Social Workers Month

Appreciate and Support Your Social Workers

Show your social workers you care for and appreciate them during National Social Work Month with these resources.

Social Workers Are Essential

As we’ve faced incredible and challenging times through the pandemic, social workers were there for it all and at all levels. Helping COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Assisting individuals living in long-term care facilities. Spreading information about preventing COVID and how to get vaccinated. Addressing the challenges of students learning from home or trying to go back to school safely. Supporting individuals who were now living with their abusers 24/7 during lockdowns and quarantines. Addressing the social disparities we’ve seen in housing security, food security, employment, and access to health care. Social workers have seen it all, and will continue to be there until the end of the pandemic.

Social work has always been essential. But now, we cannot continue to ignore or dismiss the incredible work that social workers do for us day in and day out. It’s time to proclaim that social work is essential.

To help you celebrate and appreciate your social workers throughout March and beyond, take advantage of the resources below and share with your staff.

Free Course for Your Staff

To help honor and celebrate social work throughout March, Relias is proud to offer social workers a free CE course from the Relias behavioral health library. The course, Ethical and Legal Guidelines for Telehealth Service Delivery, is free for all to take and earn 1.25 CEs.

This course will offer a blend of ethical and legal information, clinical vignettes, and strategies that can later be applied in therapeutic settings. The goal of this course is to provide professionals with tools and information for competent and ethical telehealth practice.

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Relias Social Workers Love What They Do

“I wanted a career that reflected what I was naturally good at – connecting with people. I also wanted to work in a field that was actively trying to address the systemic issues keeping people working on ways to re-imagine those systems.”

-Nellie Galindo, MSPH
Content Marketing Manager at Relias

“I have always been the kid who stood up for individuals who were being unjustly wronged or treated. I wanted to become a social worker to support and empower others and remind them of their own innate resilience and capacity.”

-Hayley Blub, MSW
Client Success Manager, Specialist at Relias

“There were people who helped me through some tough times in my life. I wanted to help.”

Michelle Gilbert, MSW, LCSW
Client Success Manager at Relias

Blogs Written By Relias Social Workers

Self-Care Resources For Your Staff

Training Resources

Webinar

Ask the Experts: innovaTel Telepsychiatry Shares Telehealth Best Practices

During this Ask the Expert webinar, experienced telehealth practitioners from innovaTel Telepsychiatry shared tips for preparing yourself and clients for sessions and tactics for engaging new and established clients. innovaTel providers have been delivering care exclusively via telehealth technology for the last six years. This session is intended to support those who are new to telehealth or looking for a refresher.

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Webinar

Addressing Racial Trauma in the Clinical Setting

In addition to knowing the impacts of racial trauma, clinicians should know best practices for addressing racism and racial trauma from the minute they enter the practice to when they go into the therapy room (whether in-person or through telehealth). Watch this webinar to hear Jamila Holcomb, Ph.D., LMFT, continue the conversation on racial trauma and how clinicians can help Black clients in the clinical setting.

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