ALL MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY SHAI’S CODE OF PRACTICE
SHAI Professional Code of Practice
A code of ethics is a set of guidelines which governs the professional conduct of any member of an Association. It is set down by the professional association for their members.
SHAI Code of Ethics and Practice
This code of Ethics and Practice is designed to encourage integrity and responsibility. All members must abide by and uphold this Code of Practice.
- Any advertising you undertake in relation to your professional activities must be accurate.
- Advertisements must not be misleading, false, unfair or exaggerated.
- You must not claim that your personal skills, equipment or facilities are better than anyone else’s
Members Must
- Be respectful and courteous to each other.
- Keep confidential all that is experienced and shared in their therapy sessions.
- Take responsibility for the relationship they have with their client and fellow practitioners and professionals and ensure that the trust placed in them is upheld.
- Recognize their own limitations and seek help from those with greater skills and experience where required.
- Maintain suitable working conditions and ensure that the environment is safe and meets applicable regulations.
- Ascertain, whenever necessary, that clients have sought medical advice where appropriate and advising, where appropriate, that they do so.
- Hold professional indemnity/therapy insurance.
Members are Forbidden to:
- Use titles or descriptions for themselves or their treatment that may mislead the public – either as a student and/or as a professional Practitioner.
- Give or offer any other form of treatment or therapy than that which is stated or agreed with the client in advance.
- Falsify documents or client notes.
- Exploit a client in any way whatsoever.
- Discriminate on any grounds including of gender, race, religious belief, political persuasion, age or disability
- Before giving treatments, students and Practitioners must always explain to a client on their first visit how they will give the treatment, how it is generally experienced and what the client may expect.
- Never diagnose a condition or guarantee, promise, claim, imply a cure unless you are qualified to do so.
While Giving Treatments Therapists Must Always
- Behave with decorum, propriety and common decency.
- Respect the client’s wishes at all times.
- Respect the views and beliefs of the client.
- Have an additional adult present when giving a treatment to a child under 16 years of age.
- Never give a medical diagnosis to a client either as a student or as a professional Practitioner.
- Never advise or recommend that a client undergo a particular form of treatment (e.g. an operation or course of drugs) or interfere with the medical advice or treatment which the patient is receiving.
- Always follow instructions in a referral letter from a doctor or medical professional.
- Never have a third party present without the client’s specific consent.
CONTINUAL PROFESSIONAL/PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD)
A good Sound Healing Therapist will always be growing and learning. As a member of SHAI you undertake to make a commitment to CPD.
This learning and spiritual growth may be gained through further experience and education in the field of Sound Healing or any holistic/medical/scientific/musical training that supports your skills as a Sound Healing Therapist.
Suggestions for your CPD
- Staying up to date: It is vital to keep up to date with current developments. Training is one way of doing this, as is regular practice.
- Planning: It is important for the Practitioner to plan their own professional development – this can be done formally through training and informally through activities they arrange themselves.
- Keeping A Professional Portfolio: Keeping a record of all professional/personal development activities. It is a record/journal of what you do that contributes to remaining up to date with developments in your field, and includes both formal and informal learning.
- Client Care & Professionalism: It will lead to the Practitioner being more educated and skilled and thus allows them to provide an improved service.
- Professional Conduct: Professionalism means providing a service that clients’ are willing to put their trust in.