Belfast, Maine–Ethical dimensions of self-care in social work and human services will be the focus of a workshop May 17 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, offered by the UMaine School of Social Work.

The experiential workshop, 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m., is designed to develop skills and understanding of the ethical responsibility to recognize and address vicarious trauma through compassionate self-care.

Workshop topics will include: defining compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, vicarious trauma, secondary trauma and burn-out; identifying signs and symptoms of vicarious trauma; articulating the connection between adverse childhood experiences and well-being; how self-care is related to ethical practice; identifying skills for compassionate self-care, and creating a personal self-care plan.

Workshop presenters will be licensed clinical social workers and School of Social Work faculty members Deirdre Finney Boylan and Leah Maxwell. Boylan has been a psychotherapist and supervisor in community mental health services for 25 years. Currently, she is a school-based clinician at a public high school for Kennebec Behavioral Health.

Maxwell has worked in the area of child and families’ services, developmental disability and mental health for many years. Currently, she is a residential clinician at Hope Rising, Saint Andre’s Home, in Biddeford.

Students can earn .6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs), 6 contact hours.

The professional development registration fee is $65; $30 for UMaine students. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Registration is available online: (hutchinsoncenter.umaine.edu/ethical-dimensions-self-care-social-work-human-services).

For more information or to request an accommodation, contact Diana McSorley, 338.8093, diana.mcsorley@maine.edu.

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The University of Maine, founded in Orono in 1865, is the state’s only public research university. It celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2015. UMaine is among the most comprehensive higher education institutions in the Northeast and attracts students from Maine and 49 other states, and 63 countries. It currently enrolls 11,219

total undergraduate and graduate students who can directly participate in groundbreaking research working with world-class scholars. The University of Maine offers 30 doctoral degrees and 80 master’s degrees; more than 90 undergraduate majors and academic programs; and one of the oldest and most prestigious honors programs in the U.S. The university promotes environmental stewardship, with substantial efforts campuswide aimed at conserving energy, recycling and adhering to green building standards in new construction. For more information about UMaine, visit umaine.edu.

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