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ForwardSAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE: APPLYING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CULTURE 8.28.25
In-person training session intended to provide content on safety practices and its application for social workers in their workplace and work environments. Participants will share their experiences for peer to peer learning.
Target Audience
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
- Understanding of crisis scenarios to intervene effectively and safely, while maintaining personal safety.
- Apply clinical skills to crisis situations to provide appropriate clinical support, resource exploration and referrals.
- Understand effective strategies to de-escalate and communicate with a trauma informed lens during crises.
- Learn safety and crisis intervention strategies which help their ability to provide appropriate, timely intervention to patients and families in crisis.
- Discuss the roles of team members during crisis situations and will provide information on transforming practice skills into organizational policies that promote and maintain personal safety and trauma-informed care.
Additional Information
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In-person training session intended to provide content on safety practices and its application for social workers in their workplace and work environments. Participants will share their experiences for peer to peer learning.
Jessica Segal, LCSW, Behavioral Health Program Associate
Bridget McNamee, MID, Behavioral Health Project Manager, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Michael Bowersox, LPC, Southwest PA AHEC (Area Health Education Center)
Jessica Segal, LCSW, Behavioral Health Program Associate
Emily Franke, MSW, LSW, Program Specialist
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh 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 under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 2.0 continuing education credits.
Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 2.0 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 2.00 ASWB