Professional Practice
Professional Boundaries and Conduct
Children in residential care have often learned that adults are unsafe, and the staff who care for them hold real power in the relationship. This course sets out where professional boundaries sit across every part of the job: physical contact, money and gifts, social media, and contact after a child leaves. It also gives you a single transparency test to apply when you are unsure.
It is direct about boundary drift and how grooming actually presents in a team, and about what to do when the person you are worried about is a colleague.
At a glance
What this course covers
- Explain why boundaries matter given your position of trust, and distinguish a boundary crossing from a boundary violation.
- Apply appropriate boundaries to physical contact, money, gifts, confidentiality, dual relationships and contact after a child leaves care.
- Recognise boundary drift, over-familiarity and the signs of grooming in yourself, in colleagues and across a team.
- Raise a low-level concern or an allegation through the correct route, and explain the roles of the LADO, whistleblowing and the DBS referral duty.
Who it is for
Residential support workers, senior support workers, team leaders and Registered Managers working in children's homes.
How it works in Nest Learn
Turn professional standards into everyday practice
This course is included with over 30 others, plus the tools managers need to assign training and keep the evidence organised across every Home.