Remote Learning: Managing Professional Boundaries - helping professionals to deal with boundary issues as they arise.

Date: 14 and 15 January 2021

Time: 09.30 – 12.30 (GMT+1) each day

With many of us working from home, personal and professional boundaries may become blurred so managing your professional boundaries has never been more important. This programme is designed to provide an overview of boundaries and the many ways in which they can be encountered and managed. There is a strong emphasis on practical examples of boundary issues throughout the programme and there will be examples of best practice in relation to boundaries offered throughout the training. 

The training will be delivered using the free Zoom remote conferencing platform: The course will allow you to interact with the trainer and other participants in a virtual classroom where, in addition to the workshop content, there will be time built in for live discussions, question & answer sessions and skills practice. You can access the course wherever you have an internet connection; on a desktop, tablet or even a smartphone.

The course is highly interactive with some group exercises and scenarios and is aimed at participants who wish to underpin and strengthen their existing knowledge around boundaries. There will be an element of self-care covered in the programme. Above all this workshop is a practical application of relevant theory and practice in relation to boundaries.

This workshop is open to individuals and can also be delivered as in-house training to groups of employees.

Members of The Psychological Society of Ireland and The Addiction Counsellors of Ireland (ACI) can earn Learning credits/CPD points for particpating in this workshop.

"Liam was an excellent facilitator, there was enough content on the topic but was also very relevant to my line of work. Given that it was 6 hours of training over two days it didn’t feel long or dragged out. Liam made the learning fun with the group work and exercises."

Lorraine Dempsey, Aster Family Support

November 2020

Programme Duration

One full day.

Learning Outcomes

The aim of this training programme is to enable participants to:

• Become aware of the importance of managing boundaries.
• Define what are good/bad boundaries.
• To highlight some of the areas where boundaries may become blurred and ways of proactively dealing with these.
• To identify where a person’s boundaries are not clear and appropriate responses to this.
• Define a “best practice” approach to managing boundaries.
• Understand the need to have an effective framework in relation to managing boundaries, i.e. confidentiality, duty of care, consent to share information, children etc.
• Manage professional boundaries, i.e. record keeping, ethical boundaries etc.
• Manage personal boundaries, i.e. self‐disclosure, use of supervision.

Programme Content

Participants will receive links to supporting documentation and a copy of the presentation slides by email which will help them to develop their understanding of boundaries appropriate to this level. Over the two half days, learners will have the opportunity to discuss and explore issues relating to boundaries and the ways in which they have encountered this as an issue in their work. There will be the opportunity over the training to allow participants to experience “real” situations and scenarios to transfer the theory of the course into practice.

The methodology used in this training will be a combination of the following:

1. Participative: The participants will be asked to contribute to the training both in the large group and also in smaller ones. There will be a number of exercises throughout the training that are designed for the group to be split up into smaller groups.
2. Experiential: The training will allow participants to contribute by using examples of anonymous clients that they have worked with or are currently working with in relation to managing boundaries.
3. Theory into practice: The training will allow some role‐plays that will encourage participants to put the theory of managing boundaries into practice.
4. Information giving: A copy of the presentation and information on relevant reading that will be emailed to each participant.
5. Worker led: The training will be flexible to the needs of the group.

Suitable for: 

Psychologists, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Nurse Practitioners, Youth Workers, Social Care Workers or any profession where managing boundaries are important.  

Connect with Your Trainer

The Learning Curve Institute will distribute a unique pre-course questionnaire to each participant in order to ensure the training meets the needs of everyone taking part and is tailored to the appropriate level, while also covering specific situations or scenarios as highlighted by the group.

The Learning Curve Institute also offers a bespoke post course support system whereby participants are provided with the contact details of the trainer and are free to contact them with any questions they may have.

Programme Certification

Participants will each receive a Certificate of Completion in "Managing Professional Boundaries" from The Learning Curve Institute.

People like what we do

"I enjoyed the day.  Trainer was very informative, didn't feel the time going and content was educational and specific to my role". David Boyle, May 2019

 14 and 15 January 2021
 09.30 - 12.30 (GMT+1) each day
 Remote Learning
 €125.00

https://www.thelearningcurve.ie/online-learning/remote-learning-managing-professional-boundaries