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| 6 | 7- The Child's Best Interest
The Child's Best Interest
This workshop will focus on best practices for clinicians working with children whose parents are experiencing a contentious divorce. There will be an overview of the court process and your role, do's and don'ts in your preparation and presentation in court, and a discussion of the collaborative process between the clinician and the attorney.
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13- “Overworked and Stretched Thin”: Burnout and Systemic Failure in Social Work
“Overworked and Stretched Thin”: Burnout and Systemic Failure in Social Work
Social work is inarguably rife with significant challenges, including burnout and vicarious trauma. Burnout is often perpetuated by delegitimizing, abusive institutions and systems, with myriad negative consequences for practitioners and the profession in general. While individual self-care practices are an essential component of practitioners’ longevity toolkits, this session will explore the concept of radical self-care, or the reprioritizing of personal well-being and the disruption of delegitimizing, draining systemic and institutional contexts. Specifically, this workshop will offer a critical appraisal of the policies and practices that imperil social worker well-being across practice settings. Additionally, this session will embolden participants to engage in radical and collective forms of self-care, with a keen eye toward challenging the systemic and institutional perpetuators of burnout.
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| 20 | 21- Got Millennials? The Sustainable Workforce of the Future
Got Millennials? The Sustainable Workforce of the Future
A decade ago, researchers predicted that millennials would comprise 75% of the workforce by 2025 (Fuller,2023). As predicted, the Baby Boomers are entering retirement at record speed, leaving millennials to make up most of the current workforce. In response, social work organizations are taking on an entirely new cultural design. The famous cliché “out with the old and in with the new” in context realistically describes where the social work profession currently finds itself. Now is the time for social work leaders to dive into new opportunities to transform their organizations through meaningful digital content development to embrace and retain their millennial staff. For the sake of the health and survival of social work organizations everywhere, leaders must consider moving on to new opportunities to redesign the existing organizational culture. A deeper understanding of the millennials' behavior will be presented to help the managers adapt their practices and expectations. Want to attract, retain, and motivate millennials? Research-based recommendations will be presented to help managers be successful with the millennials. They are not going anywhere. They are here to entrench your workforce.
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| 22 | 23- Termination Ethics Forum
Termination Ethics Forum
The forum will explore the different types of termination within the clinical setting, as well as, preparing for the ending of work with a client. During a planned termination a variety of behaviors and emotions resurface and clinicians must skillfully navigate the changes that this phase of clinical work elicits. After the mini-presentation, participants will discuss case scenarios where ethical dilemmas are confronted.
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27- Self-Care in Social Work: A Person-in-Environment Approach to Managing Occupational Stress and Burnout
Self-Care in Social Work: A Person-in-Environment Approach to Managing Occupational Stress and Burnout
This webinar presents an approach to self-care that goes beyond cliched self-help advice. It assumes both a micro and macro approach to preventing stress-related conditions, including vicarious trauma and burnout. The presentation will provide an overview of the impact of chronic stress, the origins of the concept of self-care, and culturally-relevant approaches to furthering wellness, including radical and decolonized self-care. On a micro level, it offers in-depth coverage of personal strategies for managing stress that incorporate a cognitive-coping framework as it relates to self-assessment, self-regulation, and self-efficacy. On a macro-level, it discusses organizational strategies for furthering workplace wellness, including the management of mismatch between personal and organizational culture, supervision that supports self-care, and agency policies and practices that contribute to the psychological safety and well-being of diverse employees. It concludes with a note of hope for social workers and agencies embracing the ethical imperative to further self-care in social work.
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| 28- Social Workers’ Role in Addressing Harmful Substance Use
Social Workers’ Role in Addressing Harmful Substance Use
Join us for an insightful webinar on the vital role social workers can play in addressing harmful substance use. This webinar highlights the vital role social workers can play in addressing harmful substance use, particularly for those with mild to moderate substance use disorders (SUDs).
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- Ethics & Boundaries Webinar: Ethics, Boundaries, and Technology in a Post-Covid World
Ethics & Boundaries Webinar: Ethics, Boundaries, and Technology in a Post-Covid World
The effects of technology on social work practice since the onset of the pandemic have been enormous. Out of necessity, many providers rushed to adopt technology-assisted practices in an effort to continue to provide care to those in need. What have we learned from these practice changes? Are the 2018 changes to the Social Work Code of Ethics adequate to address modern practice challenges? This workshop will explore these critical questions and will also examine some of the specific boundary-related issues that arise in technology-assisted practice. In addition, as the evidence mounts regarding the harmful effects of technology on mental health, relationships, and community wellbeing, we will ask critical questions regarding the role of our profession in addressing these concerns.
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- Social Workers’ Role in Addressing Harmful Substance Use
Social Workers’ Role in Addressing Harmful Substance Use
Join us for an insightful webinar on the vital role social workers can play in addressing harmful substance use. This webinar highlights the vital role social workers can play in addressing harmful substance use, particularly for those with mild to moderate substance use disorders (SUDs).
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| 29- Professional Boundaries with Dr Frederic Reamer
Professional Boundaries with Dr Frederic Reamer
Social workers frequently encounter complex ethical challenges involving boundaries and dual relationships. Examples include navigating relationships with clients when practitioners live and work in small or rural communities; managing practitioner self-disclosure; managing friendships and social contact with current and former clients; managing favors, gifts, and invitations; hiring of former clients; and managing online and social networking relationships and communications, among others. Using extensive case material, Dr. Frederic Reamer will acquaint participants with a typology of boundary issues and dual relationships.
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| 30 | 31- Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management Webinar
Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management Webinar
The Washington State House passed the Matt Adler Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management Training Act of 2012 on February 10th, 2012. This act adds a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW and requires initial and on-going training in suicide prevention for Chemical Dependency Professionals, Licensed Social Workers and other professions. In the Surgeon General’s 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action she emphasized the importance of instituting “training for all health, mental health, substance abuse and human services professionals concerning suicide risk assessment and recognition, treatment, management, and aftercare interventions.”
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- NASW-NH JEDI Conference
- Ethics & Boundaries Webinar: Ethics and Boundaries of Supervision: A Model of Supervision, model of ethical decision-making and contemporary issues in supervision
Ethics & Boundaries Webinar: Ethics and Boundaries of Supervision: A Model of Supervision, model of ethical decision-making and contemporary issues in supervision
A review of the NASW-ASWB best practice standards in social work supervision along with two ethical frameworks Congress 2000 and Reamer 2018 will provide practitioners with best practice guidelines to use in everyday practice while providing supervision and helping manage ethical dilemmas. Presenters will review recent history impacting current and prospective social workers in the U.S., including the 2020-2021 pandemic, school shootings, increased mental health issues, economic uncertainty, political discord, and global conflict. This review will be discussed to help promote resiliency and strength-based approaches to supervision with social work employees and students in field placement, including those with mental health and neurodivergent learning needs.
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| 3 | 4- Chat Bots and AI Image Generators: Practical Tools for Today’s Social Work Practice
Chat Bots and AI Image Generators: Practical Tools for Today’s Social Work Practice
In this dynamic and interactive webinar, participants will explore the burgeoning field of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), focusing on its practical applications and ethical considerations within social work. We will delve into the use of conversational AI tools like ChatGPT as a consultative tool for social workers, explore how visual AI tools like Midjourney and Dalle can be utilized to create therapeutic materials and resources, and do a deep dive into the use of GAI to reshape professional development. Furthermore, we will examine the ethical dimensions of employing GAI for drafting progress notes and designing personalized treatment plans, ensuring fidelity to professional standards and client confidentiality. Participants will have access to handouts, references and resources, and live demonstrations of GAI tools in action.
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| 5- An Introduction to Internal Family Systems
An Introduction to Internal Family Systems
In the midst of stress and chaos sometimes we are advised to just start by doing one thing: drink more water. Or, we want to make a change but we don't. We want to be more healthy and we can't even do the simplest thing: drink more water. This workshop will help bring a new understanding to why we do the things we do by teaching the components of the IFS model, such as multiplicity of personality and the Authentic Self.
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- Ethics & Boundaries Webinar: The Rise and Fall of Self Disclosure
Ethics & Boundaries Webinar: The Rise and Fall of Self Disclosure
In my tenure within the field of Social Work the pendulum viewpoint on self-disclosure has swayed from agency to agency and throughout the years.
Self-disclosure: Never? Sometimes? When? How?
It all seems so gray when navigating client benefit vs risk, along with our own internal needs. As a social work professional in long term recovery, I have witnessed harmful self-disclosure and I have also seen the beautiful space for change it can cultivate. We will explore the when, how and why of self-disclosure and navigate the power of using our own stories in creating connections and space for therapeutic change.
- Virtual Career Fair
Virtual Career Fair
Calling all job seekers! Don’t miss NASW’s highly anticipated free Virtual Career Fair on February 5, 2025, from 10 AM to 4 PM ET. This is your opportunity to connect with top employers and recruiters looking to fill social work roles—all from the convenience of your home or office. Whether you’re ready to take the next step in your career or explore new possibilities, this event is designed to help you succeed. Register now!
| 6 | 7- Diversity, Equity, and Social Work: Continual Improvement Webinar
- Social Work Licensure Exam Prep Workshop
Social Work Licensure Exam Prep Workshop
Includes 6 months of free access to ExamPrepConnect, a robust study portal of resources and additional coaching such as practice exams, full exam guides ($129.99 value!), study games, discussion forum, training recordings, interactive flash cards, test-taking tips, and much more.
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- Ethics and Best Practices: Artificial Intelligence and Social Work Education
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