Ethics and law
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Ethics in practice: A guide for counsellors
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Dewey Number: 174 ETHPublication Date: 2011Not available as an ebook.
eBooks
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Counselling skills and theory (4th Edition)
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Dewey Number: eBookPublication Date: 2014Chapter 9: Ethical considerations -
Boundaries, power and ethical responsibility in counselling and psychotherapy
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Boundary issues in counseling: Multiple roles and responsibilities
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Publication Date: 2014Chapter 9: Boundary issues in school counseling
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Counselling and the law: A New Zealand guide byDewey Number: 344.03106 LUDPublication Date: 2012Not available as an ebook
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New Zealand Legislation This link opens in a new window
Includes free access to New Zealand Acts (laws), Regulations and Bills.
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Health and Disability CommissionerHealth & Disability Commissioner website has information on the HDC Code and the complaints process. Click on Search to search decisions and case notes of complaints via health professionals or healthcare setting.
- Privacy Act 2020
- Privacy Act 2020 and the Privacy Principles
- How does the Privacy Act deal with children and teenagers?
- Health Information Privacy Code 2020
- Human Rights Act 1993
- Rights of Children and Young People
- New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
- Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 Children’s and Young People’s Well-being Act 1989
- Children’s Act 2014
- Overview of anti-discrimination laws
- Ministry of Health - Information sharing guidance for health professionals from 1 July 2019
This is a practical guide for health professionals to support decision making regarding the sharing of information. From 1 July 2019 new information sharing provisions in the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 and the Family Violence Act 2018 will enhance sharing of information between agencies.
- Oranga Tamariki: Ministry for Children: Working with children
Resources include:
Information sharing
Requirements of the Children's Act 2014 - Child protection policy: Requirements for court appointed counsellors
Ministry of Justice factsheet.
- Ministry of Education:Child Protection
- WellStop: Check Sexual Abuse & Resources tab
- Ethical and legal considerations when counselling children and families
- Navigating ethical dilemmas in child sexual assault counselling and the legal System.
- Walking a tightrope: A balancing act by school counsellors
Explores the dilemma that many school counselors face in what to do when clients report harm or abuse and the threshold of 'imminent harm' is not met. Looks at the current legal and ethical requirements of client privilege. Introduces the concept of 'relative autonomy' of the counsellor in relation to their clients. Discusses collaborative approaches to informing others about harm when doing so could be helpful or is required.
Guidelines
- Penina uliuli: Contemporary challenges in mental health for Pacific Peoples by by Philip Culbertson et al.
Dewey Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2007
Chapter 1: Supporting the Wellbeing of Pasifika Youth
Pacific social work by Jioji Ravulo; Tracie Mafile'o; Donald Bruce Yeates
Publication Date: 2019
Print copy located on the shelves at 361.3 PAC
Journal articles
- Pacific counsellors’ use of indigenous values, proverbs, metaphors, symbols, and stories in their counselling practices by Sarah McRobie and Margaret Agee
- Counselling psychology from a Samoan perspective by Byron Malaela Sotiata Seiuli
Guidelines
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