NASW-TX: Moral Distress & Its Effects on Social Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Course overview

Join us for an overview of Moral Distress and how it has been frequently encountered in social work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will increase their knowledge of Moral Distress, enhance practice skills, and develop coping strategies. Moral Distress symptoms and characteristics will be detailed and the difference between Moral Distress, compassion fatigue, and burnout will be compared. The session will include scenarios that refer to practicing during the COVID-19 pandemic and how the highly contagious nature of the virus, and the restrictions placed upon our practice, raises personal and professional challenges to social workers every day. Challenges that often lead to Moral Distress, which can in turn lead to high turnover and burnout.