Conference Highlights: this conference will have amazing CEUs, raffle baskets, exhibitors, networking opportunities, and membership meet-ups.  

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.

As professionals in the social work and allied fields we are taught to compartmentalize our lives from our work but sometimes it’s hard to know exactly what to share and how to share with clients, we are human beings after all. Managing our own disclosure to clients can be challenging especially when aspects of ourselves are similar to those of our clients. Sometimes it can be helpful, sometimes it can be extremely harmful. In this workshop we will explore self-disclosure dos and don’ts, gray areas, and what to do when you feel pulled to share with your clients.