This training satisfies Maryland ethics requirements for social workers. 3 category 1 CEUs, live, interactive, zoom based training.

Ethical issues are interwoven in behavioral health interventions, relationships, and evidence-based practice. To fully understand and navigate the complicated ethical issues in behavioral practice it is often necessary to practice risk management strategies. Many ethical violations do not fall in the category of egregious and deliberate—yet still these violations impact the clients, the agency, the licensee, and the profession. This workshop will explore lessons learned for anticipating and preventing ethical violations.

Objectives: Participants will:

1. Identify the governing bodies, statutes and regulations, and national standards that inform effective and ethical social work practice.

2. Examine the most common ethical licensing violations to identify potential areas of professional risk.

3. Explore the use of statute and regulations, which govern social work practice, with special attention to the legal requirements for professional conduct and the function served by an ethical code.

4. Identify risk management strategies and describe steps necessary to anticipate and address challenges in social work practice.

About the Presenter

Gisele Ferretto, MSW, LCSW-C, Clinical Instructor at University of Maryland School of Social Work has over 35 years of social work experience in both clinical and macro practice areas. Her areas of expertise include: policy and leadership development, field education, child welfare practice, professional ethics, confidentiality, and curriculum development.

Currently, Ms. Ferretto is the Manager for Field Education Training for the Office of Field Education. In addition, she supports the instruction of students in the Title IV-E Education for Public Child Welfare and promise Heights Program. Her work at the SSW over the past 22 years includes administrative positions in the Office of Field Education, Title IV-E Education for Public Child Welfare Program, Child Welfare Academy, and Social Work Community Outreach Service (SWCOS).

Prior to coming to the SSW she served as administrator at the Maryland Department of Human Resources for 11 years in the following programs: Child Protective Services, Office of Equal Opportunity, and Office of Staff Development and Training. Many key policy initiatives developed by Ms. Ferretto are still in effect and address the following topic areas: mental injury; fair hearing process; screening of child maltreatment; confidentiality; risk and safety assessment; child abuse and neglect prevention and services; family violence; and sexual harassment prevention.

*Continuing Education Information

Rathbone & Associates is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs and maintains full responsibility for the programs and their content. These trainings qualify for Category I continuing education units. Please contact your state board for verification of reciprocity with other states and professions. In order to receive a certificate, registrants must attend the entire session.

Rathbone & Associates is a sponsor of continuing education credits for psychologists in Maryland under the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Rathbone & Associates maintains responsibility for the program content.

Risk Management Strategies for Ethical Practice: Lessons Learned