Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    1. About the Instructor

    2. Continuing Education (CE) Information

    3. Course FAQ

    4. Disclaimer and Course Requirements

    1. Introduction STRESS.IMPACT.ON.ETHICAL.DECISION.MAKING2020

    2. How Stress Affects Your Body and Mind

    3. How stress affects your body - Sharon Horesh Bergquist

    4. Does stress affect your memory - Elizabeth Cox

    5. 21-37 STRESS.IMPACT.ON.ETHICAL.DECISION.MAKING2020.

    1. Stress Symptom Checklist (1)

    2. Burnout Handout

    3. RSCWC SelfCare Assessment & Wellness Plan

    4. Post Test

    5. Evaluation

About this course

  • 15 lessons

Course Description

At times, everyone has felt overloaded and wondered whether they can cope with the pressures placed on them. Furthermore, workplace pressures have caused them to at least consider acting unethically or illegally on the job. Besides having to cope with the normal workplace stress, social workers have an added responsibility to adhere to a code of ethics to maintain licensure. It is important for social workers to be aware of how stress can impact them to avoid unethical behavior.

Objectives:

  • Define and list general terms related to ethics & stress (Ethics, Ethical dilemmas, Ethical principles, Stress, Burnout & Compassion Fatigue) 
  • Restate and list ethical definitions and why they are important in decision-making.
  • Demonstrate and explain the skill to assess stress that effects your ethical decision making as a practicing social worker. 
  • Explain and list how stress can have a positive and negative impact on an individual stress
  • Facilitate a personal role play and describe goals to engage in the practice of self management when dealing with stress and burnout. (Stress Management)

Reaching Objective:

Identify the main social work ethics (NASW)

Ethical Decision Making

Implementing Action Plan (decision making)

Assessing your stress/burnout

Practical tools and activities 


Relevance to Social Work:    

  • Developing an understanding of the affects of stress on social workers and their ethical decision making. 

  • Develop individual cultural awareness on how to assess one’s own stress.  

  • Using practical social work individual exercises that can be taken back to their work and used to maintain stress levels.  

Instructor

Lead Trainer Sharea Farmer, LCSW

Sharea Farmer is the Founder and Executive Director of RS Counseling & Wellness with over 20 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker. Her expertise in both clinical and administration has allowed her to work in the private and public sectors as an advocate for employee wellness, Diversity & Inclusion, Race Equity, and Trauma-Informed Practices. Her unique practice that focuses on empowerment and education creates transformative wellness for her clients that range from executive leadership teams to supervisors to staff. RS Wellness has developed employee resilience plans and trauma-informed care programs for state and public health agencies, as well as educational groups, both locally and nationally. Sharea received a BA in Sociology from Rider University and a Master’s of Social Work from Rutgers. She is an adjunct professor at Rutgers where she’s been teaching since 2014. She is on the World Childhood Foundation Advisory Board for a two-year term from 2021-2023. On the board, she’ll have the chance to use the Equity & Inclusion lens to determine program eligibility for funding in the area of preventing sexual exploitation and abuse of children. Sharea lives in New Jersey with her husband. She enjoys all things basketball, live NBA games, traveling, coloring, and spending time with family and friends. Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the States of New Jersey #44SC05650200

Certificates will be awarded after completion of full training and course evaluation.

Radiant Sunshine, #1403, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Radiant Sunshine maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 2/28/23 to 2/28/2026  Social workers completing this course receive 2 Ethics continuing education credits.

Find out whether your state or province accepts ACE approval.

Refund Policy:   No refund will be given for the purchase of the course.

 We accommodate persons with disabilities. Please email [email protected] for more information if disability accommodations are needed.

Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP):

Radiant Sunshine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7371. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.

Refund Policy:   No refund will be given for the purchase of any course or webinar. 

 We accommodate persons with disabilities. Please email [email protected] for more information if disability accommodations are needed.

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