The purpose of the Register
of Pathwork Helpers as
implemented in the initial launch phase is to provide a public listing of all
accredited Pathwork Helpers and Apprentices in the US and Canada.
The Register acts as a public professional register, publicly
certifying each person listed as being accredited in one of the above two Register
categories and being in good standing. The
Register also has a publicity function and publicizes the practices of
those listed in the Register. For
privacy reasons, each person listed in the Register can restrict the
amount of information that appears in his/her entry in the Register.
The
Register is in two parts. Part 1 includes entries for Pathwork Helpers and Apprentices who are
willing to receive inquiries from potential workers. This Part is designed to facilitate searching by potential
workers seeking Helpers and Apprentices to work with.
Part 2 contains entries for other qualified
Pathwork Helpers and Apprentice Helpers who do not wish to receive inquiries
from potential workers. Listing
these Helpers and Apprentices in a separate part shields them from unwanted
inquiries. Part 2 includes
Helpers who have temporarily closed their practices (e.g. for health or family
reasons) and Helpers with non-traditional practices. Non-traditional practices include work in prisons, palliative care, and
in non-profit, educational, governmental, political, and commercial bodies.
The entries in both parts are in
alphabetical order within state/province. This arrangement helps prospective workers to search the
Register
for their closest Helpers and Apprentices. To assist the publicity function of the
Register, each
Registrant has the option of providing a limited amount of text in his/her own
words. An 80 word limit is set
for this purpose. While those listed might like to have a more generous limit,
the need to provide printed versions of the Register to people not on
the Internet necessitates limiting the size of the Register. The need to limit
Register length also applies to the web
version of the Register, since the longer each entry is, the more web
storage space is used, and the more users have to scroll when they search the Register.
The publicity function of the
Register
will also be enhanced by separate indexes. Examples of possible indexes are: (a) An index recording the names and
links to all the active Helpers who are willing to work in specific languages
other than English, e.g. Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Arabic,
Hebrew; (b) An index recording the names of active Helpers who are willing to
work at a distance using (for example) a combination of telephone and email.
The
Register will initially be
mounted on the PHANA web site, with links from the Pathwork Foundation web
site and other Pathwork web sites. Following
a development period, the Register may be transferred to the Foundation
site.
Latest Revision: March 1/02
