Staying SAFE: A Clinician's Guide I

Your safety is as important as the work you do. Whether working in an office or the community, there are inherent dangers. This course offers practical tips to raise awareness about risk factors, behaviors (your own or client's) and alternatives to decrease risk. Course will emphasize the critical need for incident debriefing.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Recognize that risk factors for violence may include individuals decompensating from mental health issues, substance use disorders or a history of trauma
Recognize how self-awareness (provider posture, tone, gestures, etc.) can aid in risk reduction

Presenter: Ana Guerra, LCSW, LPC, LCADC, CCS
Ms. Guerra, is a seasoned mental health professional with substantial experience in mental health and substance use disorders. She specializes in the treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders and Trauma. Ms. Guerra parlayed her extensive clinical background into a career in higher education serving as an adjunct member for various colleges and universities in NJ for the past 12 years. She proposed, developed and teaches the Substance Use Disorder courses offered at Kean University’s Social Work Department. Ms. Guerra teaches across the curriculum for Associates through Master level courses in Social Work, Sociology & Addiction Studies. Popular courses include “Trauma”, “Clinical Practice” and “Psychopathology”. Ms. Guerra is approved by the Certification Board of NJ to teach initial and re-certification L/CADC courses. She is a trainer for New Jersey Prevention Network. Ms. Guerra facilitates training and consultation for various mental health, substance use and academic settings. She also maintains a private practice which keeps her abreast of clinical issues. In 2019, Ms. Guerra was selected by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to participate in the development of CSWE’s Substance Use Curricular Guide; she also presented at NASW-NJ’s Annual Conference.

CE's:
2 Clinical CE’s are approved for NJ LCSW/LSW/LPC/LAC/LCADC/CADC/LMFT and similar PA credentials via approval #180610-119-A issued by NASW-NJ CE Approval Collabortative.

This course, Staying SAFE: A Clinician's Guide, Approval #180610-119-A, provided by Behavioral Health Matters, is approved for continuing education by the New Jersey Social Work Continuing Education Approval Collaborative, which is administered by NASW-NJ. CE Approval Collaborative Approval Period: January 3, 2019 through August 31, 2022. New Jersey social workers will receive 2 clinical CE credits for participating in this course.

Behavioral Health Matters is recognized by the NY State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0443.

CERTIFICATES:
Participants must be present for the duration of event, answer all roll calls, complete a Course Evaluation and pass a Post-Test with 80% or better to be issued a Certificate of Completion that will be sent via email.

TO REGISTER:
Click on the "Register" button below. You will be prompted to enter your information then you will be directed to a PayPal page for payment. Click on the grey button to pay with "credit or debit card" or you may use your own PayPal account to make a payment. If you have a discount code, enter it and hit "apply", this will change the fee amount accordingly. If you have any questions or trouble registering, please call 908.300.8532 or email: contact@behavioralhealthmatters.com.

Remote Access Information:
Log-in links will be sent to participants that complete the registation process. Access codes are only for the registered party.

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IF EVENT IS MARKED "CLOSED", we will start a waitlist.

Please notify BHM that you would like to be added to the "waitlist" by calling: 908.300.8532 or by sending an email to: contact@behavioralhealthmatters.com (type "Waitlist - SAFE" in the subject line). Individuals will be notified in the order received. Thank you!