Webinar Description:

HSABC’s Workplace Boundaries webinar explores the role boundaries play in creating safe, ethical, and sustainable service relationships with people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness as well as creating a foundation for boundaries for interpersonal relationships between staff, supervisors and volunteers.

The session examines why boundaries matter, the real-world challenges staff face in setting and maintaining them, and how unclear boundaries can impact both workers and clients.

Participants will engage in discussion around common boundary scenarios, including personal disclosure, relationships outside of work, dual relationships, gift-giving and receiving, and conflicts of interest. This interactive webinar encourages questions, reflection, and practical conversation grounded in frontline realities.

Instructor: Kennedy Lewis

Instructor Bio: Kennedy Lewis is a trauma therapist with a Master’s in Counselling from the University of Victoria, currently practising in Vancouver, BC. Alongside her private practice, she founded Extraordinary Workers to support frontline staff working in trauma-exposed environments. Drawing on her experience as a former support worker, Kennedy identified gaps in meaningful, relevant care and developed programming that centres worker sustainability and solidarity. Now in its third year, Extraordinary Workers engages support workers across British Columbia through workshops, groups, and trainings in a range of community settings. Kennedy approaches resilience by examining how workplace systems can better mitigate the impacts of trauma exposure, believing that when workers are properly supported, they are able to stay in their roles longer and build the stable, healing relationships clients need most.