Education
Fall Virtual Events 2024 in place of in-person conference
SSWLHC is currently considering exciting options for a virtual educational event in place of an in-person conference for 2024. While we value the opportunity to come together and learn together in person, we have also heard the feedback from our members that they enjoy a balance of virtual and live trainings and events. We are also aware of the financial costs of attending live trainings where travel is involved and strive to provide cost-effective events that offer exceptional educational value. Stay tuned for more information at the end of summer regarding our fall virtual events!
SSWLHC is offering a total of 6.5 FREE ce's this fall for Members!!!
Live 2024 Webinar CE Events
Registration links are below. If you have any questions about the webinar or registration process, please email info@sswlhc.org. Registrations close the day before the event. If you are requesting CE credit, you will need to complete the evaluation sent to you after the event. If you need a refund on a program, please email info@sswlhc.org. SSWLHC is not responsible for the content of the programs, other than assuring it meets the ACE standards for CE credit.
Live CE Webinar (1CE)
Nov. 14th, 2024
1:00 – 2:00 pm (est)
“Promoting Sexual Health Knowledge and Comfort”
Free for SSWLHC Members
Please join us on Nov. 14th for a LIVE Webinar, approved for 1 CE.
Description: Many hospitals are improving their assessments of patients’ sexual health, particularly regarding distress. However, research highlights significant gaps in care for women and BIPOC communities. As social workers, we must raise awareness of oppression and diverse sexual health issues. Our commitment is to ensure access to vital information, services, and resources for all, while equipping ourselves to provide effective support. Everyone deserves access to healthy sexual health experiences. A major barrier to effective care is the lack of training for clinicians in assessing and discussing sexual health. A key goal of our webinar is to promote comfort in discussing this often-taboo topic and to enhance overall knowledge.
Presenter: Kayla Ratcliff, MSW
Registration closes on Nov. 13th.
Agenda:
1:00 – 1:15 Defining sexual health
1:15 – 1:25 Social work relevance
1:25 – 1:35 Treatments & Side Effects
1:35 – 1:50 Cultural, Social and Individual Bias Health Disparities
1:50 – 2:00 Implications Assessment and Interventions
Kayla Ratcliff is a dedicated Social Worker with over two years of specialized experience in oncology. Currently serving as an inpatient social worker on a cancer medicine service, Kayla provides essential psychosocial support, discharge planning, and collaborates within a multidisciplinary team. Her work focuses on addressing areas such as distress and sexual health, with an emphasis on improving the assessment and management of these needs in medical settings.
Kayla’s passion for education and research drives her continuous pursuit of knowledge on topics impacting her field. In her current role, she has been instrumental in precepting and onboarding new staff members, reflecting her commitment to mentorship and professional development. Recently, Kayla transitioned from the gynecology oncology service to the general cancer medicine service, expanding her expertise.
With a diverse background including child welfare, partial hospitalization, residential treatment for children, pediatric primary care, and group home settings, Kayla brings a wealth of experience to her practice. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) from the Ohio State University, where she was an ASAP candidate, and is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with a supervisory designation. Kayla initially earned her social work license in 2013 upon completing her BSW at Ohio Dominican University.
Kayla’s dedication to advancing her field through continuous learning and committed service underscores her impact on both her patients and colleagues.
To enhance knowledge on human sexual well-being and expand social work assessment skills as it pertains to sexual health issues.
To prepare social workers to recognize and identify individual and cultural biases and stigmas as it relates to sexual health perceptions, education and intervention.
To provide psycho-education to promote comfort in facilitating conversations around sexual health and expand sexual health knowledge base.
Dec. 9th Live WebinarSocial Work Burnout in this Novel Era: Where do we go from here?1:00 - 2:30 pm (est)1.5 CE
Free for SSWLHC Members
Please join us on December 9th for a LIVE Webinar, approved for 1.5 CE’s.
Presented by Derrick Kranke, PhD & Bridget Kranke, MSW, LSW
Please note that registration will close on Dec. 8th.
This course will raise awareness among social workers about burnout experienced in this postpandemic era. Presenters will utilize a combination of learning modalities, including case studies, small and large group discussion, and shared findings from the nearly 20 articles they have published since the start of the pandemic. This course will also inform attendees about how they can approach burnout moving forward.
One such approach is to reframe how the term ‘burnout’ is negatively loaded. It is the intention of this webinar to lessen the weight of the manner in which burnout is framed, and reframe it in such a way that it is more neutral. Many present and future social workers perceive burnout as an end-all to the profession. If the profession wants to retain present and future social workers, burnout must be reframed so that people recognize that people can and do recover from burnout. The focus of burnout has been on what’s lost, but there is much that can be gained from burnout, and this class strives to illustrate how that occurs.
Dec. 10th Live WebinarDomestic Violence Dynamics and Technology Enabled Abuse12:00 - 1:30 (PST) 3:00 - 4:30 (est)
Free for SSWLHC Members & Non Members!
Presented by Maríluisa Diaz
This presentation can assist in recognizing additional layers of stressors, and can help support survivors with a trauma-informed lens. We also look deeper into tech-enabled abuse, one of the newest and harmful forms of IPV. We breakdown the various components and share what to look out for in the ever-evolving world of technology
- Understand and describe program the cycle of abuse
- Identify 6-8 trauma symptoms associated with IPV
- Understand and describe how to safeguard against techabuse
Agenda will consist of a PowerPoint presentation with multimedia content on the dynamics of domestic violence/IPV. Topics range from DV statistics, family court restraining orders, red flags, barriers to leaving an abusive relationship, cultural humility, role play scenarios and helping support those who may be experiencing intimate partner violence. This presentation can assist in recognizing additional layers of stressors, and skills that can help support survivors with a trauma-informed lens. We also look deeper into tech-enabled abuse, one of the newest and harmful forms of IPV. We breakdown the various components and share what to look out for in the ever-evolving world of technology.
Maríluisa Diaz joined the CORA team in April 2017 bringing on board 14+ years of experience in the domestic violence field. She began volunteering with Sojourn Domestic Violence Services in Santa Monica, California, assisting with their then DV clinics at the Culver City Police Department and providing court accompaniment support to survivors in the Santa Monica and Downtown LA courthouses. Enthusiastic and passionate about advocating for survivors of domestic violence she continued with various advocacy roles in Northern California domestic violence agencies including the La Casa de Las Madres DVRT program which collaborated with the San Francisco Police Department’s Special Victims Unit, FVLC Family Violence Intervention Unit as a Crisis Counselor and Family and Children Services of Silicon Valley as the Domestic Violence Outreach Specialist. As the Prevention and Education Manager at CORA, Maríluisa continues that passion and commitment by working with the community to increase public awareness of domestic abuse. She believes in the importance of educating the public on the risk factors of abuse and strengthening community engagement in healthy and safe relationships. Maríluisa holds a B.A. in Politics from the University of San Francisco. She has also received Cultural Humility facilitator training created by Melanie Tervalon M.D., M.P.H and Jann Murray- García M.D., M.P.H
We will offer 1.5 CE for this live webinar. Attendance of the full webinar and completing an evaluation is required.
Courageous Conversations Virtual Training
December 12, 2024
10:00 – 12:00 (est)
Being able to have effective conversations in our organizations improves relationships and creates accountability. This interactive workshop is MHEI’s #1 requested program and teaches skills for creating alignment and agreement by fostering open dialogue around high stakes, emotional, or risky topics – at all levels of your organization.
On Demand Recorded Webinars
SSWLHC has a long history of providing excellent educational opportunities for not only their members, but the community at large. These recorded webinars are self-paced.
The On Demand webonars are FREE to members!!
Presenter: June Simmons
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be introduced to the current state of social work efforts to address the social determinants of health and mental health.
- Participants will learn the importance of engaging community based organizations as partners in addressing the SDoH and mental health where patients live.
- Participants will increase knowledge of current efforts underway to develop partnerships between CBO’s, Health Systems and Health Plans to improve patient health outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify ethical issues related to genomic screening in children.
- Contrast the new genomics with the eugenics movement of the 20th century.
- Understand the effect of penetrance and expressivity on the predictive value of genomic testing.
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Leadership Institute
The Leadership Institute is a unique offering of the Society for Social Work Leadership in Healthcare that brings social workers together to explore and enhance our power to lead change in healthcare settings. The program targets experienced leaders, developing leaders, formal leaders and informal leaders.
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Thank you to Preferra Insurance Company for the generous financial sponsorship of both of these SSWLHC July live webinars. We are so grateful for your support of health social workers.
SSWLHC is now an ACE CE provider. We are very excited to uphold the excellent standards of the ACE program. If you would like to submit a CE Program Proposal to SSWLHC for consideration you can download the Proposal Form Here.