{"id":37169,"date":"2023-04-19T15:09:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T20:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freestatesocialwork.com\/?p=37169"},"modified":"2024-03-04T14:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:25:59","slug":"missing-the-mark-reframing-nasws-ethical-mandate-for-self-care-as-a-social-justice-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freestatesocialwork.com\/?p=37169","title":{"rendered":"Missing the Mark? Reframing NASW’s Ethical Mandate for Self-Care as a Social Justice Issue (1 credit hour)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Program Summary: \u00a0<\/strong>This\u00a0course explores the systemic problems that contribute to stress, trauma, and burnout in the social work profession, while examining the recent addition of self-care as an ethical mandate to the revised 2021 NASW Code of Ethics. The course highlights mezzo and macro factors affecting the profession that include workforce and employment conditions such as stressful working conditions, low pay, inadequate support, heavy workloads, and poor staffing. Instead of viewing self-care as a personal responsibility of social workers, the course reframes self-care as a social justice issue.<\/p>\n

Professional self-care is paramount for competent and ethical social work practice. Professional demands, challenging workplace climates, and exposure to trauma warrant that social workers maintain personal and professional health, safety, and integrity. Social work organizations, agencies, and educational institutions are encouraged to promote organizational policies, practices, and materials to support social workers’ self-care. \u00a0(NASW Code of Ethics, 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n

This course is recommended for social workers and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice. \u00a0<\/em>This course is not recommended for NBCC ethics credit.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Book\" \u00a0Open the Course Reading Here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Course Reading: <\/strong>Missing the Mark? \u00a0Reframing NASW’s Ethical Mandate for Self-Care as a Social Justice Issue<\/p>\n

Authors:<\/strong>\u00a0 Dawn Apgar and Mackaully Parada<\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0 Advances in Social Work<\/p>\n

Course\u00a0Objectives:<\/strong>\u00a0 To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by reframing the NASW’s ethical mandate for self-care as a social justice issue.<\/p>\n

Learning Objectives: \u00a0<\/strong>Identify the systemic problems that contribute to social work stress and burnout. \u00a0Compare micro and macro remedies for social work stress and burnout. \u00a0Describe how the ethical mandate for self-care can be reframed as a social justice issue.<\/p>\n

Review our\u00a0pre-reading study guide.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t