Building Capacity Together
Toronto Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) Workshop Series
for Service Providers Working with Vulnerable Newcomers
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PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES & ETHICS
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Discuss the challenges of maintaining professional boundaries in highly emotional contexts when clients need extra support
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Learn about approaches that may assist in your decision-making when you are faced with challenging questions related to ethics and professional boundaries
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Examine the inherent power dynamics between newcomers and service providers.
Background
Discussions about professional boundaries are usually framed around legalities and codes of ethics. However, very often, service providers have to navigate situations that take place the "gray area": where there are no clear rules, or where rules may exist but conflict with our personal values. It can be very challenging for service providers to navigate these "ethical dilemmas", especially in highly emotional or stressful situations.
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Expose the nuances that make navigating ethical dilemmas difficult;
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Engage in a discussion about some of the professional boundary and ethical challenges that service providers are experiencing;
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Provide a tool (specifically, a list of guiding questions) that can be used to help service providers to navigate their decision-making when faced with ethical dilemmas;
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Seek input on the guiding questions and make additions as recommended;
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Explore power imbalances between newcomers and service providers, including potential consequences;
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Consider key ethical principles and how they can be practiced;
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Learn about the effects of burn-out and tangible ways to practice self-care.
Objectives
Background
Objectives
Agenda
Part 1:
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Exploring professional boundaries & ethics (Exercise)
Guiding Questions (Tool)
Guiding questions – review & apply
(Small group discussion)
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Part 2:
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Exploring power imbalance & ethical principles
Burn-out & self-care
Randi-Mae Stanford Leibold (Speaker)
Train the trainer presentation demonstration
February 14, 2019
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Nadine Nasir, Adult Educator, Toronto South Local Immigration Partnership, St. Stephen’s Community House
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Paulina Wyrzykowski, Director, Toronto South Local Immigration Partnership, St. Stephen's Community House
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Randi-Mae Stanford Leibold, Counsellor & Wellness Consultant
Speakers
Agenda
Speakers
Exercises
Exercise 1 - What would you do?
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Exercise 2 - Group work
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February 14, 2019​
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Presentations
Exercises
Presentations
Room Set-up
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Round tables surrounded by chairs;
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The room should be large enough to accommodate the first exercise. See room set-up details in facilitator notes above.​​