Description

This interactive 1-hour virtual Lunch & Learn session provides social work professionals and students with a foundational understanding of social justice-informed practice. Participants will explore how to integrate social justice values and themes—including anti-racism, anti-oppression, equity, diversity, and inclusion/expansion—into their daily practice across micro, mezzo, and macro levels. The session addresses the gap between the profession’s commitment to social justice, as outlined in the NASW Code of Ethics and the CSWE Educational Standards, and the inconsistent application of these principles in practice settings. 

Through a combination of brief didactic content, reflective exercises, and group discussion, participants will examine how systemic oppression impacts client well-being, learn practical strategies for centering social justice in clinical and community-based work, and develop the needed skills to challenge structural sources of marginalization. This session is designed for practitioners at all career stages who seek to align their practice more intentionally with social work’s core commitment to social justice and social change.

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this training, you will be able to:

• Define social justice-informed practice and articulate its relevance to contemporary social work across practice settings and specializations. 

• Identify at least three ways that systemic oppression (including racism, classism, heterosexism, and ableism) manifests in clients’ lives and influences their access to resources and well-being. 

• Apply a critical lens to assess how their own practice, agency policies, and community systems either perpetuate or challenge social inequities. 

• Describe at least two practical strategies for integrating social justice themes into their current practice, including culturally humble engagement, anti-oppressive language, and advocacy approaches. 

• Recognize the importance of ongoing self-reflection, critical consciousness, and professional development in sustaining social justice-informed practice.

Delivery Method
synchronous distance learning

Cost
$15.00

Credit Hours
1 (ACE)

Accreditation

University of Kentucky College of Social Work, Provider # 1377, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/29/25-9/29/28 Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit. 

 

 

Instructor

Dr. Priscila Llamosa is a clinical social worker, supervisor, author, and speaker. She is a Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Social Work and the CEO of the Center for Clinical Development and Supervision, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing high-quality, accessible, inclusive, and culturally sensitive supervision and consultation to mental health practitioners. 

Dr. Llamosa is a mixed-ethnicity, Latiné, cisgender female whose social work practice and supervision frameworks are grounded in social justice, decolonizing, and anti-oppressive approaches. Her education includes a Doctor of Social Work from the University of Kentucky, a Master’s of Social Work, and a graduate certificate in Military and Trauma Counseling from East Carolina University, where she was awarded the Maria McMahon Achievement Award by the School of Social Work in 2015. In addition, she is a University of North Carolina Wilmington 2022 Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellow.  

How to Claim Credit
You must attend the training in its entirety and complete an evaluation form.  Attendance will be verified using Zoom attendance reports. 

Cancellation/Refund Policy
If this course is canceled, you will be contacted and given the option of a full refund, or course credit to be used within 1 year.

Questions
Contact Christina.Krantz@uky.edu with any questions regarding this course, registration assistance or to request accommodations.