All Webinars

Value 1: Respecting the Dignity and Worth of All People

This webinar takes a deeper look at the social work profession’s ethical responsibilities to treat all people with respect, promote self-determination, and upholding the human rights of everyone. This includes the rights to live free from violence and to have equitable access to services that respects the service users’ ethnicity, national origin, age, economic status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, culture, varying abilities, language, religion, values, and beliefs. The significance of applying a trauma informed and strengthen based approach to social work practice when working with individuals, families, groups, and communities is also discussed.

Valeur 1 : Respecter la dignité et la valeur de toutes les personnes

Ce webinaire aborde les responsabilités éthiques dans le travail social, en mettant l’accent sur le respect de tous. Il défend l’autodétermination et  les droits humains, y compris la protection contre la violence et l’accès équitable aux services. Ces services doivent respecter divers aspects tels que l’ethnie, la nationalité, l’âge, la situation économique, le genre, l’identité et l’expression de genre, l’orientation sexuelle, le statut matrimonial, la culture, les capacités, la langue, la religion, ainsi que les valeurs et croyances. Le webinaire souligne également l’importance d’une approche basée sur la compréhension des traumatismes. Il vise à renforcer la pratique du travail social auprès des individus, des familles, des groupes et des communautés.

In this webinar, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) will share the results of an analysis of national data about children in out-of-home care. The data were compiled by PHAC in collaboration with provincial and territorial governments and other child welfare partners, and were derived from public and custom sources of aggregate data. The objectives of the project were to estimate the number of children in out-of-home care in Canada in 2021, and examine rates of out-of-home care by gender, age group, placement type, province/territory, and year. The webinar will provide an overview of the results, a chance to offer feedback, and a discussion about opportunities for future analyses of national child welfare data.

ISS Canada is a non-profit organization which mobilizes domestic and international networks of professionals to effectively connect individuals, children and families separated by international borders to access the services and supports they need. 

In this era, children and families are travelling or are being displaced more frequently than ever before. Immigration, voluntary moves or even seeking refuge and security, people are moving at rates that is unimaginable. This will affect people’s current lives and possibly their future. In turn this global trend will impact Canadian social workers and other professionals working with children and families. 

Everyday ISS Canada provides support and case management to professionals who are working with families and individuals that have links to other countries. ISS Canada and the ISS Network believe that every child and every individual have rights and we have to make sure that we play the role of advocate to seek what is in the best interest of the children.  

ISS Canada accesses its members of the Network that are located in over 120 countries in order to do social work worldwide.  At ISS Canada we provide Canadian professionals with the support they need to assist families and children.

According to the Healthy immigrant effect, newly-arrived immigrants and refugees have better health than the Canadian-born population, however with time in Canada, mental and physical health declines (CAMH, 2022). Why is that? This introductory webinar will help you explore significant contextual factors that should be considered when engaging with newcomer/refugee communities. It will also provide participants with tangible strategies to better support newcomer/refugee clients, and increase their sense of belonging/welcoming in order to build healthier communities.

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand contextual factors that impact newcomer & refugee communities.
• Identify & implement key principles of best practices and strategies to support newcomer & refugee communities.
• Gain awareness of your own social location to bolster inclusive service provision to support newcomer & refugee clients.

This webinar will explore the concept of therapist bias through a framework of anti-oppression, privilege, and oppression. Participants will explore cases where microaggressions reflect therapist bias, examine specific ways racism, homophobia, and ableism affect the therapeutic alliance and influence the outcomes of therapy, and discuss the potential consequences of bias (i.e. misdiagnosis, underdiagnosis, hospitalization, stigma/shame, victim blaming). 

This bilingual webinar is the first in a series that focus on the 2024 Code of Ethics and Guidelines of Practice. In 2018 the CASW Board established a federation committee to review and revise the CASW Code of Ethics, Guidelines for Ethical Practice (2005) and Scope of Practice (2008) to reflect current social work practice with a commitment to upholding the ten principles of the TRC Commission. The webinar provides an overview of the new Code, highlights key changes, and discusses the process undertaken to consult with social workers across the nation. There will be an opportunity for questions and discussions. 

Premier d’une série, ce webinaire bilingue se penche sur le Code d’éthique et les Lignes directrices de 2024. En 2018, le comité de la fédération, créé par l’ACTS, s’est lancé dans la révision du Code de déontologie et des Lignes directrices de 2005 et 2008. Objectif : adapter ces documents aux réalités actuelles du travail social, tout en respectant les dix principes de la Commission de la CVR. Ce webinaire offre un aperçu du Code révisé, met en lumière les modifications importantes et explique le processus de consultation des travailleurs sociaux à l’échelle nationale. Une chance pour les participants d’interroger et d’échanger.

Trans and gender diverse community members experience significantly higher rates of both suicidality ideation and suicide attempt when compared with the general population. Research indicates that social and environmental factors play a significant role in high rates of suicidality within trans communities. This webinar will explore what we know about trans communities and suicide, and provide attendees with actionable recommendations to both better support trans community members struggling with suicide and address the factors leading to heightened risk of suicide within trans communities.

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand social and environmental factors influencing suicidality in trans and gender diverse communities.
• Understand possible interventions and strategies to address suicidality in trans communities, with a focus on youth suicide prevention.
• Gain new skills to bolster inclusive service provision within a trans-inclusive suicide prevention framework.

Workforce turnover and retention is a perennial concern for child welfare agency management with implications for service outcomes for families and children. Nevertheless, there is scant evidence supporting the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving retention. Combined with data from Human Resource (HR) and targeted staff surveys, continuous quality improvement applications (CQI) can help shape the scaffolding needed to increase the prospects for identifying, implementing, and evaluating more effective interventions. This webinar will provide evidence for the use of turnover intentions and statistical predictors as leading indicators of turnover. Combined with the capacity for real time trend monitoring these indicators can provide a basis for forecasting turnover, and monitoring interventions.

The Ministry of Children and Family Development’s primary focus is to support all children and youth in British Columbia to live in safe, healthy and nurturing families and be strongly connected to their communities and culture. The Ministry supports the well-being of children, youth and families in British Columbia by providing services that are accessible, inclusive, and culturally respectful.

The Ministry has long recognized the need to go beyond tracking outputs, focusing instead on actionable reporting to best support the well-being of children and families it serves. This presentation will review the evolution of the Ministry’s outcomes reporting and discuss its current initiative of developing a child well-being analytics framework that is child centric.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s (CHRT) rulings on First Nations child and family services (FNCFS) were to 1) end discrimination; 2) ensure it does not reoccur.  Upholding these rulings requires changes to the structure, funding, and accountability of the existing program.  With the ongoing collaboration and contributions of FNCFS agencies and First Nations, an approach with the goal of holistic well-being of children, families, and communities was developed.  This presentation will review the approach and considerations for the interconnections of structure, funding, and accountability.