BCU To Host “Social Work Ethics and
Substance Abuse” Workshop

SIOUX CITY, Iowa –Briar Cliff University’s Department of Social Work will host “Social Work Ethics and Substance Abuse” at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20  in the Stark Student Center on campus.

The ethics workshop for social workers will feature Mark Smith, ACSW, LISW, CADC, director of special projects at the substance abuse treatment unit of Central Iowa (SATUCI). Smith will discuss the internal and external influences of ethical decision-making and ethical principles involved in social work and substance abuse counseling.

“This workshop will help participants improve their abilities to identify ethical principles,” said Sylvia Kuennen, MSW, LISW, professor of social work. “It is important for social work professionals to be able to deal with conflicting and competing values in decision-making.”

Registration deadline for the workshop is May 1, 2008. To register, contact Sylvia Kuennen at 1-800-662-3303 ext. 5478, or email sylvia.kuennen@briarcliff.edu.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states, Bosnia, Canada, Ecuador and Pakistan.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion.