1 / 9

Professional Competence

Professional Competence. The “Competent” Worker . What characteristics would you look for in identifying a “competent” human service worker or chemical dependency counselor?”. Counselor Competence.

kelii
Download Presentation

Professional Competence

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Professional Competence

  2. The “Competent” Worker • What characteristics would you look for in identifying a “competent” human service worker or chemical dependency counselor?”

  3. Counselor Competence • Focuses on two aspects of professional practice: * Quality of services provided * Boundary or scope of professional activity • Is the professional trained, experienced, and licensed appropriately to treat?

  4. Counselor Competence • Capable of performing minimum quality of service • Quality of service provided is clearly within the limits of her or his training,experience, and practice as defined in professional standards or regulatory statutes (Cottone; Tarvydas).

  5. Being a Competent Counselor • Knowing one’s limitations • Licensing and certification • Continuing education • Self-monitoring * Values conflict * Countertransference * Counselor impairment

  6. Being a Competent Counselor • Knowing when to refer • Getting proper supervision • Consultation and collaboration • Formal peer review • Counselor training • The incompetent counselor

  7. When to make a referral: • Competency issues • Personal or counter transference issues • Values conflicts • As part of ongoing care for client (aftercare) • Formal versus informal

  8. How to make a referral: • Is it necessary? Why are you making the referral? Are there other options? What’s in the best interest of the client? • Consultation with supervisor • Be well versed with agency policy and procedure regarding referral • Be well versed with community resources • Communicate necessity with client-validate his or her feelings regarding the referral

  9. How to make a referral: • With formal referrals there is the need for signed consent of release of information (protection of client confidentiality) • Contacting the new referral source • Possible need for a session or two with the new worker/counselor and referring counselor

More Related