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 Social Media Guidelines and Support Workers' Ethics: The Trend of Not Buying Things for Clients In the world of support work, ethics and boundaries are crucial. With the rise of social media, there's been an increasing trend among support workers to refrain from buying items for their clients. The reasoning behind this trend is well-founded: it aims to maintain professional boundaries, prevent any misunderstandings, and avoid the potential for dependency. However, this approach isn't without its challenges, especially when it comes to items that a support worker might be getting rid of or no longer needs. #### The Ethics Behind Not Buying Items for Clients Support workers are in a unique position where their role often blurs the line between professional and personal relationships. Buying items for a client can create an imbalance of power, where the client may feel indebted or the support worker may feel an obligation to continue providing. This can lead to complications,...

  Disclaimer – That these are my own lived experiences and understanding from the research that  I do around the NDIS and health-related topics please be aware that it is informational only and not to be used as a substitute for professional advice or working with a Planner, Disability Advocacy service or talking to your Medical and Allied Health team.      So this is a continuation of disability and ethics in disability service providers, I found that I needed to go back and seek out the very basics around this to educate myself on this as well.   As, unfortunately, ethics can be a tricky subject when it comes to disability because personal ethics play a role as well, and personal ethics vary from person to person and the training from disability service providers varies from person to person and organization to organization as well as having a good framework that they work from.   A good ethical framework is one that everyone from the boss down is aw...