Ethics and Boundaries: Things That Make You Go Hmm…Boundaries, Barriers, and Shame, Oh My!

NASW Virginia

June 14, 1:15-5:30 p.m. ET.
Dana Johnson, instructor, 4 CEs, including 4 ethics CEs. Registration deadline: June 12. This is the second in a three-training “Ethics Fridays” series (each stand-alone) in June. Registration can still be done June 13 if you email professionaldevelopment.naswva@socialworkers.org.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the importance of client/patient rights above and beyond the rights of social work practitioners and the agencies they represent.
2. Examine the nine professional boundaries and explore how these impact ethical decision making and the relationship with clients and colleagues.
3. Discover the concepts of shame and vulnerability and how these interact with our personal social work practice and when determining how to best approach ethical decisions.
4. Identify personal examples of professional social work ethical dilemmas, boundary-crossing, and blurring that have negatively impacted your practice and discover the lessons learned.
5. Understand and apply the Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, and our ethical principles when boundaries when confronting ethical challenges by co-workers using the Nine-Step Ethical Decision-Making Model.

NASW Member, $80. Nonmember, $104. Register here.