Webinar event date: 
Mar 29, 2023 11:00 am EDT
Webinar Presenters: 
Dr. Frederic G. Reamer, Ph.D.

Dr. Frederic Reamer chaired the national task force that wrote the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and served on the code revision task force. He chaired the international commission sponsored by the Association of Social Work Boards to develop Model Regulatory Standards for Technology and Social Work Practice. Dr. Reamer also chaired the national task force sponsored jointly by the National Association of Social Workers, Association of Social Work Boards, Council on Social Work Education, and Clinical Social Work Association to develop Technology Standards in Social Work Practice. A professor in the graduate program of the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College, he has published 24 books and 175 journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia articles and has lectured extensively nationally and internationally on the subjects of professional ethics and professional malpractice and liability.

Description

Please note this webinar will take place at 10am – 11:30am CST (11am - 12:30 EST).

Social workers in health and human services settings face complex documentation decisions that can have profound consequences. Substandard documentation can harm clients and patients, and expose social workers to the risk of ethics complaints and litigation. This webinar will include a succinct overview of documentation challenges in social work. Dr. Frederic Reamer will highlight key decisions social workers make regarding the purposes, content, wording, and storage of documentation. Case examples will be included.

At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Identify documentation challenges in social work
  • Recognize ethical issues related to social work documentation
  • Recognize risk management challenges related to social work documentation
  • Apply ethical and practice standards to protect clients and social workers