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Please join us on February 4, 2020, for the first webinar in the Effective Outreach and Engagement Series. Outreach and engagement require a rich set of interpersonal skills and deep understanding of what it means to engage with someone who is struggling with significant vulnerabilities. Direct service providers and outreach workers will learn evidence-based practices and skills related to reaching out and assisting a diverse population experiencing homelessness, including those with serious mental illness (SMI), substance use disorders, or co-occurring disorders (CODs).
Webinar 1: Addressing Homelessness: Professional Boundaries and Ethics When Working with People Who Have SMI/CODs
Service care providers report that it is easy to become too involved in their clients' lives and issues. Conversely, as providers become overburdened, they may distance themselves from their clients more than they should. This session will focus on improving understanding of professional boundaries; building relationships that are healthy for the provider and the client; and using information about power differentials, red flags, and the fine line between over- and under-involvement. The session will also focus on employing professional ethics in client/provider relationships.
Presenters will include:
- Terri Cooley-Bennett, LCSW, LSCSW, CCDP-D, TTS, Outreach Supervisor, Swope Health Services, Kansas City, Missouri
- Sherri Downing, Senior Program Manager and Deputy Director of SAMHSA's Homeless and Housing Resource Network, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
HHRN team member Kate Rio will moderate. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions, which will be addressed at the end of the presentation. A link to the recording will be made available.
Please register here for Webinar 1.
Future webinar in the Effective Outreach and Engagement Series include:
- Addressing Homelessness: Permanent Supportive Housing/Housing First for People Who Have SMI/CODs - February 11, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET (see below)
- Addressing Homelessness: Harm Reduction and Recovery for People with SMI/CODs - February 25, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET
- Addressing Homelessness: Promoting Self-Care, Wellness, and Treatment Adherence among People with SMI/CODs - March 10, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET
- Addressing Homelessness: Crisis Intervention Strategies for People with SMI/CODs: March 24, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET
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Please join us on February 11, 2020, for the second webinar in the Effective Outreach and Engagement Series. Outreach and engagement require a rich set of interpersonal skills and deep understanding of what it means to engage with someone who is struggling with significant vulnerabilities. Direct service providers and outreach workers will learn evidence-based practices and skills related to reaching out and assisting a diverse population experiencing homelessness, including those with serious mental illness (SMI), substance use disorders, or co-occurring disorders (CODs).
Webinar 2: Addressing Homelessness: Permanent Supportive Housing/Housing First for People Who Have SMI/CODs
This webinar will provide an overview of permanent supportive housing (PSH) models and the practice of Housing First as a means to ending homelessness for people who have SMI and CODs. Attendees will hear from a PSH expert as well as a provider in Pennsylvania who has implemented a successful PSH program.
Presenters will include:
- Pat Tucker, M.B.A., M.A., Senior Program Manager, Advocates for Human Potential
- Shawn Frankenstein, Housing Coordinator, Service and Access Management, Inc., Pottsville, Pennsylvania
HHRN Deputy Director Sherri Downing will moderate. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions, which will be addressed at the end of the presentation. A link to the recording will be made available.
Please register here for Webinar 2.
Future webinars in the Effective Outreach and Engagement Series include:
- Addressing Homelessness: Harm Reduction and Recovery for People with SMI/CODs - February 25, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET
- Addressing Homelessness: Promoting Self-Care, Wellness, and Treatment Adherence among People with SMI/CODs - March 10, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET
- Addressing Homelessness: Crisis Intervention Strategies for People with SMI/CODs: March 24, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET
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