The following workshops in the WVU Division of Social Work Fall Program
are approved for SW ethics - send in your registration today to reserve
your spot!

More information and registration form attached.

Know the Code:  Using the Code of Ethics in Your Daily Practice
October 15, 2009, 9am-12pm, WVU – Eastern Division, Robert C. Byrd
Health Sciences Center, Large Classroom, Martinsburg, WV
Anita Rozas, ACSW, LCSW-C, Social Work Supervisor, North Branch
Correctional Institution
CEU’s: 3 Social Work hours (Approved for 3 SW ethics hours)
Registration Fee: $35 (Early bird rate of $31.50 by September 25,
2009)

This workshop will provide an overview of the NASW Code of Ethics  and
how to use it to make practice decisions.  This course is designed to
enhance participant’s ability to utilize the written code by applying
it to sample situations as well as real life examples shared by
participants.  An Ethical Principle Screen will also be presented to
further clarify ethical dilemmas.

Presenting and Designing Workshops: Let’s Demystify the Process and
Re-energize Your Practice! 
October 23, 2009, 9am-4pm, Mountain State University, Carter Hall, Room
307, Beckley, WV
Chatman Neely, LCSW, ACSW, PhD Candidate, Senior Lecturer, Wheeling MSW
Site Coordinator, WVU Division of Social Work and Jacki Englehardt, MSW,
ACSW, Coordinator of Professional & Community Education, WVU Division of
Social Work
CEUs: 6 Social Work hours (Approved for 2 SW ethics hours)
Registration Fee: $65 (Early bird rate of $58.50 by October 2, 2009)

Learn how to capture your social work practice experience and wisdom
and package it for a workshop or in-service training.  We will discuss
what social workers are looking for, agency needs, and current trends in
social work continuing education.  Presentation tips related to
accommodating different learning styles, the expectations and needs of
adult learners, and other “tricks of the trade” will be covered. 
Sharing your expertise and presenting a professional workshop doesn't
only promote the integrity of the social work profession but it also
relates directly to the NASW Code of Ethics description of the social
workers’ ethical responsibilities to the social work community. You
will leave this workshop with a well organized plan for submitting a
professional development proposal that represents your work in a
mindful, educational and stimulating way!

Burn Out and Compassion Fatigue:  Are you a Fried Social Worker©? 
November 10, 2009, 1-4pm, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Room
4020, Charleston, WV
Jennifer Powell, MSW, LGSW, JD, Assistant Dean, WVU College of Law;
Assistant Adjunct Professor, WVU Division of Social Work and WVU
Division of Sociology
CEU’s: 3 Social Work hours (Approved for 2 SW ethics hours)
Registration Fee: $35 (Early bird rate of $31.50 by October 23, 2009

Are you a Fried Social Worker©?  As the website
www.friedsocialworker.com suggests, many social workers are suffering
from burn out.  Further, many articles have begun to address the
secondary trauma or compassion fatigue that helping professionals
experience in their day to day work with trauma survivors and with other
emotionally difficult cases.  In this workshop, we will define burnout,
assess your level of burnout and discuss why social workers are
susceptible to burnout.  We will compare and discuss compassion fatigue
and discuss what types of social workers may be subject to it.  We will
identify strategies for self care and strategies for remedying distress
for individual social workers, strengthening workplaces to avoid burning
out employees, and review proactive strategies that the social work
profession can and should engage in to prevent and remedy burn out and
compassion fatigue. We will also identify our legal and ethical
obligations to identify burnout and compassion fatigue in ourselves and
in others and learn the risks of practicing as or with burnt out and
fatigued colleagues.  

Legal Issues for Social Workers
December 9, 2009, 9am-5pm, National Resource Center for Coal and Energy
(NRCCE) Building, Room 101, WVU Evensdale Campus, Morgantown, WV
Jennifer Powell, MSW, LGSW, JD, Assistant Dean, WVU College of Law;
Assistant Adjunct Professor, WVU Division of Social Work and WVU
Division of Sociology
CEU’s: 7 Social Work hours (Approved for 7 SW ethics hours)
Registration Fee: $75 (Early bird rate $67.50 by November 18, 2009)

This workshop will help any licensed social worker understand the legal
issues surrounding social worker malpractice and ethics complaints in
West Virginia. Social workers will learn the specific West Virginia laws
that govern their practice and will learn the various types of legal
proceedings that social workers may be involved in regarding their own
practice. They will also learn why social workers get sued and what they
can do to minimize their risk of being named in a malpractice action or
ethics complaint.  






Jacki Englehardt, MSW, ACSW
Coordinator of Professional and Community Education
Division of Social Work
West Virginia University
PO Box 6830
Morgantown, WV 26506

304-293-3501, ext. 3109
fax:  304-293-5936
cell: 304-282-0321
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WVU Division of Social Work Website:  http://socialwork.wvu.edu