March 19, 2020 — Social workers are well trained to be transformational leaders. As professionals we are taught to identify the needed change, create the vision, inspire and guide others to work toward that change.
Social workers are consistently faced with ethical dilemmas in practice. This session is a small-group discussion on ethics and the struggles that social work practitioners are experiencing.
Participants bring their diverse experiences and perspectives to an intensive, interactive exploration of an ethical scenario.
An informative and engaging session of dementia training to support you in your professional practice and in your personal life.
The purpose of the workshop is to build trauma awareness by reviewing common definitions, types, and impacts of trauma as well as exploring research. The workshop will explore the key principles of trauma informed care and how they can be applied to generalist social work settings. The sessions will also review how social workers are impacted by trauma and how to mitigate the effects of working in trauma exposed environments.
Social workers and helping professionals know so much about burn-out and compassion fatigue. This is a workshop on how to heal oneself from workplace impacts.
This workshop will outline the difference between Basic Income and current systems. Social workers will be introduced to contrasting Basic Income models, using the NSCSW code of ethics as a guideline.
Social workers are consistently faced with ethical dilemmas in practice. This train-the-trainer session is a small-group discussion on ethics and the struggles that social work practitioners are experiencing.
This session is an opportunity to improve collaboration between social workers in mental health services and private practice, and social workers in child protection. Front-line child protection workers will increase their understanding of common mental health issues, and counselling practitioners will gain insight into child protection practices, proirities, systems and challenges. Workshop participants will explore… Read more »
The workshop will explore concepts of professional resistance and tools and practices to utilize a social justice anti-oppressive lens with large systems.
This workshop will explore how social workers are impacted by trauma, and how to mitigate the effects of working in trauma exposed environments.
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