Financial counsellors shall protect the client's right to
confidentiality. It is important that the counsellor ensure
that only those who actually have a need-to-know be informed
(general information is often sufficient).
Counsellors shall respect at all times, the dignity and and
integrity of the client and concentrate on his strengths.
Counsellors shall provide all military personnel and their
families with the required assistance, regardless of occupation,
rank or income.
Counsellors shall respect the client's right to determine
his own choices; the client makes the final decision.
Counsellors shall ensure that all financial assessments are
fair and objective and shall act in the best interest of thier
clients and shall place the interest of the clients above
their own.
Counsellors shall respect the rights and interests of third
parties and ensure that their interests are not being violated.
Counsellors shall limit counselling to financial matters.
The counsellor shall refer non-financial problems to the appropriate
professionals. In extreme cases, such as when a client poses
a danger to himself and/or to others, the counsellor shall
remain with the client until the assigned professional has
taken over. The counsellor shall monitor, generally, during
three to six months, the progress made by the clients referred
to a social worker, the padre, etc.
