Navigating Social Work Ethics: Practice and Technology in the Age of a Pandemic
Date Available: NOW
Date Expires: 09/7/23
Course Type: Online
Sponsor Name: Grand Valley State University
Course Registration Link: https://noncredit.gvsu.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp?&course=SOWK00010699
CE Value (credits): 5
CE Type: Standard, Ethics
Contact Information:
Lauren Fodor
616-331-7180
Course Description:
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, social workers were challenged to adapt quickly and utilize various forms of technology in their efforts to maintain safety and ensure social work services were not disrupted. Using an ethical lens, this course explores how the pandemic affected social work practice and considers how social workers can become involved in future developments of technology, ensuring ethical practice is maintained. This course reviews the NASW Code of Ethics, specifically the standards that relate to a social worker's use of technology and examines best practice when using technology through a series of case scenarios. Multiple decision-making frameworks are presented. In addition, teletherapy is discussed and various podcasts and training clips are used.