ETHICAL CONDUCT Standard 5 Ethical Conduct Ethical Conduct 5.1 Professional Boundaries Family Resource Programs protect the legal and ethical rights of Staff maintains appropriate all participants through informing families of their rights and professional boundaries in their ensuring fair and equitable treatment for all who use these relationships with families. programs, particularly vulnerable populations. 5.2 Rights and Responsibilities Standards focus on how Programs demonstrate their attention Program maintains written summary to participant’s rights and how Family Resource Programs ensure of participant’s rights responsibilities that participants, as well as staff, understand those rights. This that are communicated to families. section describes the Standards that must be followed to ensure 5.3 Complaint Process that participants’ rights are respected and that the Program runs Program has a formal complaint in an ethical and professional manner. process which is communicated to families. For example: Family Resource Program staff recognizes the importance of maintaining their professional role as distinct 5.4 Confidentiality Policy from other relationships they may have with participants. Program has a confidentiality policy Parents can trust staff to maintain confidentiality and which is communicated to families. professional boundaries. Programs maintain a culture that reinforces the professional nature of the relationship between staff and participating families.
ETHICAL CONDUCT Standard 5 Ethical Conduct Family Resource Programs protect the legal and ethical rights of all participants through informing families of their rights and ensuring fair and equitable treatment for all who use these programs, particularly vulnerable populations. Standards focus on how Programs demonstrate their attention to participant’s rights and how Family Resource Programs ensure that participants, as well as staff, understand those rights. This section describes the Standards that must be followed to ensure that participants’ rights are respected and that the Program runs in an ethical and professional manner. For example: Family Resource Program staff recognizes the importance of maintaining their professional role as distinct from other relationships they may have with participants. Parents can trust staff to maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries. Programs maintain a culture that reinforces the professional nature of the relationship between staff and participating families. Ethical Conduct 5.1 Professional Boundaries Staff maintains appropriate professional boundaries in their relationships with families. 5.2 Rights and Responsibilities Program maintains written summary of participant’s rights responsibilities that are communicated to families. 5.3 Complaint Process Program has a formal complaint process which is communicated to families. 5.4 Confidentiality Policy Program has a confidentiality policy which is communicated to families.
Family-Centred_Practicies_Standards_submission_template_updated_Oct_3_2016_1_2.docx