Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Ethics for Behavioral Health Professionals
Ethical practice is of critical importance for all practitioners in social work, counseling, psychology, peer, and chemical addictions disciplines. Yet the competing needs of self-determination and evidence-based practice implementation, social justice and management of resources, and consumer-direction and safety sometimes collide in practice, and ethical dilemmas need to be resolved. Through this training, a process for understanding our professional ethical codes, licensure expectations, and methods to resolve ethical conflicts in micro, mezzo, and macro practice will be reviewed. A case-based approach will allow practitioners to practice ethical resolution methods for policies and practices both.
- Theories and concepts of human behavior in the social environment.
- Social work practice, knowledge and skills.
- Social work research, program evaluation, or practice evaluation.
- Social work agency management or administration.
- Social work ethics and standards of professional practice.
- Participants will learn specific changes in ethical practice related to telehealth and use of digital practice tools
- Participants will identify the steps needed for levels of licensure and certification in Michigan for behavioral health professions
- Participants will complete ethical process steps using cases to incorporate specific aspects of ethical codes
- Participants will delineate five components needed in supervision contracts and tasks
Jennifer Harrison
PhD, LMSW, CAADC
Jennifer Harrison, PhD, LMSW, CAADC is a social worker, chemical addictions counselor, and an associate professor and interim director for the School of Social Work at Western Michigan University. Jennifer’s clinical work focuses on individuals with co-occurring needs. Her research interests and publication record include international social justice, co-occurring needs, and peer services in behavioral health. Her teaching focuses on field education, direct social work practice, and study abroad course development and partnerships in Guatemala, India, and Mexico. She is a lead reviewer for the Michigan Fidelity Assessment and Support Team (MiFAST), providing reviews, consultations, and trainings for organizations implementing evidence-based practices throughout the state and nation. Jennifer is a co-principal investigator in two HRSA funded projects to impact the interprofessional behavioral health workforce, I-PEER and MY-PROUD, and has developed a digital application for goal attainment scaling with interprofessional colleagues in occupational therapy called Goal Scaling Solutions, Inc.
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The course gave me a better understanding of the difficulties consumers endure concerning the stigma and prejudice of dealing with a mental illness."
