Breakout Session – The rise of “Puppy Mills” in clinical settings and the risk associated with ineffective counseling
Recorded On: 08/03/2022
1.5 Clinical Social Work Credits
The rise of “Puppy Mills” in clinical settings and the risk associated with ineffective counseling.
Presenter:
Janice Edwards
This symposium will explore the ethical dilemmas present when private practice practitioners, community organizations and agencies hire Social Workers who have the first level master licensing, e.g, LMSW, LGSW, LSW, yet have limited graduate, post-graduate, and certification to provide competent clinical Social Work services. Clinical Social Work services such as, individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, family therapy, and trauma informed therapy. Presenters will discuss the ethical implications arising with hiring newly licensed master level Social Workers with limited post graduate training to provide clinically oriented services. Presenters will also discuss recommend policy changes to address the dilemmas of "puppy milling" newly licensed master Social Workers in private practice, community organizations and agencies.
