Dates Times
25 June 2026 10am - 1pm Virtual
8 October 2026 10am - 1pm Virtual

Price: £125 +VAT

  • Training type: Virtual

As social housing providers, many of our customers are vulnerable with support needs, and housing professionals need the skills and behaviours to be able to respond appropriately. But in a fast-paced environment, with often stretched resources, staff can sometimes face the blurred line of where their remit should start and end.

In this interactive online session, we will explore individual challenges with maintaining professional boundaries. We will also consider how the often blurred line, can vary from one person to the next and from one role to the next.

What will I learn?

From this training, you'll learn:

  • Explore boundary theory and how to apply this to your job role
  • Understand why having boundaries makes everybody safe
  • Explore and define the limits of your role and know the importance of having a clear remit
  • Why not having clear professional boundaries can lead to complaints, performance and accountability issues
  • Understand banter in the workplace and how this can impact on professional boundaries
  • How to assist colleagues who experience challenges in maintaining boundaries and how to create feedback mechanisms
  • How to tactfully, but assertively, communicate boundaries and professional remit with customers.

Who should attend?

This course is for frontline housing professionals working for housing associations, housing cooperatives, charities and other organisations.

Benefits of attending

This course is particularly beneficial for frontline housing professionals working with tenants and service users, particularly those who are vulnerable.

How to book your place

You can book your place by selecting 'Pay now' at the top of this page and completing our online application form. You will need to sign in or create a 'My CIH' account. You can find instructions below.

Before booking, please ensure you have your payment details to hand, and a PO number if your organisation is paying for your training.

Creating a My CIH account

To apply for this training course you will need to register for a My CIH account.

To create your account, visit My CIH page and click the 'Sign up now' link to follow the steps to create your account. You can read our step-by-step guide to creating an account.

If you already have a My CIH account, just follow the sign in by entering your email address and password as usual.

Are you having trouble logging in or creating your account? Please read our step-by-step guide or call our membership services team on 024 7685 1700 or email membership.services@cih.org.

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