Code Of Ethics for Certified Peer Supporters
Peer Supporters are committed to facilitating personal, social and economic independence for people with disabilities. Peer Supporters recognize the importance of this Code Of Ethics and commit to these standards being rigorously enforced.
- The primary responsibility of Peer Supporters is to help people with disabilities advocate for their own needs, wants and goals. Peer Supporters will be guided by the principle of self-determination for all.
- Peer Supporters will maintain high standards of personal conduct.
- Peer Supporters will, at all times, respect the rights and dignity of those they serve.
- Peer Supporters will not practice, condone, facilitate or collaborate in any form of discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, marital status, political belief, mental or physical disability or any other preference or personal characteristic, condition or state.
- Peer Supporters will respect the privacy and confidentiality of those they serve.
- Peer Supporters will advocate for the full integration of people with disabilities into the communities of their choice and will promote the inherent value of these individuals to those communities. Peer Supporters will be directed by the knowledge that all individuals have the right to live in the least restrictive and least intrusive environment.
- Peer Supporters will not enter into dual relationships or commitments that conflict with the interests of those they serve.
- Peer Supporters will never engage in sexual or intimate activities with those they serve.
- Peer Supporters will remain current in their knowledge of self-determination and the disability community.
- Peer Supporters will not accept gifts of significant value from those they serve.