FEATURE FEATURE FEATURE The Value of One Solid Connection: The Mental Health of Public Members Social Work & Child Welfare Black Youth in Alberta VOLUME 46 | ISSUE 1 SPRING 2021 THE www.acsw.ab.caADVOCATEALBERTA COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORKERS CHILD POVERTY DURING A PANDEMIC SEE STORIES ON PAGES 6, 8, & 12 1961 - 2021 60 YEARS OF SOCIAL WORK ASSOCIATIONS IN ALBERTA 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE | MARCH 25 - 27, 2021 MARCH 25 – 27, 2021 | JOIN US VIRTUALLY | REGISTER NOW! | REGISTER MARCH 25 – 27, 2021 | JOIN US VIRTUALLY REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! REGISTER ONLINE AT ACSW.AB.CA Get recharged, inspired, and connected while building your social work practice at the ACSW 2021 Virtual Conference. At the ACSW, we know our members want to be part of an inspired, connected, collaborative community. You need opportunities to make meaningful connections within your profession to make this happen. 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LIVE KEYNOTES LIVE FEATURE PRESENTATIONS THURSDAY ENTERTAINMENT EVENT ON-DEMAND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON-DEMAND WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE FOR 30 DAYS THE ADVOCATE Volume 46, Issue 1, Spring 2021 Published by: The Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) 550 10707 100 AVE NW, Edmonton AB T5J 3M1 Ph: 780-421-1167/Toll-free (in AB): 1-800-661-3089 THE Fax: 780-421-1168/Toll-free fax: 1-866-874-8931 ADVOCATE [email protected] — acsw.ab.ca Registrar (Acting) Associate Registrar: Suzanne MacKinnon, MSW, RCSW [email protected] Executive Director (Acting) Associate Director - Professional Practice & Advocacy: Jody-Lee Farrah, MSW, RSW [email protected] Managers, Regulatory Practice/Complaints Directors: Bruce Llewellyn, MSW, RSW Sheryl Pearson, MSW, RSW, LLB [email protected] FEATURE STORY: Membership Activities - Team Lead: ONE SOLID CONNECTION Charity Lui, MSW, RSW 31 Social Workers & Child Welfare Social Workers - Membership Activities: Heather Johnson, BSW, RSW Andre Tinio, BSW, RSW Finance & Administration Officer: Kim Hyggen, CPA, CGA Finance & Administration Support: Audrey Kent, CPA, CMA Registration Coordinators: Brenda Gross Tami Carlin Jennifer Vasquez Executive Assistant / Office Manager: Noreen Majek Promotions & Events Associate: ACSW 60TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES FEATURE STORY Crystal King 19 Part One: 26 The Mental Health of Administrative Support Professionals: Tracy Houben Carlena Johnson The Roots of ACSW Black Youth in Alberta Toni Harrison Jessica Atamanenko Online Services Analyst: Laurie Nelson FEATURES SOCIAL JUSTICE WORKS IT Support Analyst: Scott MacPhee 16 The Value of Public Members: 12 Child Poverty During a Pandemic ACSW Council: Bill 30 Leads to Change President: Ajay Pandhi, MSW, RSW THE VOICES OF PRIVATE PRACTICE Vice President: Maxine Salopree, BSW, RSW 31 One Solid Connection: Treasurer: Daryl Pamplin, BSW, RSW 14 Updating Your Virtual Practice Social Workers & Child Welfare Secretary: Dayirai Kapfunde, MSW, RSW Members at Large: 26 The Mental Health of Black Youth BOOK REVIEW Margaret Brown, MSW, RSW Wilda Listener, MSW, RSW in Alberta 15 Spirituality and Social Justice Bobbi Michaud, MSW, RSW Baiju Vareed, MSW, RSW Katie Richardson, MSW, RSW Siu Ming Kwok, MSW, RSW 19 ACSW 60th Anniversary Series Indigenous Social Work Committee Representative: RESEARCH & LEARNING IN Part One: The Roots of ACSW Carrie Avveduti, BSW, RSW ALBERTA’S COMMUNITIES Public Members: 22 Book Offers Hope for Youth in Care Bukola Oladunni Salami Trevor Liskowich AROUND OUR PROVINCE Laura Delfs Charmaine Coutinho 4 Around Our Province DIPLOMA DIALOGUES Editorial Board: Samuel Mammen, MSW, RSW & Cardinal Fomradas, MSW, RSW (Co-Chairs) 23 Moving from Reconciliation to INDIGENOUS VOICES Darnel Forro, MSW, RSW Tasha Novick, MSW, RSW ReconciliACTION Andrea Newberry-Koroluk, PhD, RSW Islam Deyab, BSW, RSW 8 Indigenous Children and Poverty Bukola Oladunni Salami, Public Member Kassi McKen, SW Dip, RSW Meagon Nicholson, ACSW Student Member Debbie Posey, SW Dip, RSW DAY IN THE LIFE IN THE NEWS Editorial services provided by Bird Communications 28 Caeleb Goff, BSW, RSW 9 Welcome to New RSWs & RCSWs Advertising space is available. 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All material ©2021 by the ACSW or by author. ACSW retains copyright when no author is listed. Reprint or copying (including digital or online reproduction in any form) of any Advocate material requires written consent of the ACSW. Printing on Titan Dull text. 10% post consumer waste. Titan participates in a certified forest program. THE ADVOCATE 3 AROUND OUR PROVINCE BY CHARITY LUI, MSW, RSW Congratulations Congratulations to Monique Auffrey, MSW, RSW, recipient of the Universal Women’s Network 2020 Women of LAYERS OF DIVERSITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY Inspiration DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY Advocate THE NEMESIS OF MEN – MENTAL HEALTH and Catalyst for Change AND ITS IMPACT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE award! Monique is dedicated to working with families to end domestic violence. She is a courageous leader who has shared her personal experience with domestic violence and is the former CEO of Carya Society of Calgary. She is the secretary general of the Commonwealth Organization for Social Work and on the advisory board of the Global Institute for Social Work. Supporting Social Work Practice The ACSW Social Workers in Health member interest group, in collaboration The Indigenous with the Centre for Race and Culture, hosted a workshop on unconscious bias on October 21st. Using an interactive format, presenter Noelle Jaipaul had Social Work participants reflect on the layers of diversity and the intersectionality of our Committee identities. The Indigenous Social Work On October 24th, the Calgary Area Coordinators hosted Dawn Lewis, registered Committee welcomes their psychologist, who presented an introductory workshop on Dialectical Behaviour new chair, Carrie Avveduti, Therapy (DBT). Participants learned practical skills and tools to enhance their BSW, RSW, and co-chair, practice, including emotion regulation tools and mindfulness activities. Laurie Mason-Kulusic, SWDip, RSW, and looks Hosted by the ACSW member interest group Alberta Social Workers United forward to working with Against Family Violence, Bonnie Kowaliuk, RSW, presented a workshop on them both! November 16th called The Nemesis of Men – Mental Health and Its Impact on Domestic Violence. This workshop covered mental health and strategies to support men as service users. 4 SPRING 2021 Elder Wil Campbell gives blessing at learning guide launch Free learning guide developed & launched (Dis)placed webinar (Dis)placed Learning Guide ACSW staffwere part of a working of Child Studies and Social Work. workers can influence and change group to assist in the development their practice to better support On November 2nd, ACSW staff Indigenous youth in care. of the Learning Guide for Professionals participated in the launch of the Working with Children and Youth to guide. In partnership with the The Learning Guide is free and can accompany the film (Dis)placed: Canadian Association of Social be accessed at kingcripproductions. Indigenous Youth and the Child Work among others, we hosted com/displaced. To view the free Welfare System. This work was done a webinar that included a panel on-demand webinar, visit CASW- together with film producer Melisa discussion with the filmmaker ACTS.ca – Continuing Education – Brittain, the First Nations Children’s Melisa Brittain; Bernadette Iahtail, Webinars. Action Research and Education RSW; Julie Mann-Johnson, MSW, Service, Creating Hope Society of RSW; Michelle Briegel; and Cindy Alberta, the University of Calgary Blackstock, PhD, RSW. The panelists Faculty of Social Work and the spoke to participants about tangible Mount Royal University Department and effective ways that social THE ADVOCATE 5 AROUND OUR PROVINCE BY CHARITY LUI, MSW, RSW 2020 Child Poverty report ACSW Area Coordinators connect online Palliative Competency Framework Collaborations On November 6th, Area Coordinators the 16.7 percent of children in Alberta develop their competency in palliative from across the province gathered who live in poverty and concludes care through self-assessing their together virtually for the annual Area with some recommendations. Also knowledge, skills, behaviours and Coordinator Retreat. There was an on December 8th, ACSW