1. 1 MHS 5340 Foundations of Career Development James P. Sampson, Jr. Florida State University Ethical Issues and Credentialing in Designing and Delivering Career Resources and Services

2. 2 Ethical Concerns Competence & Training –Ineffective career counseling: Test & tell (& point) Counselors should not practice beyond their limits of competence, which comes from: –Training –Supervised experience

3. 3 Legislation Title law - title is legally protected Practice law - regardless of title, if you perform a service, you must work within the limits of your training and supervised experience and be appropriately credentialed

4. 4 Credentialing Designed to protect the public from incompetent practitioners –Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) –Training –Supervised experience –Exam (NCE)

5. 5 Credentialing NCE has 8 basic content areas Study guide available through NBCC NCE is counselor license exam for 29 states (each state sets its own passing score)

6. 6 Credentialing National certification - by organizations Licensure - by state Registration - similar to licensure in some states License is a must, certification provides geographic mobility

7. 7 Credentialing Purpose is to protect the public as opposed to a union designed to protect the workers Not all certification organizations are credible Public is generally unaware of credentialing Good credentialing organizations will have continuing education requirements and an exam

8. 8 Ethical Concerns Conflicts of interest –Third-party conflicts Who is the client? National Defense Education Act –Value conflicts client wants to enter military against counselor’s judgment –Confidentiality

9. 9 Ethical Concerns Remedy ethical problems with: –Awareness –Informed consent Without informed consent: –Clients may have unrealistic expectations –If you get sued, you lose (even if you win)

10. For Additional Information www.career.fsu.edu/techcenter/ Thank You

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