As social workers we see the profound effects of poverty and the pain low income people face in providing for their family's needs. Here's the interesting part. There are a number of industries with huge numbers of entry level openings that require limited training and start paying their employees a living wage with benefits. By doing some basic research on your community, learning about job openings, and creating some strategic partnerships with existing training programs, a workforce development program is in reach of any human service agency, collaboration of local churches, or local government.

Given that churches and places of worship have regular interaction with much of the population and are often the most trusted institutions in local communities, they are in a unique positon to reverse these trends and actively influence wealth creation. This presentation describes three ways that churches can help improve the financial capability and status of members and help create shared prosperity: a) financial education providing workshops and support for congregants and the local community to help them reach financial goals and reduce debt; b) entrepreneurship which can entail offering training, promotion and support for individual businesses as well as the creation of cooperative and church-affiliated businesses; c) sponsoring or promoting Individual Development Accounts and other asset building efforts.

The workshop concludes with a discussion about the ways these four associations could work together more fully to support spiritual and religious humility, sensitivity, and competency in the social work profession.

Although refugee resettlement has been taking place in the U.S. formally since World War II, recently, the general population has become more aware of refugee issues due to much media and political attention. As social workers and people of faith, it is important for us to consider this vulnerable population of immigrants and how we can best utilize our social work skills to serve and empower refugees who are resettled in our country. This presentation proposes an empowering, anti-oppressive model of refugee resettlement.

There are at least three levels peace: personal, communal, and global. Personal peace focuses on the individual; it asks about "My welfare, my rest, my peace." Communal peace focuses on organized groups such as neighborhoods and countries; it asks about "the prosperity within our political boundaries, the harmony between neighboring countries." Global peace, however, is the reconciliation of all things; it asks about "the broken places on earth and the broken relationships between God and God's creation." "Pursuing Shalom: Moving Forward While Thinking Backwards" will challenge participants to begin their pursuit of Shalom with the end in mind and to explore the Why, Who, What, and How of our pursuits.

Given that churches and places of worship have regular interaction with much of the population and are often the most trusted institutions in local communities, they are in a unique position to reverse these trends and actively influence wealth creation. This presentation describes three ways that churches can help improve the financial capability and status of members and help create shared prosperity: a) financial education providing workshops and support for congregants and the local community to help them reach financial goals and reduce debt; b) entrepreneurship which can entail offering training, promotion and support for individual businesses as well as the creation of cooperative and church-affiliated businesses; c) sponsoring or promoting Individual Development Accounts and other asset building efforts.

This training will illustrate the Open Table approach, while describing the experience of a group of Christians who have struggled with poverty walking alongside a sibling group while assisting their move from poverty to self-reliance.

This workshop explores factors that increase individuals' vulnerability for being trafficked and the complex trauma that is associated with various aspects of human trafficking. This session also explores ways to start implementing trauma-informed care practices in an organizational setting. It explores how organizations can create an environment that incorporates trauma-informed practices among both staff and clients.

Please note that in a few places in this training's video, there is some competing noise from the room next door to where this session was recorded.

Using research as well as professional and personal experiences in settings including churches, higher education institutions, and community agencies, the presenters assist participants to recognize and identify manifestations of their own internalized racial identities. Additionally, consideration are given to the way that these racial identities mis-shape our identities in Christ and God's intention for the way we are to be in relationship with one another.

Please note that in some places in this training video, the audio volume is somewhat low and a few of the words might be bit difficult to make out. We have reduced the cost of this training accordingly.

Historically the AIDS epidemic is less than thirty years old, and a great deal of research and work with this population is still needed in order to better understand HIV/AIDS and its impact on AIDS/ HIV on clients. The Social Worker Code of Ethics requires that social workers be competent in all areas in which they practice. More education, training and supervision are needed in order to teach Christian social workers how to overcome some of their own bias so that they may become more confident, competent practitioners who are able to compassionately and effectively assist clients with HIV/AIDS.

The material in this training represents a handful of possible connections between HIV and AIDS, social work practice, and Christian faith. This training's goal is to both inform and inspire participants to continue to wrestle with these and other important connections between faith and practice as they work to effectively support clients with HIV/AIDS with whom they will come into contact in their work.

This seminar is designed to evaluate the stereotypes of our profession, the power of personal self-care, and the longevity of our careers. We will examine the NASW Code of Ethics related to teamwork, collaboration, respect, resolving disputes with colleagues, and preserving the integrity of our profession. We will take a personal inventory of our strategies for resolving conflict and leave the training with a refreshed plan to positively impact our health, our families, our teams and our relationships.

This presentation explores the concept of cultural competence as it relates to domestic violence and intimate partner violence in African American faith communities. Results from work with and research conducted in African American faith communities are presented. Finally, a culturally sensitive model of intervention which evolved from the aforementioned work and research will is presented.

This presentation, developed from the book, The Externally Focused Church , Rusaw, R., Swanson, E. (2004) will challenge attendees to consider the bridge 'service' can be in the interest of practitioners as members of the profession, the church, and the community at large.

This lecture helps attendees challenge social injustice on behalf of persecuted people of faith. Toward this end, the origins and nature of human rights is reviewed along with the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The state of religious freedom around the world is discussed along with strategies to promote religious freedom. The lecture concludes with a discussion of the challenges and opportunities associated with advocating for the human right of religious freedom.

The training concludes by illustrating the construction of spiritually modified CBT self-statements that reflect common Christian and Islamic Values.