Ethical and Professional Responsibilities Flashcards
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A peer specialist notices they are feeling burned out and increasingly cynical about their service recipients. The ethical response is to:
Answer: Seek supervision, peer support, or professional counseling for themselves
Self-care and seeking support are professional responsibilities; burnout impairs the quality of care provided.
Which scenario represents a violation of confidentiality by a peer support specialist?
Answer: Mentioning a recipient's name and situation to a friend over dinner
Disclosing identifiable information to someone outside the care team without consent is a breach of confidentiality.
Cultural humility in peer support practice primarily involves:
Answer: Recognizing the limits of one's own cultural perspective and remaining open to learning
Cultural humility is an ongoing process of self-reflection and openness rather than achieving cultural competence.
A peer specialist suspects a colleague is working while under the influence of alcohol. The best course of action is to:
Answer: Report the concern to a supervisor to ensure recipient safety
Impaired colleagues pose a safety risk; reporting to a supervisor is the ethical and professional obligation.
When a peer specialist disagrees with a service recipient's recovery goal, the ethical approach is to:
Answer: Support the individual's self-determined goal while expressing honest concerns if relevant
Peer support upholds self-determination; a peer may share honest perspective but must ultimately respect the individual's chosen direction.
Which of the following is NOT a mandatory reporting situation for a peer support specialist?
Answer: A service recipient reports past recreational drug use that has stopped
Past, resolved drug use that poses no current safety risk is not a mandatory reporting trigger.
A peer specialist's primary ethical obligation when a conflict arises between an agency policy and a service recipient's rights is to:
Answer: Advocate for the service recipient through appropriate channels
Peer specialists must advocate for recipients using internal grievance processes and, when necessary, external avenues.