“Is Legal Always Ethical?” Anti-Racist Social Work In The Context Of Capitalist Systems on May 6 and May 20

How do we resist oppression and work towards liberation for ourselves and the people we serve? As social service providers, this question can feel like a conundrum as we acknowledge the influence of white supremacy culture on organizations and institutions that we work with and within, as well as the ongoing harm that is perpetrated by institutional racism, sexism, classism, ableism, and heterosexism. The Socal Social Work Women’s Council invites you to “Is Legal Always Ethical?” Anti-Racist Social Work In The Context Of Capitalist Systems on May 6 and May 20.

COURSE CONTENT:

This two-session virtual conference will focus on practical and theoretical ways we work towards changes in organizations and public policies while facing the reality of the capitalist systems we live and work in.

Session 1 will focus on organizational change, moving from a white supremacy cultural frame as the basis of service design and delivery, to one which is anti-racist and advances principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Session 2 will focus on the child welfare system and the ways in which it serves as a family policing/regulation system. Participants will learn about the history of America’s child welfare system and how it interacts with race, class, social policy, and other legal systems.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Increase awareness of the role and influence of white supremacy culture in the design of programs and organizations that serve marginalized and underprivileged communities and the challenges that social workers experience within capitalist systems;
• Understand the differences between child welfare system reform and child welfare system abolition and apply these frameworks to current policy issues, such as blind removal, mandated reporting, resource family approval, and prevention and reunification services; 
• Provide an opportunity to examine strategies to transform individual practice and social work institutions to implement racial justice;
• Gain practical knowledge as social workers about how to make changes within oppressive systems.

CE INFORMATION:

This course is provided by the SoCal Social Work Women’s Council, CAMFT Provider #146765. This course offers two sessions of three (3) hours each and meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. SoCal Social Work Women’s Council is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for individuals who possess a License in Clinical Social work or License in Marriage and Family Therapy. The SoCal Social Work Women’s Council maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Increase awareness of the role of structural racism in the delivery of social work services. The SoCal Social Work Women’s Council maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Increase awareness of the role of structural racism in the delivery of social work services.

CE PROCESS INFO:

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend “live” (in real-time) to earn CE credits.

Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized “attendee dashboard” link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go “attendee dashboard”, you will be able to:

• Complete evaluation forms for the event
• Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go process, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com Please Note: Emails for this event will come from “support@ce-go.com”. Please make sure to check your spam/junk folder in case those emails get “stuck”. We’d also suggest “whitelisting” support@ce-go.com. This tells your email client that you know this sender and trust them, which will keep emails from this contact at the top of your inbox and out of the junk folder.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

This course is intended to provide education to social service providers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, Professional Clinical Counselors, or Associates, Interns or Trainees working toward those licenses.

GRIEVANCE POLICY:

If a grievance arises pertaining to continuing education activities or processes, please contact us via confidential email to socalwomenscouncil1@gmail.com as soon as possible, so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion.

HOW TO REQUEST ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISABILITY:

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law; please indicate your special needs when you register by sending an email to support@ce-go.com or by calling us at 888 498 5578. Accommodation requests can be made directly to the event organizers prior to the event. In the event reasonable accommodations cannot be made, attendees will be refunded the full cost of course.

REFUND POLICY:

Refunds available upon request less $1.00 processing fee. No refunds are available after the event takes place.

If you have any questions about the content or licensure please email us at socalwomenscouncil1@gmail.com