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The presentation will review the harm reduction model, its history and its current trend, as well as how to implement clinical interventions with a harm reduction lens. This workshop will help clinicians be able to see the whole scope of what is involved in working with an individual with substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders. From the decoration of your office or space, to body language and verbal language being used.

The attendees will learn the different substances that exist so they can understand their clients better and understand the effects of the drugs their client's take in order to help them more effectively and appropriately in their clinical interventions.

Lastly, the workshop allows for honest conversations about how the systems of oppression also contributes to the current stigma tied to substance use and mental health including laws that affect our clients on a daily basis to access to effective treatment.

With this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Learn the harm reduction model and how to incorporate it into their work with clients.
• Identify the different substances that exist in order to distinguish any signs or symptoms
• Identify signs of an overdose of different substances
• Understand the connection between substance use and mental health
• Learn the factors to consider in establish a trusting relationship with a client who is using substances in order to provide the most appropriate and effective support to them

NASW-NYC Member: $38 | Other Chapter Member: $48 | Non-Member: $57

2 SW CE Contact Hours

Jessica O’Neill, LCSW has been working with individuals with co-occurring disorders since 2002. She has worked in various settings with the most vulnerable populations that includes ACT teams, clinics, Syringe Exchange programs, PROS, housing, and psychiatric emergency room. Currently, she manages a licensed outpatient OASAS program where they implemented the use of the harm reduction model since 2019.

Jessica also conducts trainings in harm reduction with her team and staff at the agency and want to share her experience as a learning and educational tool that she hopes will help others in learning how to work with drug users.

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NASW-NYC is happy to try and fulfill any reasonable special accommodations requests following NYS laws, submitted in writing to workshops.naswnyc@socialworkers.org at least  fifteen business days prior to the workshop date. Requests received after the deadline may not be able to be processed or fulfilled in time for the event.

NASW-NYC Certificates Policy

As per New York State Continuing Education guidelines, attendees must arrive on time and attend the ENTIRE workshop to receive their Continuing Education Contact Hours. Any attendees who arrive late or leaves early to a workshop will not receive their certificate, is not allowed admittance into the workshop and is also not eligible for a refund in any way. 

NASW-NYC's policy and practice is to email a post-workshop evaluation link to each attendee within 1-3 business days after the workshop date. The evaluation will be open for a minimum of 30 calendar days and is sent to the email address attendees provided to NASW-NYC upon registering for the workshop(s). Once an attendee completes their evaluation, their certificate is automatically generated by the system and emailed to them. Completing your evaluation also allows NASW-NYC to receive a copy of the certificate. Please ensure that your registration and evaluation information is accurate (name, e-mail, license type and number) as this will impact your continuing education certificates as your certificates will reflect the information you provided.  NASW-NYC is not responsible for the accuracy of your registration information. 

NASW-NYC will re-issue continuing education certificates for a fee of $10.00 per certificate.

NASW-NYC Refund Policy

All refund requests must be submitted in writing to accounting.naswnyc@socialworkers.org no later than four business days prior to the workshop date. Refund e-mails must include the subject line "Refund Request" as well as the attendee's name, workshop date and title in the body of the e-mail. If a refund is requested later than four business days prior to the workshop date, NASW-NYC has the right to refuse the request.

- All refunds are subject to a fee of 25% for administrative processing fees

- Refund requests typically take 1-2 weeks processing time

- Refunds ONLY. Credit cannot be issued toward a future program date or substituted for another workshop.

If the workshop is cancelled, you will be informed ahead of time and fully refunded.

NOTICE OF FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Please be advised that photography, and audio and video recording of participants at NASW-NYC events may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio recording, and video recording (referred to as the “Recordings”) and its/their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction for promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose reasonably related to the mission of the National Association of Social Workers.

You release NASW-NYC, its officers, employees and agents from any liability connected with such use of the Recordings and waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connection with such use of the Recordings. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording taken by NASW-NYC or the person or entity designated to do so by NASW-NYC.

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NASW New York City Chapter is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0027, and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports as an approved provider of CASAC credits #0288.