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Info below and attached.  Registration form is on last page of
brochure.

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)
Target Audience:  All levels of practitioners

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.  

Learning Objectives:  At the conclusion of the workshop, participants
will be able to identify and review the statutory and regulatory
guidelines that govern social work practice in WV; identify and
understand the consequences of the legal proceedings that social workers
may be involved in, including administrative proceedings in front of the
Board of Social Work examiners, civil liability and professional
malpractice lawsuits, and criminal proceedings; review the NASW Code of
Ethics as it influences ethics proceedings and malpractice actions;
learn common reasons why social workers get sued or brought up on ethics
charges and how to minimize the likelihood that will happen to them;
review some of the common legal issues that face social workers' clients
and review common legal proceedings that social workers may have to
participate in; and review and learn tips for improving your skill in
testifying in a legal proceeding


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

phone: 304-293-3280
fax:  304-293-5936
cell: 304-282-0321
Summer Institute on Aging Website:  www.wvsioa.org
WVU Division of Social Work Website:  http://socialwork.wvu.edu