Ethical Considerations In Counseling
7. Ethical considerations
The counsellor ought to recognise that the intervention they do with the family has to serve the best interest of the child. This is guided by the child care act, which recognises a child as any person under the age of 18 years who ought to be protected (Jamieson & Lake, 2013). Ann is 14 years old, and is protected by this law.
Moreover, counsellor should also acknowledge that a child over the age of 12 can give accent to participating in the intervention; this is an agreement from the child to participate in the intervention (Jamieson & Lake, 2013).
The counsellor also has to consider the fact that for the intervention to take place, the members of the family have to give consent. In this case the parents are legally …show more content…
They should also explain that if there are cases of abuse, they are legally obliged to inform relevant authorities who are able to manage such cases (Allan 2016).
It is important for the counsellor to have integrity and respect when working with families, so as to respect the different perspectives and not to favour one member of the family over the other (HPCSA, 2006).
It is also important that the counsellor prioritises the needs of the family above their own (HPCSA, 2006); since it has been recognised that employing an understanding of the postmodern approaches in family counselling may lead to issues such as transference and counter transference between the family and the counsellor, as the counsellor empathetically walks together with the family to a beneficial story for their family (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014).
The counsellor is obliged to refer all the members of the family to their individual counsellors, or support groups, or any services that the family can afford to take their child or family members (HPCSA, 2013). The counsellor cannot assume dual roles by being the family counsellor and then being the individual
The counsellor ought to recognise that the intervention they do with the family has to serve the best interest of the child. This is guided by the child care act, which recognises a child as any person under the age of 18 years who ought to be protected (Jamieson & Lake, 2013). Ann is 14 years old, and is protected by this law.
Moreover, counsellor should also acknowledge that a child over the age of 12 can give accent to participating in the intervention; this is an agreement from the child to participate in the intervention (Jamieson & Lake, 2013).
The counsellor also has to consider the fact that for the intervention to take place, the members of the family have to give consent. In this case the parents are legally …show more content…
They should also explain that if there are cases of abuse, they are legally obliged to inform relevant authorities who are able to manage such cases (Allan 2016).
It is important for the counsellor to have integrity and respect when working with families, so as to respect the different perspectives and not to favour one member of the family over the other (HPCSA, 2006).
It is also important that the counsellor prioritises the needs of the family above their own (HPCSA, 2006); since it has been recognised that employing an understanding of the postmodern approaches in family counselling may lead to issues such as transference and counter transference between the family and the counsellor, as the counsellor empathetically walks together with the family to a beneficial story for their family (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014).
The counsellor is obliged to refer all the members of the family to their individual counsellors, or support groups, or any services that the family can afford to take their child or family members (HPCSA, 2013). The counsellor cannot assume dual roles by being the family counsellor and then being the individual