BACP is running a workshop in Belfast on 26th October 2010 that will cover practical issues about law as it relates to therapy practice and some of the major issues in managing ethical practice within the law.  The sessions in the workshop address issues relevant to work in a wide variety of settings including:

• Agencies
• Non-Governmental Organisations
• Government Organisations, including Social Services and Education
• National Health Service, e.g. GP practices, Hospitals and  Primary Care
• Private practice

Legal topics addressed in the workshop include:

• Duty of Care and Negligence
• Contracts and legal claims
• Insurance
• Premises
• Setting up in business
• Working from home
• Criminal activity
• Employment

… and more

The workshop offers a mixture of discussion, case studies and practical exercises. We encourage participants to bring anonymised examples of legal issues and dilemmas from their existing practice.

The workshop is based upon the book Essential Law for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by Barbara Mitchels and Tim Bond published by Sage and BACP. The ISBN is 9781848 608863 (paperback). A hardcover version is also available. See http://www.sagepub.co.uk/books. Copies of the book will be included in the workshop fee, if booked more than eight weeks prior to the workshop.

To download a brochure for this workshop, please click the link below.