This training will provide participants with an in-depth examination of compelling and complex ethical and risk-management challenges in social work supervision. Frederic Reamer, Ph.D. will discuss key ethical and legal standards, including the concepts of respondeat superior, vicarious liability, and standards of care. He will highlight practical steps social work supervisors can take to protect supervisees, employers, and themselves, including the use of supervision agreements, sound documentation protocols, consultation, and compliance with relevant ethical standards. Dr. Reamer will discuss challenges in social work supervision related to conflicts of interest, boundary issues, and dual relationships.

Rooted in trauma-responsive, justice-centered practice, this training examines how silence, clinical, organizational, cultural, and systemic, can reinforce harm and perpetuate inequity across all levels of social work practice. Participants will explore the intersection of ethics, power, trauma, policy, and systemic accountability through a framework that integrates micro, mezzo, and macro practice. Using applied case examples, this training challenges participants to critically examine what ethical action requires in real-world practice settings using an ethical responsiveness model.

“Bridging the Generational Divide: Ethical Practice in Social Work Across Generations” is a four-hour interactive webinar designed to help social workers understand how generational differences shape values, communication styles, work expectations, and help-seeking behaviors. Through case studies, small-group discussion, and reflection, participants will explore how age-based assumptions and biases can impact engagement, assessment, and intervention. Grounded in the NASW Code of Ethics, this session will focus on practical strategies to build generational intelligence, strengthen cross-generational collaboration, and promote ethical, culturally responsive practice with clients, colleagues, and communities of all ages.