Join us for the inaugural
UT College of Social Work 2022 conference
March 25, 2022
8am-4pm
Student Union Pilot Ballroom
Knoxville, Tennessee
The Ethics Training Session is full.
Please note: For those unable to attend the conference in person, the morning sessions and ethics portion will be available via live stream. Click here to sign up for the live streaming.
Agenda
8:00-8:45am Check in & Breakfast
8:45-9:00am Welcome Video
Featuring Chancellor Plowman
9:00-10:15am Keynote Session <1 CEU>
Social Work in Post-Normal Times-The Road Ahead featuring Laura Nissen
10:15-10:30am Fifteen Minute Break
10:30-11:00am NASW Session
Featuring NASW President Mit Joyner
11:00-12:30pm Awards Luncheon
Featuring Dean Lori Messinger discussing the UTCSW Strategic Plan
12:30-1:00pm Thirty Minute Break
1:00-4:00pm Ethics Training <3 CEUs>ETHICS TRAINING IS FULL, Breakout Sessions <1 CEU per session>, Job Fair (Room 262C), and Field Instructor Drop-In (Room 362C)
Exploring Bio-Ethical Issues with Veronica Cruz
Keynote Speaker Laura Nissen
Former Dean and Professor Laura Burney Nissen is with the Portland State University School of Social Work. With a commitment to innovative and equity-centered systems change, Laura has worked with futures practice and lenses throughout her career. She is a foresight practitioner and a Research Fellow with the Institute for the Future. She is the PI and Director of the national Social Work Health Futures Lab funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
<1 CEU>
Speaker Mit Joyner
Mildred “Mit” C. Joyner, DPS, MSW, BSW, LCSW is President of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Joyner also serves as President of the North America Region of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), and is a member of IFSW’s Executive Committee. She serves on the boards of the NASW Foundation and the NASW Assurance Services, Inc.
Ethics Trainer Veronica Cruz
Veronica Cruz, LCSW-C is a clinical and forensic social worker with over 18 years of experience working in the mental health and legal arena. She is a qualified expert witness in clinical and forensic social work in numerous jurisdictions and courts in Maryland and at the Federal level. Ms. Cruz is the founder and CEO of Cruz & Associates, LLC a consulting firm that specializes in preparing comprehensive forensic psycho-social reports for criminal and civil matters, continuing education and psychotherapy.
<3 CEUs>
Breakout sessions
1:00-2:15pm
Room 262AB <1 CEU>
Exclusionary Policies and Immigrant Communities: Implications for Health and Well-being with Mary Held
Room 362AB <1 CEU>
Pet Health Equity & Vet Social Work with Michael Blackwell and Elizabeth Strand
2:30-3:45pm
Room 262AB <1 CEU>
Reducing stigma around drug & alcohol treatment
with Shandra Forrest-Bank
Room 362AB <1 CEU>
Voting IS Social Work with Tami Walker
Ethics Training
1:00-4:00pm
<THIS SESSION IS FULL.>
Room 270 <3 CEUs>
Exploring Bio-Ethical Issues with Veronica Cruz
This workshop will explore bio-ethical issues and principles. An emphasis will be placed in understanding and applying the responsibility a social worker has to self and the agency while respecting the very personal bio-ethical decisions clients make. Discussion will focus on numerous medical issues including: Covid-19,medical tourism, cloning, organ transplant and more.
Thank you to our conference sponsors!
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Signal Centers
Cornerstone of Recovery
National Association of Social Workers-Tennessee Chapter
McNabb Center
LHP Capital
Volunteer Ministry Center
Ridgeview Behavioral Health
