Legal and Ethical Issues for Mental Health and Social Services Providers Working with Foster Youth in the Community
Fri, Feb 05
|Online Event
This course meets the qualifications for (6.0) BBS CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.
Time & Location
Feb 05, 2021, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Online Event
About the Event
Rachel Michaelsen, LCSW
Training Description
There are numerous legal and ethical issues specific to working with foster youth in the community based organizations and school settings. They range from consent to privacy; use of electronics to dual relationships; rights for reproductive health care to minor consent for mental health treatment; and mandatory reporting to documentation. Through case vignettes, discussions and lecture, participants will explore the intricacies of these issues.
Learning Objective
Understand when and who can consent for minor’s mental health treatment and when working with system involved youth;
Explain foster youth’s rights to reproductive health care;