National Assn. of Social Workers AZ Chapter

July 17 Board of Directors Meeting

Sat, 17 Jul 2010

This meeting will include the board of directors orientation and will be an in-person meeting from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

NASW-AZ Sierra Vista Network

Thu, 22 Jul 2010

NASW-AZ Sierra Vista Network Monthly Meeting, July 22, 2010 from 12:00-1:00p.m. Brown Bag Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. Judy Pike, LCSW will present "Truth, Lies and Sex Offenders, Part I" (1 CEU) Contact: Kristine @ 520-678-9695 or write cupofjustice@yahoo.com. There is no fee for this event.

August 27 AM NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "Ethical issues and Decision-Making in Social Work"

Fri, 27 Aug 2010

9 a.m. to noon
Ethical issues and Decision-Making in Social Work
(3 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE requirement for ethics/law)

Presented by Kelly F. Jackson, MSW, PhD

Kelly is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. She earned her PhD in Social Welfare from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Kelly’s research examines the cultural identity of multi-racial people. She is also interested in developing and evaluating strengths-based interventions for multiracial and multicultural youth who are at-risk of developing psychosocial and/or health-related problems. Kelly resides in Phoenix, Arizona.

Workshop Description: This interactive workshop will discuss ethical issues in social work. Participants will examine ethical dilemmas in client-clinician relationships and discuss the importance of maintaining professional boundaries. In addition, participants will explore models used for ethical decision-making and learn strategies of how to manage dual relationships in order to protect clients and minimize risks to clinicians.

Outline of major topics to be covered:
1.    The importance of professional values and ethics in human service practice
2.    Managing dual relationships and maintaining professional boundaries
3.    Models of ethical decision-making
4.    Importance of self-care.

The cost for this event is as follows when registering online:
NASW members $55
Non-members $75
NASW Student/Retired Members $45

Mail-in fees are:
NASW members $60
Non-members $80
NASW Student/Retired Members $50

Please note that you must provide your Member ID number in the appropriate field to obtain the member price.

August 27 PM NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "Understanding and Supporting the Culture of Military and Veteran Families"

Fri, 27 Aug 2010

1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Understanding and Supporting the Culture of Military and Veteran Families
(3 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE requirement for cultural competency/diversity)

Presented by Carol Lopinski, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

Carol Lopinski works for the Child Crisis Center (CCC) and is the Director of Family Support. She has been at the forefront of AZ family support in regards to military families. She created and chairs Operation Family Support (OFS), a coalition whose mission is to strengthen military families. Carol was also NASW-AZ’s Lifetime Achievement Award Winner in 2009.

Workshop Description: This three-hour training will focus on the culture of military families and the challenges they face. Content will include the cycles of deployment; how these stages affect the military member and their family; and tools for helping children cope with the stress they experience. Meeting the unique needs of military families requires increased awareness, sensitivity and knowledge of their situations. Families gain strength when the community builds a full continuum network that addresses the emotional, financial, physical and other needs of military families on individual, community and system levels.

Sept 17 TUCSON LIVE NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "The REAL Reality Show: Critical Incidents in Clinical Supervision" 6 hour Clinical Supervision workshop

Fri, 17 Sep 2010

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The REAL Reality Show: Critical Incidents in Clinical Supervision
(6 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE’s requirement for 6 hours of clinical supervision training during subsequent licensure periods)

Presented by Robert Kafes, DCSW, ACSW, LCSW, Board Certified Diplomate

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop will be held live in Tucson's Planned Parenthood Arizona office and be broadcast live in Phoenix's Planned Parenthood Arizona office. COMPLETE THIS REGISTRATION IF YOU WILL ATTEND LIVE IN TUCSON. (Please return to the Calendar of Events and select the Phoenix registration form if you will be attending the workshop as it is broadcast at the Phoenix location.)

Robert Kafes is in private practice where he facilitates several clinical case consultation groups for psychotherapists and clinical supervisors. Former director mental health services Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault, regional director Arizona Youth Advocate Program, senior therapist and founding director, Institute of Continuing Education for Human Service Professionals, Jewish Family and Children’s Service. He teaches workshops on ethics, secondary traumatic stress and compassion fatigue, and the effects of client suicide of psychotherapists. He has received many awards, including Outstanding Teacher NASW-AZ, Governor Janet Napolitano/Attorney General Terry Goddard Award for Excellence Outstanding Sexual Assault Mental Health Professional, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center Hero in Women’s Mental Health, NASW-AZ Branch 2 and state chapter Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Workshop Description: We will all collaborate and contribute to this presentation and conversation about messy and anxiety inducing situations we confront daily in the practice of clinical supervision. We will focus on lived experiences presented by the participants who are to bring three examples of:

1.   one past or present critical incident scenario with their own current or past supervisor, administration of their organization, or external legal or regulatory body, and
2.   two past or present critical incident scenarios experienced as supervisors in relation to their supervisees.

Frank and open (and fun!) discussion of our own experiences, learning issues, transferences and countertransfences, strengths and challenges will be a vital part of our collaboration. The instructor believes that we learn mostly from our errors and that is why what we do is an art that requires continual practice and fine tuning. Safety, confidentiality and respect for each others’ perspectives will be fostered to create a positive atmosphere for learning and growth.

This workshop is designed for intermediate and advanced practitioners as a collaborative forum to process, troubleshoot, problem solve and evaluate the critical incident scenarios presented.

Learning objectives:
1.   Demonstrate effective and ineffective supervisory engagements as they relate to functions, roles and philosophies of the clinical supervisor.
2.   Increase knowledge and skills from sharing critical incidents and acquire an array of optimal and mindful responses to critical and challenging situations.
3.   Assess the complexity of the supervisory relationship within the contextual framework of best practice, professional values and ethics, organization, regulations and law, and discover means to navigate through the systems involved.

The cost for this event is as follows when registering online:
NASW members $120
Non-members $160

Mail-in fees are:
NASW members $125
Non-members $165

Please note that you must provide your Member ID number in the appropriate field to obtain the member price.

Sept 17 PHOENIX BROADCAST NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "The REAL Reality Show: Critical Incidents in Clinical Supervision" 6 hour Clinical Supervision workshop

Fri, 17 Sep 2010

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The REAL Reality Show: Critical Incidents in Clinical Supervision
(6 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE’s requirement for 6 hours of clinical supervision training during subsequent licensure periods)

Presented by Robert Kafes, DCSW, ACSW, LCSW, Board Certified Diplomate

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop will be held live in Tucson's Planned Parenthood Arizona office and be broadcast live in Phoenix's Planned Parenthood Arizona office. COMPLETE THIS REGISTRATION IF YOU WILL ATTEND THE BROADCAST OUTLET IN PHOENIX. (Please return to the Calendar of Events and select the Tucson registration form if you will be attending the workshop live in the Tucson location.)

Sept 24, 2010 Board of Directors Meeting

Fri, 24 Sep 2010

This meeting will be conducted by phone and webinar.

Oct 1 TUCSON NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "Boundary Crossings and Violations: Ethical Considerations"

Fri, 01 Oct 2010

9 a.m. to noon
Boundary Crossings and Violations: Ethical Considerations
(3 CEUs designed to meet the AZBBHE requirements for ethics/law)

Presented by Robert Kafes, DCSW, ACSW, LCSW, Board Certified Diplomate

Robert Kafes is in private practice where he facilitates several clinical case consultation groups for psychotherapists and clinical supervisors. Former director mental health services Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault, regional director Arizona Youth Advocate Program, senior therapist and founding director, Institute of Continuing Education for Human Service Professionals, Jewish Family and Children’s Service. He teaches workshops on ethics, secondary traumatic stress and compassion fatigue, and the effects of client suicide of psychotherapists. He has received many awards, including Outstanding Teacher NASW-AZ, Governor Janet Napolitano/Attorney General Terry Goddard Award for Excellence Outstanding Sexual Assault Mental Health Professional, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center Hero in Women’s Mental Health, NASW-AZ Branch 2 and state chapter Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Workshop Description: The frame for individual, couple, family, or group psychotherapy creates a potential safe space in which the confidential therapeutic process can unfold. This frame, in both organizational and private practice, represents the clinician’s code of conduct and way of doing business. It is the clinical, legal and ethical responsibility of the professional to manage the frame.

Boundaries, representing the therapist’s adherence to the frame, define the parameters of the relationship and serve as limit setting guidelines. Sometimes there are benign crossings of these boundaries by either client or therapist which extend therapeutic work in a positive direction. On the other hand, there are actions by either party that can destroy the frame, place therapy in jeopardy or end it, and do harm. These enactments are boundary violations and include the ethical breaches of betraying confidentiality, sexual misconduct and dual relationship.

Case examples will be utilized to define frame, limits, boundary awareness and enactments. I encourage frank and open conversation to illuminate erotic transference, countertransference, unprofessional conduct and the subjective world of the therapist. I believe we learn mostly from our mistakes and that psychotherapy is an art that requires continual practice and fine tuning.

Participants are to bring at least one personal experience in which boundaries are either tested, crossed or violated.

Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
1. Explain frame, boundary crossings and boundary violations.
2. Enhance clinical skills and ethical decision making as they relate to frame and boundaries.
3. Prevent therapeutic misalliances.

The cost for this event is as follows when registering online:
NASW members $55
Non-members $75
NASW Student/Retired Members $45

Mail-in fees are:
NASW members $60
Non-members $80
NASW Student/Retired Members $50

Please note that you must provide your Member ID number in the appropriate field to obtain the member price.

Oct 1 pm TUCSON NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "Implementing Father-inclusive Strategies with Low-Income and/or Native American Families"

Fri, 01 Oct 2010

1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Implementing Father-inclusive Strategies with Low-Income and/or Native American Families
(3 CEUs designed to meet AZBBHE requirement for cultural competency/diversity)

Presented by Neil Tift, M.A.

Neil Tift has served as Director of Training for three national fatherhood programs in Washington, D.C. and Mesa, AZ since 1998 and is the founding director of the Fathers Resource Center in Minneapolis. He also started Paternal Instincts, a non-profit agency that provides staff training, technical assistance and consultation to government agencies and community organizations to support the development and expansion of resources for low-income fathers and their families. For more than 20 years, he was adjunct professor of Family Studies at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, MN, teaching ethics, child psychology and human service administration. Neil is a family mediator, parent educator and men’s therapist.

Workshop Description: This workshop will offer an overview of select programs, strategies, and practices that have proven effective in recruiting and serving low-income fathers and Native American fathers, allowing them to enhance their co-parenting skills and to build healthy relationships with the mothers of their children. It will also offer practical tips for creating more father-friendly environments to increase fathers’ participation in family service delivery systems. We will develop strategies for participants to expand their capacity to meet the growing needs of this previously underserved constituency.

Oct 22 am PRESCOTT NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "Ethical Considerations in Social Work Practice: Ethical Conflict and Decision-Making Strategies"

Fri, 22 Oct 2010

9 a.m. to noon
Ethical Considerations in Social Work Practice: Ethical Conflict and Decision-Making Strategies
(3 CEUs designed to meet the AZBBHE requirements for ethics/law)

Presented by Victoria Konrath, MSW

Victoria obtained a Masters Degree in Social Work in 2006 from Arizona State University with an emphasis in forensic based social work and crisis intervention. Her interest areas also include solution-focused therapy, strengths-based approaches to intervention and gang awareness. Her undergraduate degree was obtained in Human Service from the University of Phoenix in 2002. Currently, she is a Juvenile Probation Officer for Maricopa County working in the Investigations Unit where she has worked for the past six years. Over the past nineteen years she has worked in law enforcement, adult and juvenile corrections, mental health, crisis intervention and other social work capacities. She is a member of various professional organizations, a trainer for motivational interviewing techniques.

Review the NASW code of ethics and learn how to handle ethical dilemmas in the workplace. Learn how to make decisions that minimize risks to clinicians and protect clients' rights by discussing common dilemmas experienced in this profession and recent media related to errors in ethical decision making and its result. Discuss the importance of professional values and ethics. Explore models used for ethical decision-making and examine case studies.

Outline of major topics to be covered:

I.    Review of NASW Code of ethics
II.    Models of Ethical decision making
III.    The importance of professional boundaries, ethics and values in social work

National Assn. of Social Workers AZ Chapter

July 17 Board of Directors Meeting

NASW-AZ Sierra Vista Network

August 27 AM NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "Ethical issues and Decision-Making in Social Work"

9 a.m. to noon Ethical issues and Decision-Making in Social Work (3 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE requirement for ethics/law)

Presented by Kelly F. Jackson, MSW, PhD

August 27 PM NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "Understanding and Supporting the Culture of Military and Veteran Families"

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Understanding and Supporting the Culture of Military and Veteran Families (3 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE requirement for cultural competency/diversity)

Presented by Carol Lopinski, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

Sept 17 TUCSON LIVE NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "The REAL Reality Show: Critical Incidents in Clinical Supervision" 6 hour Clinical Supervision workshop

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The REAL Reality Show: Critical Incidents in Clinical Supervision (6 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE’s requirement for 6 hours of clinical supervision training during subsequent licensure periods)

Presented by Robert Kafes, DCSW, ACSW, LCSW, Board Certified Diplomate

Sept 17 PHOENIX BROADCAST NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "The REAL Reality Show: Critical Incidents in Clinical Supervision" 6 hour Clinical Supervision workshop

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The REAL Reality Show: Critical Incidents in Clinical Supervision (6 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE’s requirement for 6 hours of clinical supervision training during subsequent licensure periods)

Presented by Robert Kafes, DCSW, ACSW, LCSW, Board Certified Diplomate

Sept 24, 2010 Board of Directors Meeting

Oct 1 TUCSON NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "Boundary Crossings and Violations: Ethical Considerations"

9 a.m. to noon Boundary Crossings and Violations: Ethical Considerations (3 CEUs designed to meet the AZBBHE requirements for ethics/law)

Presented by Robert Kafes, DCSW, ACSW, LCSW, Board Certified Diplomate

Oct 1 pm TUCSON NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "Implementing Father-inclusive Strategies with Low-Income and/or Native American Families"

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Implementing Father-inclusive Strategies with Low-Income and/or Native American Families (3 CEUs designed to meet AZBBHE requirement for cultural competency/diversity)

Presented by Neil Tift, M.A.

Oct 22 am PRESCOTT NASWAZ and ASU CE Workshop "Ethical Considerations in Social Work Practice: Ethical Conflict and Decision-Making Strategies"

9 a.m. to noon Ethical Considerations in Social Work Practice: Ethical Conflict and Decision-Making Strategies (3 CEUs designed to meet the AZBBHE requirements for ethics/law)

Presented by Victoria Konrath, MSW

9 a.m. to noon
Ethical issues and Decision-Making in Social Work
(3 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE requirement for ethics/law)

1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Understanding and Supporting the Culture of Military and Veteran Families
(3 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE requirement for cultural competency/diversity)

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The REAL Reality Show: Critical Incidents in Clinical Supervision
(6 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE’s requirement for 6 hours of clinical supervision training during subsequent licensure periods)

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The REAL Reality Show: Critical Incidents in Clinical Supervision
(6 CEUs designed to meet the AZ BBHE’s requirement for 6 hours of clinical supervision training during subsequent licensure periods)

9 a.m. to noon
Boundary Crossings and Violations: Ethical Considerations
(3 CEUs designed to meet the AZBBHE requirements for ethics/law)

1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Implementing Father-inclusive Strategies with Low-Income and/or Native American Families
(3 CEUs designed to meet AZBBHE requirement for cultural competency/diversity)

9 a.m. to noon
Ethical Considerations in Social Work Practice: Ethical Conflict and Decision-Making Strategies
(3 CEUs designed to meet the AZBBHE requirements for ethics/law)