CODE OF ETHICS OF AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT OTHER COMPETENCIES

COUNSELORS WHERE COUNSELORS WORK THAT APPLY TO THE

As in all prodessionals practices in
appliedsocial sciences concelors must
observe confidentiality at all times. Without
confidentialty clients cannot trust the
counsellors and therefore make the
profession impossible to practice.
Councelors must not expose anything they
hear from their clients in the process of
caring for them.The code of ethics also
states the counsellors live and work in
accordance with the professional standards
of conduct set forth of practice of guidance
and counceling.They should not do harm to
their clients. They should be people of high
moral standing.
Principle 1:Respect for the rights and dignity
of the clients
* Guidance counsellors honour and
promote the fundamental rights, moral and
cultural values, dignity and worth
of clients. They respect clients' rights to
privacy, confidentiality, self-determination
and autonomy, consistent with the law.
Principle 2:Competence
Principle 3:Responsibility
Principle 4:integrity
Counselors are practically found in BROADER COUNSELING
all spheres of human development
transitions and caregiving. Peterson and WORK
Nesenholz (1987) identified 11 major areas: Eggan (2002) calls them the three
1.Child development and counselling stage theory of counselling and marks out
2.Adolescent development and counselling three broad competencies for a councelors
3.Gerontology (the aged) that includes:
4.Marital relationship counselling
5.Health Stage1: What’s going on? This involves
6.Career/Lifestyle helping clients to clarify the key issues
7.College and University calling for change
8.Drugs
9.Consultation Stage 2: What solutions make sense for
10.Business and Industry me? This involves helping clients
11.Other specialties determines outcomes.
CULLEY AND BOND (2004) Stage 3: What do I have to do to get what I
need or want? This involves helping clients
FOUNDATION SKILLS develop strategies for accomplishing goals
1.Attending and listening .
Refer active listening, which means
listening with purpose and responding in
such a way tht clients are aware that they
both them heard and understood.
2.Reflective Skills
Capture what the clients is saying
and plays it back to them-but in councelors
own words. The key kills are restating
paraphrasing and summarizing for instance
the councelors may begin with, “Did you
mean to say…?”
3.Probing Skills
These skills facilitate going deeper
asking more directed or leading a
questions.
Roles of Guidance Counselors CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Counseling is a process and a FOR COUNSELORS
relationship between the clients and THE ROLES AND
counselor. The role of the counsellor is to It covers corporate environment in
assist the person in realizing a change in human resources departments, school
student services departments academe,
PROFFESSIONS OF
behavioral or attitude to assist them to seek
NGO’s, court,detentions and prison
achievement of goals,assist them to find
help, and in some cases , the role of settings. COUNSELORS TO THE
1.Education and school counselors
counsellors includeshe teaching of social
skills, effevtive communication , spiritual 2.Vocational or career counselors GRADE 11 & 12
guidance, decision-making and career 3.Marriage and family counselors
choices. 4.Addictions and behavioral counselors
5.Menatal Health counselors
CORE COMPETENCIES FOR 6.Rehabilitation counselors
GUIDANCE COUNSELORS 7.Genetics counsellors
1.Demonstrates knowledge of content and
pedagogy RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES
a. Applies all components of a AND ACCOUNTABILITIES OF
standards-aligned system when
planning for guidance services COUNSELORS
2. Demonstrates knowledge of students As state registered and licensed
a. Focuses on the needs of diverse professionals, counselors are protected.
learners and considers student They are governed by scientific theories,
developmental characteristics, interests, practices and processes as well as
strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles professional standards and ethics. They
3. Selects appropriate guidance goals are responsible for the practice of their
a. Sets high expectations and professions in accordance with their
appropriate goals for all students and mandates and professionals guidelines and
provides the guidance services needed for ethics.
students to meet established expectations
4. Demonstrates knowledge of resources
b. Maintains a comprehensive list of
referral services..
5. Designs effective counseling experiences
to meet the needs of diverse learners that
align with guidance goals, are data driven,
sequential, coherent, and meaningful Ugpo, John Wyll I.
6. Assesses student needs
a. Plans for the administration of HUMSS 12-B
standardized tests.