Professional Responsibilities & Ethics Flashcards
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A CIP notices signs of compassion fatigue affecting their clinical judgment. What is the most professionally responsible action?
Answer: Seek supervision, reduce caseload if necessary, and engage in self-care
Recognizing and proactively addressing compassion fatigue through supervision and self-care is an ethical obligation to protect client welfare and maintain professional competence.
When is it ethically permissible for a CIP to breach client confidentiality without client consent?
Answer: When the client poses a credible, imminent danger to themselves or an identifiable third party
The duty to warn and protect allows confidentiality to be breached when there is a credible, imminent threat of harm to the client or an identifiable third party.
A CIP who is in personal recovery is asked by a client whether they have struggled with addiction. How should the CIP handle this self-disclosure question?
Answer: Use clinical judgment to determine if limited disclosure would benefit the client
Self-disclosure decisions should be guided by whether the disclosure would therapeutically benefit the client, not by the professional's personal comfort or the client's curiosity.
What does the ARISE intervention model emphasize regarding the family's role in the intervention process?
Answer: The family system is engaged compassionately and gradually without ambush tactics
The ARISE model uses a compassionate, non-confrontational approach that engages the family system gradually and collaboratively to motivate treatment.
Which of the following scenarios represents a clear conflict of interest for a CIP?
Answer: Referring clients exclusively to a facility where the CIP receives a financial referral fee
Receiving financial compensation for referrals creates a direct conflict of interest that compromises the CIP's ability to recommend treatment based solely on client welfare.
A CIP is hired by a corporation to conduct an intervention on an employee. Who is the CIP's primary client?
Answer: The identified person who is the subject of the intervention
Regardless of who pays for services, the person who is the subject of the intervention is the primary client, and their welfare must guide all professional decisions.
What is the CIP's ethical responsibility when a family insists on including an intervention participant who may be volatile and increase safety risks?
Answer: Assess the risk carefully and work with the family to make evidence-based safety decisions
The CIP has an ethical duty to assess and address safety risks, and must use professional judgment to guide the family's decision-making rather than simply following family preferences.