Monday, 18 August 2025
Privacy and Confidentiality
A review of the responsibilities and legal obligations for the pastoral care of students and the provision of confidential counselling services. You will examine the responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of a student where there is purported conflict between:
- Counsellor/student privilege
- A student’s right to privacy
- The pastoral care responsibilities of the school
Scenarios and the consequential learnings will be shared when a student is receiving counselling but the counsellor objects to disclosing sensitive information on the basis of professional privilege.
Presented by Shaun Brookes, Special Counsel, Buddle Findlay
Learning Objectives:
- Understand legal obligations relating to privacy and pastoral care
- Identify how to manage confidentiality conflicts in school counselling
*Original Content was created in November 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 PLD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Jenny Corlet, Guidance Counsellor, Waitaki Girls High School
Presenters
Jenny Corlet, Guidance Counsellor, Waitaki Girls High SchoolJenny Corlet is currently the Guidance Counsellor at Waitaki Girls’ High School, Oamaru , North Otago. Jenny previously worked for seven years at Aurora College, which is a co-educational Year 7 -13 high school in South Invercargill. Jenny belongs to the New Association of Counsellors and is Massey trained with a Master of Counselling. Before training to be a counsellor, Jenny worked in primary education as a teacher and had a year relieving as a RTLB, which led her to be interested in working with families and youth. With 17 years experience as a Guidance Counsellor, Jenny has multiple experiences working with at-risk youth and families. Jenny is currently on the North Otago Oranga Tamariki - Te Ara Tika panel.
Shaun Brookes, Special Counsel, Buddle Findlay
Shaun specialises in employment law, industrial relations, and health and safety, as well as dispute resolution and general litigation. He advises clients on a wide range of employment matters, including terminations, bullying, redundancy and restructuring, Holiday Act entitlements, and industrial relations. He regularly provides training and seminars on health and safety, employment, and privacy topics. Shaun also represents a number of councils on regulatory enforcement and prosecutions. He advises clients on health and safety matters and has experience with WorkSafe investigations and prosecutions. He is an experienced litigator and appears in the Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court, the District Court and High Court, and at mediation on behalf of clients.
