Practice Guidelines for Rehabilitation Counsellors in Ontario

These practice guidelines for the Canadian Association of Rehabilitation
Professionals, Ontario Inc., have been developed as performance standards
for rehabilitation counsellors. Applying these standards within your
counselling practise has several benefits. They will enable you to provide
the best possible services to people with disabilities or disadvantages.
These guidelines will also assist the public, government, customers and
other health care professionals to understand the profession of
rehabilitation counselling.
Practice Guidelines for Rehabilitation Counsellors in Ontario  


Why Regulate Rehabilitation Counsellors?

A brochure outlining the reasons for regulating Rehabilitation Counsellors,
an important goal of CARP Ontario.
Regulation Brochure   



Code of Ethics (A CARP National Document)

The Rehabilitation Professional's primary responsibility is to his/her
client. A client is defined as a person with a disability in receipt of the
rehabilitation professional's services. Persons with disabilities include
persons who have limitations in life functioning as a result of conditions
such as sensory impairments, mental Illness, developmental disabilities,
learning disabilities, chemical dependencies, and/or physical disabilities.
The Code of Ethics and Standards is the mechanism by which the public is
protected in the delivery of services.
The Code of Ethics and Standards consists of both a general Standard of
Conduct and more specific Rules of Conduct subsumed under each Standard.
Standards, in essence, set the goals; rules enable the meeting of these
Standards in specific circumstances.
Link to CARP National Code of Ethics