BACP Ethical Framework for the
Counselling Professions correctly
answered to pass
in terms of commitment to clients, how are clients put first? - correct answer ✔✔- making clients our
primary concern while we are working with them
- providing an appropriate standard of service to our clients
in terms of commitment to clients, how are professional standards kept? - correct answer ✔✔- working
within our competence
- keeping our skills and knowledge up to date
- collaborating with colleagues to improve the quality of what is being offered to clients
- ensuring that our wellbeing is sufficient to sustain the quality of the work
- keeping accurate and appropriate records
in terms of commitment to clients, how is respect shown? - correct answer ✔✔- valuing each client as a
unique person
- protecting client confidentiality and privacy
- agreeing with clients on how we will work together
- working in partnership with clients
in terms of commitment to clients, how is an appropriate relationship with clients built? - correct answer
✔✔- communicating clearly what clients have a right to expect from us
- communicating any benefits, costs, and commitments that clients may reasonably expect
- respecting the boundaries between our work with clients and what lies outside that work
- not exploiting or abusing clients
- listening out for how clients experience our working together
, in terms of commitment to clients, how is integrity maintained? - correct answer ✔✔- being honest
about the work
- communicating our qualifications, experience and working methods accurately
- working ethically and with careful consideration of how we fulfil our legal obligations
in terms of commitment to clients, how are accountability and candour demonstrated? - correct answer
✔✔- being willing to discuss with clients openly and honestly any known risks involved in the work, and
how best to work towards our clients' desired outcomes by communicating any benefits, costs and
commitments that clients may reasonably expect
- ensuring that clients are promptly informed about anything that has occurred which places the client at
risk of harm or causes harm in our work together, whether or not clients are aware of it, and quickly
taking action to limit or repair any harm as far as possible
- reviewing our work with clients in supervision
- monitoring how clients experience our work together and the effects of our work with them
what are BACP ethics based on? - correct answer ✔✔our ethics are based on values, principles and
personal moral qualities that underpin and inform the interpretation and application of our commitment
to clients and good practice
why are values useful? - correct answer ✔✔values are a useful way of expressing general ethical
commitments that underpin the purpose and goals of our actions
what do the fundamental values include a commitment to? - correct answer ✔✔- respecting human
rights and dignity
- alleviating symptoms of personal distress and suffering
- enhancing people's wellbeing and capabilities
- improving the quality of relationships between people
- increasing personal resilience and effectiveness
- facilitating a sense of self that is meaningful to the person concerned within their personal and cultural
context
- appreciating the variety of human experience and culture
- protecting the safety of clients
- ensuring the integrity of practitioner-client relationships
Counselling Professions correctly
answered to pass
in terms of commitment to clients, how are clients put first? - correct answer ✔✔- making clients our
primary concern while we are working with them
- providing an appropriate standard of service to our clients
in terms of commitment to clients, how are professional standards kept? - correct answer ✔✔- working
within our competence
- keeping our skills and knowledge up to date
- collaborating with colleagues to improve the quality of what is being offered to clients
- ensuring that our wellbeing is sufficient to sustain the quality of the work
- keeping accurate and appropriate records
in terms of commitment to clients, how is respect shown? - correct answer ✔✔- valuing each client as a
unique person
- protecting client confidentiality and privacy
- agreeing with clients on how we will work together
- working in partnership with clients
in terms of commitment to clients, how is an appropriate relationship with clients built? - correct answer
✔✔- communicating clearly what clients have a right to expect from us
- communicating any benefits, costs, and commitments that clients may reasonably expect
- respecting the boundaries between our work with clients and what lies outside that work
- not exploiting or abusing clients
- listening out for how clients experience our working together
, in terms of commitment to clients, how is integrity maintained? - correct answer ✔✔- being honest
about the work
- communicating our qualifications, experience and working methods accurately
- working ethically and with careful consideration of how we fulfil our legal obligations
in terms of commitment to clients, how are accountability and candour demonstrated? - correct answer
✔✔- being willing to discuss with clients openly and honestly any known risks involved in the work, and
how best to work towards our clients' desired outcomes by communicating any benefits, costs and
commitments that clients may reasonably expect
- ensuring that clients are promptly informed about anything that has occurred which places the client at
risk of harm or causes harm in our work together, whether or not clients are aware of it, and quickly
taking action to limit or repair any harm as far as possible
- reviewing our work with clients in supervision
- monitoring how clients experience our work together and the effects of our work with them
what are BACP ethics based on? - correct answer ✔✔our ethics are based on values, principles and
personal moral qualities that underpin and inform the interpretation and application of our commitment
to clients and good practice
why are values useful? - correct answer ✔✔values are a useful way of expressing general ethical
commitments that underpin the purpose and goals of our actions
what do the fundamental values include a commitment to? - correct answer ✔✔- respecting human
rights and dignity
- alleviating symptoms of personal distress and suffering
- enhancing people's wellbeing and capabilities
- improving the quality of relationships between people
- increasing personal resilience and effectiveness
- facilitating a sense of self that is meaningful to the person concerned within their personal and cultural
context
- appreciating the variety of human experience and culture
- protecting the safety of clients
- ensuring the integrity of practitioner-client relationships
