Category: LGBTQI, Best Practices, Clinical ... (show more) Category: LGBTQI, Best Practices, Clinical, Diversity / Social & Cultural Competence, Mental Health, Trauma (show less)

This 3.5 hour ethics training will focus upon increasing knowledge, encouraging a welcoming attitude/space, and improving skills for direct service involvement with LGBTQ+ persons across the age span while also supporting social workers in discerning the boundaries of their own personal values and professional ethics in a climate that has changed dramatically in six months. There will be opportunities for discussion in pairs, small and large groups. A google drive resource folder link will be made available for participants; and to participate the expectation will be for the camera to remain on to receive CEU credit.  

Identified Goals:
1. Increase Knowledge on LGBTQ Target Populations, particularly the Transgender/Gender Expansive Community so that the Social Workers may better serve the LGBTQ Persons
2. Encourage Welcoming Attitude through enhancing cultural relation by providing education/insight on microaggressions frequently experienced within the LGBTQ community, particularly the Transgender/Gender Expansive Community.
3. Improve Skills for Direct Involvement with the LGBTQ persons, particularly the Transgender/Gender Expansive Community so that services may be more effectively delivered in promoting amicable relationships and ensuring positive service delivery.
4. Cultivate Personal Ethical Reflection for social workers to balance their personal beliefs within their professional ethics and employer legal requirements.

Areas of Focus within the Training
There will be time for discussion in pairs, small, and large group
1. Ethics: A Review of What Our Profession Requires in conversation with Personal Values
a. Subsection includes Myths/Facts
2. The Danger Zone: Binary Opposition, Microaggressions, & Intersectionality
3. The Role of Compassion: Names, Pronouns, and Safe Enough Space