Rural Social Work: Best Practices, Ethics, Minimizing Liability, and Self-Care: Exploring Professional Boundaries and Ethical Obligations of Rural Social Workers

Rural Social Work: Best Practices, Ethics, Minimizing Liability, and Self-Care: Exploring Professional Boundaries and Ethical Obligations of Rural Social Workers

📅 Tuesday, May 6, 2025
⏰ 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST
🎥 Live Webinar
👤 Presenter: Kathryn Krase, PhD, JD, MSW

Pricing

• NASW-NYS or NASW-NYC Members: $45
• NASW Other Chapter Members: $75
• Non-Members: $90
• NASW-NYS Student & Transitional Members: FREE

📢 Earn 3.0 Continuing Education Credit Hours (For licensed social workers, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and psychologists.)

🔹 Important: Please register and join Zoom with the name you’d like on your certificate.

Workshop Description

Can social workers in rural settings work with clients they know personally? Maintaining professional boundaries is a legal and ethical responsibility, but it’s especially complex in small communities. This session provides real-world insights into ethical dilemmas faced by rural social workers and a framework to navigate them effectively while minimizing legal liability and client harm.

Learning Objectives

After this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the ethical and legal responsibility of social workers in rural settings to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with the students and families they serve.
• Define dual relationships within a rural community.
• Apply a framework to avoid dual relationships whenever possible.

About the Presenter

Kathryn Krase is a social worker, lawyer, researcher, educator, and expert on professional ethics. She has significant experience as a family law practitioner, social work supervisor, along with more than 20 years of experience in faculty and administrative roles in undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level social work programs in and around New York City.  Dr. Krase is the Principal Consultant for Krase Consulting, in Brooklyn, New York, where she focuses on educating mental and physical health professionals on their general legal and ethical obligations.