Power and Ethics in Mental Health Social Work Practice - 2 x 2-hour

Description

Join Simon Katterl and Natasha Swingler to deeply explore concepts of power and powerlessness as it relates to ethical and effective mental health social work practice. These sessions are designed to allow participants to identify and deeply reflect on their own power and privilege within the mental health system and consider ways in which human rights frameworks can and should be applied to practice. More specifically, these sessions have been designed to assist participants not only develop a greater understanding of power and human rights in practice but also take away tangible approaches to work with and redress power imbalances in order to support more fair and humane mental health services in Victoria.

The session will leave participants with:
• An understanding on power as it relates to mental health
• An understanding of why and how consumers might enter into the mental health system without power
• The capacity to identify their own power and privilege, including as it relates to the mental health system and consumers
• Specific strategies that they can use to identify, work with and redress power