Boundaries, Ethics and Self Care

David Convirs Elizabeth “Liz” Peoples Boundaries

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL Personal Boundaries

• Guidelines, rules or limits • Created to identify what are reasonable, safe and permissible ways for other people to behave around the creator • How they will respond when someone steps outside those limits Professional Boundaries

• Professional boundaries define effective and appropriate interaction between professionals and the public they serve • Boundaries exist to protect both the volunteer and the client • Do you know how to treat all staff members fairly without positive or negative feelings influencing your decisions

Oregon’s Expectations (Mandatory) • Represent all aspects of professional capabilities and services honestly and accurately • Ensure that all actions with a client are based on understanding and implementing the core values of caring, respect, compassion, appropriate boundaries, and appropriate use of personal power • Develop alliances with the client, colleagues, other health care providers, and the community to provide care and services that are safe, effective, and appropriate to the client’s needs • Develop and incorporate respect for diverse client backgrounds including a client's clinical diagnosis, lifestyle, sexual orientation, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, age, and socioeconomic background when planning and providing services • Act as an advocate for client and client’s needs • Respect the client's right and responsibility for self-determination in making health care choices • Base decisions and actions on behalf of a client on sound ethical reasoning and current principles of practice • Maintain client confidentiality • Recognize and protect a client’s rights Client Rights

• Be treated with dignity and respect • Be free from theft, damage, or misuse of personal property • Be free from neglect of care, verbal, mental, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse • Be free from financial exploitation • Voice grievances or complaints regarding services or any other issue without discrimination or reprisal for exercising their rights • Be free from discrimination in regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or religion • Have client information and records confidentially maintained.

International Association of Peer Specialists (Aspirational) • Peer support is voluntary • Peer supporters are hopeful • Peer supports are open minded • Peer supporters are empathetic • Peer supports are respectful • Peer supporters facilitate change • Peer supporters are honest and direct • Peer support is mutual and reciprocal • Peer support is equally shared power • Peer support is strengths-focused • Peer support is transparent • Peer support is person-driven Professionalism Self-Care

  Lee, J. J., & Miller, S. E. (2013). A self-care framework for social workers: building a strong foundation for practice. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 94(2), 96-103.

“a process, an ability, but most often an engagement in particular behaviors that are suggested to promote specific outcomes, such as a ‘sense of subjective well-being,’ a healthy lifestyle, stress relief, and resiliency for the prevention of empathy fatigue” Exercise

Sleeping/napping Recreational reading Take time for yourself

Hobbies

Spending time away from technology Ask for help

Express anger and frustrations Find things that make you happy Pray

Dance Meditate

Spend time in nature Treat yourself

Reflect on what is important to you  Prevents burnout, empathy fatigue

 It’s beneficial to your health

 Allows for better outcomes for your clients/peers

 It’s individualized to be the most beneficial for you

 Self-care is not selfish