Moral distress and Moral action in complex times
Thursday 17th September, 11am-1pm (Sydney time). This OPEN PD Workshop is open to anyone.
Cost is $30 for CA Members, Interns, Supervisors and Mentors; $20 for CA Supervision Students; $80 for CCAA and ACMN members; $120 for Non-members.
The concepts of moral distress and moral injury present in medical contexts but are also observed in wider health and human service work. Workers experiencing these are often left feeling significantly compromised and conflicted which impacts their wellbeing. As supervisors and mentors we need to be aware of how moral distress, residue, apathy and injury present, and support supervisees and mentees to respond from moral courage to take moral action. In this presentation the terms will firstly be defined and explored, followed by identifying ways to assist supervisees/mentees to take moral action. Moral action contributes to moral resilience and moral intelligence; both of which are strongly needed in our world today.
Presenter: Dr. Nicki Weld
Nicki Weld (PhD) is a part-time Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, on the Post Graduate Professional Supervision program. Nicki is also a registered social worker, independent supervisor, and educator, who has worked in a variety of social service and child protection roles within the New Zealand government and non -government sector. Nicki is the author of seven social books, and the primary creator of the Three Houses tool that is applied internationally.