A registrant's responsibility to maintain appropriate boundaries

These behaviours build unhealthy workplace cultures leading to poor service user outcomes.

Sexual misconduct, harassment, grooming and behaviours of a sexual nature can be particularly harmful, causing serious psychological, emotional and physical harm, that can remain long after the abuse has happened.

There is always a power imbalance between a registrant and their service users.

When we are in need of care, we are vulnerable. As the professional, registrants hold the knowledge and resources that we need and that puts them in a position of power.

Crossing a professional boundary with a service user or their carer is a serious breach of that trust and an abuse of their position.

Information for registrants