1. Professional Ethics and Self-evaluation in ministry

2. Do you … Check your Facebook (etc) in church?
‘borrow’ sweets from the youth work tuck shop?
Tell people you like the NRSV to sound academic, but secretly read the Good News
Claim you pray more than you do?
Put books in your bibliography that you’ve never seen?
Tell wee lies to be kind to one of your ‘clients’?
Exaggerate your CV experience
Tell big lies to protect yourself?
Tell clients that your employer’s theology is wrong

3. Paul’s ethical framework from yr 2
How do we make decisions (e.g. about boundaries, keeping or breaking core values)

4. Professional Ethical Frameworks
What professional framework do you work under? Code of Conduct Ethical Statements Occupational Standards Etc… How will this change next year?

5. Particular Problems 1 – clashing values
professional
organisational
personal
Personal
Professional
Organisational
May change next year working for a different organisation
Add national?
Hyperlink to ‘The Children Act’ trailer

6. Example
Can anyone share an example from their own practice where personal, professional and organisational values have clashed?

7. Particular Problems 2 - Boundary Management
Faith
Your ethos and values
Law of the land
Policy and Practice of the organisation
Your contract and job description
Resources
Your job
This is about managing boundaries – which is usually about time management, planning etc.
Does it also apply to ethics?
Is this order right?
Adapted from
Ingram & Harris (2001) Delivering Good Youth Work. London: Russel House Publishing. P. 58ff

8. Professional Boundaries
Dual-role relationships
Sercombe, H. (2010) Youth Work Ethics London: Sage, p115ff

9. Dual Relationships
“A youth worker may be the ‘closest’ person in a young person’s life. The youth work relationships is often deeply emotionally engaged; the youth worker is emotionally present. It isn’t unprofessional to love the young people you work with. On the contrary, it is precisely this kind of connection that can open possibilities for life to be different. However, this real, authentic emotional reaction to young people happens within the context of a youth work relationship, and is shaped and disciplined by that relationship.” (Sercombe 2010 p.121)

10. Managing Dual Relationships
Be clear about your role - you are a youth worker / pastor etc
Be open with peers and managers - it’s easier to be honest when everyone knows
Try to avoid working with the client alone – use your team. Are you the best person to counsel a family friend?
Explain the dual role with the client - they will understand why your behaviour may be different in context
Develop a policy or standard of working with your team - everyone is treated the same, rather than each one of you having to work it out alone.
(Sercombe 2010 p.117f)
All of this needs….Reflective practice

12. A reflective cycle is not just for college
Kolb Lewin – spiral towards a solution Green’s reflective cycle is corporate – it’s done as a group.

13. “Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.”
Thomas Jefferson
How do we know if our suggested action is right or wrong?
Where do Christians get their authority?
Scripture
Church tradition
The Holy Spirit
Each other (community)

14. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Rom 12:2)
Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. (Heb 5:13f)
What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together…Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. (1 Cor 14:26-29
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)
It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements…(Acts 15:28)

15. Self-evaluation in Ministry

16. Self-evaluation in ministry
How do you know if you are a good ‘minister’?

17. Self-evaluation in ministry
How do you know if your ministry is successful?

18. Evaluation tools

20. Professional Competence Evaluation
See also new NYA Quality Mark Standards

21. Reflective Questions

22. Self-assessment Audit

23. Funding Review

24. Rule of Life
Develop worksheet

25. Developing a Rule of Life