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AgendaEthics and Boundaries 2019-21: The Ethical Use of PowerSeptember 11, 202012:30-4:30 PM Location: VirtualTrainer: Mark MorrisonWorker PowerWorker Power as an Ethical IssueBreak Client Perception of Worker PowerBreakClient PowerPower for Social ChangeUsing Power EffectivelyTraining DescriptionSocial Workers have expertise, information, access to resources, as well as the weight of the “system” within which they work. How they use that power, how they respond to clients who are frightened because of the power the Social Workers have, will impact outcomes for children and families. How do we empower, strengthen self-determination and demonstrate genuine respect for the powerless unless we understand personal power? Clients have power and if social workers aren’t thinking about that, they aren’t maximizing the resources they bring to the change process.This course is designed to help participants identify power, theirs and their clients. This includes positional, personal and cultural power. Participants will explore why it is critical to deal with the initial fears so characteristic of most clients as well as how to minimize those fears. Participants will work together, within the context of the NASW Code of Ethics, to develop strategies for addressing client fears about worker power, especially at initial encounters. They will learn about using “power with” rather than “power over” (Dumbrill). Learning Objectives Upon completion of this course, participants will have a basic understanding of:The micro and macro power that workers bring to the change process that includes: ?Positional power: legitimate, reward, coercive and informational Personal power: expert and referent Cultural power: explicit and implicit The power that clients bring to the change process. ?How clients react to worker power.The ethical context within which power is used in the change process.How to use power more effectively.Trainer Mark Morrison holds a bachelors and Master degree in Social Work (Carroll University and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). Additionally, he has an additional year of graduate work in theology while attending McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. Since his graduation in 1982 (MSW), he has served in all elements of the human service arena. This includes volunteer service, private not-for-profit and for-profit agencies and, public human services (county based systems of care). As a clinician, Mr. Morrison has expertise in providing care for sexual assault survivors (child and adult), adult and adolescent sexual offenders, adults with major mental illness, developmentally disabled and the ‘walking wounded’. He has worked in human service administration as a supervisor, Deputy Director and Director of various human service organizations. Mr. Morrison is a licensed clinical social worker and, a substance abuse counselor-in training. He has provided ongoing professional development in the area of ethics and boundaries in the past three years for human service professionals in NE Wisconsin. ................
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