Moral Injury & Moral Distress occur when individuals violate or witness violations of deeply held values and beliefs. While these phenomena have been long studied in military and health care workers, examining Moral Injury in the context of other roles, like social work, is a new and emerging inquiry. In this interactive, 90-minute workshop, Cassie Gillespie, LICSW will define, unpack, and explore Moral Injury & Moral Distress, and their unique presentation and impact across social work settings.

The next Social Work Forum is Tuesday, August 12th, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm. Please take a look at the flyer for details. Please register using the link by 8/4 to guarantee lunch.

This presentation will focus on ethical challenges specific to social work practice in large governmental or nongovernmental organizations. Ethical conflicts and challenges endemic to macro level practice will be our focus, and participants will have a chance to rethink how to engage in ethical practice when our clients number in the thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions; how to resolve common conflicts in principles and duties arising through work in large organizations; and how to navigate bureaucratic and political systems while preserving social work ethics and values.