The ability to build meaningful and trustworthy relationships with the individuals you support and care for is a vital part of your role as a care professional. However, professional boundaries are those rules and limits that prevent the lines between care professional and individuals in your care from becoming blurred.
The ability to build meaningful and trustworthy relationships with the individuals you support and care for is a vital part of your role as a care professional. However, professional boundaries are those rules and limits that prevent the lines between care professional and individuals in your care from becoming blurred.
Key objectives:
Understand what professional boundaries are in health and social care.
Be able to describe the importance of professional boundaries in health and social care.
Identify the challenges involved in your work and how they could relate to reasons for breaking professional boundaries.
Recall the major boundaries that could have implications for your practice and behaviour and how to manage them.
Be able to differentiate between a personal and a professional relationship.
Understand how communication can be easily misinterpreted and misunderstood.
Be able to evaluate and identify, using example scenarios, where professional boundaries could be broken.
