Courses & Units
Professional Ethics and Practice KHA505
Introduction
In this unit participants develop and clarify their awareness and thinking around ethical and practice dilemmas within professional counselling practice. Emphasis will be placed on the development of personal standards of practice and on the acquisition and application of decision-making processes. Contemporary counselling practice obligations and issues such as the demands of maintaining competence and quality assurance; working as a counsellor within diverse settings and with diverse populations and the provision of consultancy will be addressed. Ethical thinking, codes of practice for counsellors and rehabilitation counsellors and approaches to applying these codes to actual practice dilemmas will be explored, with particular attention paid to current and developing areas of ethical challenge.
Summary
| Unit name | Professional Ethics and Practice |
|---|---|
| Unit code | KHA505 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| College/School | College of Health and Medicine School of Psychological Sciences |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Coordinator | Doctor Kimberley Stuart |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
| Level | Postgraduate |
Availability
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Semester 1 | Off-Campus | International | Domestic | |
Key
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
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Key Dates
| Study Period | Start date | Census date | WW date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | 26/2/2024 | 22/3/2024 | 15/4/2024 | 2/6/2024 |
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Learning Outcomes
- Apply ethical principles and professional obligations involved in contemporary counselling practice.
- Integrate relevant ethical codes, guidelines and/or principles to inform evidence-based opinions and decision-making processes to address professionally relevant ethical dilemmas.
- Reflect on the professional and personal requirements for the maintenance of ethical practice and develop strategies to sustain this.
Fee Information
| Field of Education | Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 | Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 | Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 | Domestic Full Fee 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 061700 | $1,118.00 | $1,118.00 | not applicable | $2,648.00 |
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Requisites
Concurrent Prerequisites
KHA501Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | 4 x 2-hour Online discussions (synchronous) per semester Online module content (asynchronous) 4hrs weekly Independent study 2hrs weekly 3 x 3-hour mandatory online workshops per semester |
|---|---|
| Assessment | Discussion posts (online) (20%)|Ethics presentation (40%)|Topic Paper (40%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required |
You will need the following text: |
|---|---|
| Recommended | Heller Levitt, D. & Hartwig Moorhead H. J. (Eds.) (2013). Values and ethics in counselling: real-life ethical decision making. New York: Routledge (electronic resource – UTAS Library) | Links | Booktopia textbook finder |
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