Ethics Training

Join Illume: The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence on Friday, April 18th, 2025 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm (Central)

Social Work Ethics Training will provide knowledge and everyday examples of ethical decision making based on the NASW Code of Ethics. The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human wellbeing and help to meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty. Fundamental to social work is attention to the environmental forces that create, contribute to, and address problems in living.

This training will be presented by Barbara Zawier, MSW, LCSW.

Vice President of Illume and Strategic Partnerships, Barbara Zawier, MSW, LCSW, oversees community relations and Illume: The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, which is the training, research, evaluation, mentorship/coaching, and consultation arm of Places for People. Barb joined Community Alternatives in 1996. She has gained a wealth of direct experience initiating and/or supervising numerous evidence-based practices, and has worked with diverse populations over the years. As an LCSW, Barb provides supervision for professionals seeking social work licensure. Barb is a graduate of State University College of New York at Buffalo where she received her Bachelor’s of Social Work in 1982. She received her Master’s of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work in 1984. In her spare time, Barb continues to give back to the St. Louis community, serving as the chair of the St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church Development Committee.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Illume: The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, 1310 Papin Street, St. Louis, United States