Professional Ethics and Practice unit (KHA505)

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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	Health School of Psychological Sciences
Discipline	Psychology
Coordinator	Simon Azon-Jacometti
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Online	Semester 1

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Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Semester 1	22/02/2027	16/03/2027	19/04/2027	13/06/2027

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Unit census dates currently displaying for 2027 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2027 will be available from the 1st October 2026. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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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	$1,235.00	$1,235.00	not applicable

• Available as a Commonwealth Supported Place
• HECS-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility³
• FEE-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility⁴

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Requisites

Concurrent Prerequisites

KHA501

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	4 x 1-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	Practice Skills log sheet|Discussion posts (online) (20%)|Ethics presentation (40%)|Topic Paper (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Corey, Gerald, et al. Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions Cengage International Edition, Cengage, 2024. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.utas.edu.au/lib/utas/detail.action?docID=31743339.
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)

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