Social Work Counseling for Unprecedented End-of-Life Care
On-Demand Webinar
StreamedFeb 8, 2024Duration60 minutes
- Unlimited & shareable access starting
two business days after live stream - Available on desktop, mobile & tablet devices 24/7
- Take-away toolkit
- Ability to download webinar video
- Presenter's contact info for questions
How does hospice end-of-life care take social work practice from a place that is "good enough" to levels that are unprecedented for today's standards?
Delve into what it means to truly explore exceptionalism during end-of-life care and counseling.
AFTER
THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
- Define counseling as it applies to social work requirements and scope of practice
- Describe five everyday situations that require skillful counseling interventions
- Explain strengths/weaknesses of three hospice-preferred and evidence-based theoretical frameworks
- Identify two high-risk situations where very specific counseling interventions are required
- Describe three examples where specific documentation is essential
This webinar is part of the 2024 Exploring Exceptionalism in Social Work Series. Learn more and save 10% when you purchase the entire series!
WEBINAR DETAILS
What do people
need most from social workers? What are today's obstacles? Who do social
workers need to be, at the bedside and as truly effective members of the
interdisciplinary team? This webinar answers those questions and will examine
in detail what it means to become a highly skilled end-of-life counselor. It
will provide evidence-based theoretical frameworks to help guide interventions.
Part of moving towards unprecedented care is ensuring that documentation
reflects high-level interventions. All of this and more will be covered in this
important social work-specific focused webinar.
THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
- Hospice
- Palliative Care
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This informative session
is designed for social workers, team managers, leaders, and other team members
who provide various forms of counseling.
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- Self-assessment exercise
- Organizational-assessment exercise
- Follow-up exercises to use with the interdisciplinary team to illustrate scope-of-practice inclusions and limitations
- Handout with detailed information about each theoretical framework presented and additional lecture notes
- Training log
- PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
- Attendance certificate provided, however there are no pre-approved CEs associated with this webinar
NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other agencies or those not employed by your agency is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.
TESTIMONIALS
"I feel that the information that Gary shared was very informative and I enjoyed the delivery of it. He is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about the work."
- Dorothy, HPH Hospice
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