Ethics, Boundaries and Documentation for Counsellors and Social Workers

A practical ethics course for everyday clinical work. Learn a step-by-step ethical decision-making model, how to obtain meaningful informed consent, the limits of confidentiality, how to tell boundary crossings from boundary violations (including in small and cultural communities and online), and how to write clear, defensible clinical records. The course also covers ethics in virtual care and private practice. Content reflects shared principles of Canadian codes; learners must apply the specific standards of their own regulatory college and provincial legislation. Includes diagrams, case vignettes, a decision-making worksheet, a documentation checklist and a final quiz.