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| is the corner stone of any profession and is essential if the public is to accept an individual practitioner or a professional group. |
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| Chief Among the requirements of ethical practice is the importance of standards of competency. |
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| competency statements are embedded in program accrediting standards to make certain that people who enter their professional field are competent. Plus required to take rigorous examinations prior to being licensed to practice and engage in in-service education to maintain their credentials. |
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| CACREP / Accreditation standards |
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| Ethical Principles for career counselors have been developed by: |
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| the National Career Development Association, American School Counselor Association (1998), The American Counseling Association (2005), National Board for Certified Counselors (1997b), The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (1995). |
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| Ethical principles to apply |
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| Maintains integrity of Profession, Liability Risk, Consult with peers |
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| Counseling, Coaching and Assessment |
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| Principle 1: Above All, Do No Harm- |
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| requires competence in the use of counseling techniques coaching strategies, and assessment devices. It requires counselors to provide up to date, accurate information about educational and occupational options. Plus, develop knowledge of the cultural backgrounds and worldviews of their clients and an understanding of the cultural conflicts that may occur between the client’s culture and dominant culture. |
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| Principle 2: Be Competent |
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| The acquisition of the knowledge and skills needed to be a competent practitioner is typically gainded through formal coursework and under the supervision of professionals qualified to teach the needed skills. It is important to know your limitations of skills, konwledge and abilities. |
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| Principle 3: Respect Client's Rights to Choose Their Own Directions |
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| Respect is an ethical context means respecting client's cultures, right to nondiscriminatory practice, approach to making decisions, and individualisms. Clients have the right to choose their own path. |
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| Principle 4: Honor Your Responsibilities |
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| Professionals who deliver career development services have responisbilities to their clients, professions, employers, and communities, including the laws of those communities. |
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| Principle 5: Make Accurate Public Statements |
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| Only degrees that relate to preparation for providing career development services may be used in advertisments. Statements made in interviews and press conferences should be bsed on factual information, adn facts should be clearly delineated from opinion. |
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| Principle 6: Respect Counselors and Practioners from Other Professions |
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| Career development professionals come from many subspecialities in counseling professions and other professions as well. Attacking an individual is perilous from a legal ponit of view unless there is a clear-cut eveidence that she or he is harming the public. |
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| Principle 7: Advocate for Clients in Need |
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| Advocacy is a process in which the career development professional assumes some or all of the responsibility for representing a client or group to another group, government agency, community agency, or business for the purpose of improving the client's access to resources, services or jobs. |
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| A society where the threat of lawsuits has prompted most professionals to purchase liability insurance. |
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| FERPA- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
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| Was passed in 1974 and ensured that parents have access to their children's records until they reach the age of 18, at which time the right to access the records is passed onto the students. |
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| The laws contained in some state licensing statues and as free-standing legislation provide additional protection against disclosure of sensitive information. |
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| Competencies Needed By Career Counselors: |
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1. Career Development Theory
2. Individual/Group Counseling Skills
3. Individual/Group Assessment Skills
4. Information/Resources
5. Program Management/ Implementation
6. Coaching, Consultation, and Performance Improvement
7. Diverse Populations
8. Supervision
9. Ethical/ Legal Issues
10. Research/ Evaluation
11. Technology |
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| National Career Development Association (1981) |
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| Established a certification program for career counselors as a means of recognizing individuals who meet minimum training, knowledge, and skills requirements to practice career counseling. |
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| NCDA 2001-Master Career Counseling (MCC) and Master Career Development Professional (MCDP) |
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| NCDA established these two special membership categories in 2001 to credential career development specialist. |
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| Career Development Facilitators (CDF) |
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| Started in Mid 90's at Oakland University, as a means of training specialists to facilitate career development groups, to serve as career coaches, to mentor people engaged in the job search, to coordinate career resources centers, to provide occupational information and to provide a variety of other career development services. |
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| T/F Career counseling is one of the services that Global Career Develoment Facilitators may provide if an MCC is unavailbale. |
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| T/F The ethical cannon, do no harm, refers to the ethical guideline to maintain confidentiality because of the embarrassment that may result when information falls into the wrong hands. |
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| T/F Privileged communication is a legal term that when embedded in a law, protects clients from disclosure of information by their counselors. |
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| T/F In order for a client to sue a career counselor the client must first prove that he or she has suffered some type of loss. |
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| T/F People who qualify as Master Career Development Facilitors may ethically provide career counseling. |
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| T/F The National Board for Certified Counselors created the first certification program for career counselors. |
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| T/F After a number of years of wrangling, career counselors from a number of progessional groups have agreed on a single code. |
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| T/ F The NCDA has identified 11 competencies that must be aquired prior to certification as a MCC |
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| T/F The APA code of ethics indicates that psychologist should base their practice on research, the ACA code does not contain the same suggestion. |
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| T/F Except for rehabilitaiton counselors, codes of ethics for career counseling practitioners have had no ethical guidelines pertaining to advocacy until quite recently. |
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| What is needed to qualify as a Master Career Counselor? |
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1. Be a member of the NCDA for 1 year.
2. Hold a master's degree in counseling or a closely related field, from accredited institution.
3. Complete three years of post master experience in career counseling.
4. Posess and maintain either the NCC offered by NBCC or a state level license.
5. Complete at least three credits in each of six NCDA competencies.
6. Complete a supervised practicum in career counseling during training or two years of supervised post-master's experience under a certified supervisor or licensed counseling professional.
7. Document that at least 50 percent of the current job duties are directly related to career counseling. |
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| What is needed to be a Master Career Development Professional? |
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1. Be a member of NCDA
2. Master's degree in counseling or closely related field
3. 3 years of post master's experience
4. Document that at least 50 percent of current fulltime job duties are directly related to career development. |
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