Ethics & Professional Standards
Ethics & Professional Standards Services
Have an ethical or professional dilemma?
Need to consult with professionals regarding options?
Ethical dilemmas, revisions and professional standards are all around us these days… from our political leaders in Washington D.C. to our own profession of counseling. Assistance with these issues is at hand. An ACA member receives as a benefit FREE confidential ethical/professional standards consultation five days a week between 8:30 and 4:30 EST. Most inquiries are answered within 24 hours (it may take up to three business days during very busy times, or when inquiries require specific research). The Professional Affairs staff values the opportunity to provide you with this much needed service. Professional assistance is only an e-mail/letter and phone call away. Contact ACA Ethics and Professional Standards Department at 1-800-347-6647, ext. 314 or e-mail: ethics@counseling.org.
ACA is currently seeking a full time Director, Ethics & Professional Standards to work at our Headquarters office in Alexandria, VA. Responsibilities include serving as ACA’s Ethics Officer and providing ethics consultation on the ACA Code of Ethics, directing and monitoring the ethical adjudication process, advising and assisting the Chair or Co-Chairs of ACA’s Ethics Committee as appropriate, maintaining accurate and appropriate records, serving as the central resource for inquiries related to state licensure and developing materials to assist counselors in the advocacy of the counseling profession. Requirements include a graduate degree in counseling (state license and/or national certification a plus), experience as a practitioner and an identity as a professional counselor.
Publications/presentations in the area of ethics and professional standards are a plus. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of the 2005 ACA Code of Ethics plus knowledge of professional counseling, licensure and reimbursement issues. You will also possess an ability and interest in helping professional counselors from all specialties and have excellent written and verbal skills, along with superior organizational abilities.
Send
- letter of application
- vita
- complete contact information of three references
- salary history
to
Cindy Welch, ACA Chief of Staff
5999 Stevenson Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22304
cwelch@counseling.org
fax 703-823-0953
Background checks are required. ACA is an AA/EOE organization and encourages minorities and women to apply.
2005 ACA Code of Ethics.
2005 ACA Code of Ethics (PDF)
Highlights of the ACA Code of Ethics
To cite the ACA Code of Ethics as a resource for an academic work, use:
"American Counseling Association (2005). ACA Code of Ethics. Alexandria, VA: Author."
Note: The 2005 code supercedes the previous 1995 version. If you wish to view the older version for comparison purposes, you may do so here. (PDF)
The New ACA Code of Ethics
David Kaplan, PhD
(6) Hour Course
A major revision of the ACA Code of Ethics was completed in October of 2005 and contains significant changes that will impact professional counselors across all settings and specialties. This course highlights new ethical imperatives in the 2005 ACA ethical code in such areas as confidentiality, dual relationships, multiculturalism and diversity, technology, recordkeeping, diagnosis, end-of-life care, and the selection of interventions. More details...
Ethics Update
(Ten Interviews highlighting major changes in the revised code of ethics)
More Ethics Resources
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