Continuing Education & Professional Development
The Ethics of Social Work Supervision
Despite the current ethical “buzz” that permeates the social work profession, minimal attention has been directed to ethical conduct in the supervisory process. Social work supervision presents unique challenges to both the practitioner and the supervisor. This workshop will focus on prevalent ethical issues inherent in the provision of supervision; among them, due process and evaluation, informed consent and confidentiality, dual relationships, competence and direct and vicarious liability. Resolution strategies to address inevitable ethical dilemmas will also be addressed.
Objectives: Participants will: 1) be able to describe the most common ethical issues in the supervisory process; 2) obtain a working knowledge of supervision guidelines promulgated by the profession; and 3) develop strategies to aid social work supervisors to negotiate the complexities of the ethical dilemmas faced in providing supervision.
Fee: $125.00
Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008
Time: 9:30am–3:30pm
Instructor(s): Phyllis Black PhD, ACSW, LSW and Christina Gigler, MSW, LSW
Phyllis Black, PhD, ACSW, LSW is Professor and Director of the Lehigh Valley Program of Marywood University School of Social Work in Center Valley, PA. A co-author of a teaching resource on ethical issues in social work, Dr. Black has conducted research in the area of professional ethics and is a frequent presenter on this topic.
Christina Gigler, MSW, LSW is on the faculty of Marywood University School of Social Work.