Ethical Pitfalls: Avoiding Professional Hazards

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For Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and anyone in the helping profession

Did you know that many state Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist regulatory boards receive more than 200 complaints a year against licensees, alleging violations of the code of ethics? Among the complaint allegations are issues of improper or fraudulent billing or documentation, practicing on a lapsed license or unlicensed practice, sexual/non-sexual boundary violations, impaired practitioners and a wide range of others. The process of helping others is becoming increasingly dangerous, with a variety of complex dilemmas that challenge the integrity of service providers and organizations alike. This informative, one-day seminar, taught by a former state regulatory Investigator, examines the most common ethical mistakes made during the course of practice, using actual case studies to illustrate simple oversights and everyday errors, as well as the deliberate, blatant blunders of former helping professionals who lost their licenses and careers to bad choices and poor practices. Through this fascinating, interactive and hands-on exploration, clinicians will gain insight into the traps that have hurt both clients and clinicians, and provide prevention strategies and resources for every stakeholder.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Social Workers
• Counselors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Substance Abuse Counselors
• Case Managers
• Clinical Supervisors
• Behavioral Health Managers
• Crisis Intervention Specialists

"Mr. Polovick presents professional ethics training with active participation from the audience that draws your interest into the stories and thus creates a lively discussion." - Jo Ward, LPCC

"Mr. Polovick brings current, 'real life' examples to his seminars. His approach is engaging, interactive and generates great discussions." - Stephanie Falor, LPCC

WHAT YOU WILL COVER
Are you or your colleagues facing some of the most common ethical challenges? They can include:

• Sexual and non-sexual boundaries
• Billing practices
• Confidentiality
• The impaired practitioner

Unless you are certain of the ethical decisions you are making, you may be in violation of regulations and/or policies that could jeopardize your clients and your career!

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Review and discuss the boundaries of personal and professional ethics
• Identify the state regulatory processes including reporting and investigation of ethics violations
• Using case studies, discover the most common ethical violations for professionals, how they occur and how they are dealt with
• Explore strategies for recognizing, avoiding and reporting ethical pitfalls
• Gain valuable resources for more information and support of ethical dilemmas

Sponsor Background:

Leading the Way in Professional Development.

Cross Country Education is a national leader in high-quality educational products and services for the entire health care industry. Our seminars and training programs are designed to help health care providers achieve improved performance and results in all areas of clinical, financial and operational management. Our faculty of more than 150 instructors are the "best of the best" in their field of expertise and know how to provide programs that really make a difference to participants.

Since 1995, we have trained over 1,000,000 providers, managers, nurses, behavioral health professionals and other key personnel throughout the entire healthcare industry. We produce over 5,000 seminars and conferences annually for the health care industry. Plus, we coordinate in-house training for health care facilities. Let us provide your training and professional education needs!

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