to-day therapeutic work. Therefore in this problem-based unit you will be asked to consider the law, morality, ethics, and virtuous behaviour; comparing and contrasting minimal acceptable professional standards vs. best-practice.
Unit code: CO2007Z
Unit status: Approved (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2
Unit discipline: Counselling
Delivery Mode: Blended
Proposing College: School of Professional Practice - Counselling
Show when this unit is running1. | Identify common counselling situations which prose risk for either the client or counsellor given implicit ethical concerns. |
2. | Identify legal and ethical obligations within a counsellor’s scope and jurisdiction of practice. |
3. | Reason-out solutions to common counselling scenarios which prose risk for either the client or counsellor given implicit ethical concerns. |
4. | Articulate notions of best-practice as similar to, and different from, adequate legal/ethical practice. |
Offering: This unit is to be taught in year 2, semester 2 (term 3).
Prerequisites: CO1002Z Self, Profession, And Society
Prohibited combinations: CO1006Z Engaging Diversity
Problem-based learning. Tutorial and Intensive format over 8 weeks. The compulsory intensive will be 29 hours in duration over four consecutive days held in week 6. Mornings will use synchronous on-line learning and afternoons will use activity-based face-to-face learning. The remaining 7 weeks will utilise weekly asynchronous on-line learning and 1 hour of synchronous on-line learning (i.e., non-compulsory tutorial).
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Skeleton Argument | For 5 different module “Activities” across the unit provide a forum response. |
500 | 5.0 |
Personal Reflection | For 5 different module “Reflection questions” across the unit provide a forum response. |
500 | 5.0 |
Essay | To reason-out an ethical dilemma. |
1000 | 30.0 |
Multiple Choice Quizzes or Tests | Testing core knowledge of ACA practice standards. |
1000 | 30.0 |
Essay | A consideration of best-practice. |
1500 | 30.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 31 Oct, 2023
Unit record last updated: 2023-10-31 09:15:29 +1100