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\nManaging Boundaries in the Helping Process
\nManaging boundaries is an everyday reality faced by human service professionals, particularly those who live and practice in small communities. Helpers who work in rural communities may have greater challenges in dealing with multiple relationships than those who work in urban areas.
\nAssignment Scenarios
\nScenario 1
\nA human service professional discovers that all of her bank accounts are at the local bank where a client works as a teller. This client has access to the human service professional\u2019s financial information and may be able to ascertain who the human service professional\u2019s other clients are in town when checks are deposited.
\nScenario 2
\nA human service professional sees one of his clients at the local grocery store. The client is with one or more other persons. The human service professional, who is mindful of confidentiality, must decide how to respond. If he doesn\u2019t acknowledge the client, will the client feel snubbed? On the other hand, what if the human service professional approaches the client to say hello and the client doesn\u2019t want others to know that he or she is working with the human service professional?
\nScenario 3
\nA human service professional has been invited to a dinner party hosted by a friend. She is not aware of the fact that the friend\u2019s son is dating one of her new clients, who also attends the party. Upon seeing her client at her friend\u2019s party, the human service professional must decide how to respond. This scenario can be taken in a number of directions. For example, what if the client has concerns with the human service professional\u2019s friend because the son constantly complains about him\/her? What if the client identifies as being gay and is romantically involved with the friend\u2019s son, but his parent (the human service professional\u2019s friend) does not know that he is gay?
\nScenario 4
\nA former client wants to become \u201cfriends\u201d with you on social media. You understand the importance of ethical practice and attempt to avoid blurred boundaries, dual relationships, breaks in confidentiality, and privacy issues. You mistakenly add this former client to your \u201cfriends\u201d list and are unsure how to proceed.
\nAssignment Directions
\nFor this assignment you will discuss each scenario in terms of managing the boundaries of the helping process.
\nPlease be sure to address all of the following in your assignment:
\nDiscuss the importance of following ethical guidelines in human service practice.
\nFor each of the four scenarios above:
\nIdentify the ethical problem.
\nList the NOHS Ethical Standard that aligns with the ethical problem.
\nDevelop a strategy to resolve the ethical problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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