September | CE WEBINAR
In the evolving landscape of hospice and palliative care, social workers are called to lead, not just through titles, but through integrity, clarity, and connection to purpose. This session shares the story of a social work leadership role built through administrative collaboration, while also offering a broader lens on what it means to lead from where you are. We’ll explore how staying connected to what drives us allows each social worker to identify their own most authentic and sustainable forms of advocacy. Whether at the bedside, in team meetings, or navigating institutional systems, social workers can cultivate influence by honoring the advocacy work they are uniquely positioned to do.
Learning Objectives:
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Participants will takeaway strategies for building trust at various levels of the hospital.
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Participants will understand micro, mezzo, and macro forms of advocacy, recognizing that effective empowerment can take many forms.
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Participants will understand the importance and power of the existence of goal and value alignment.
About the Speakers:
Sandy Chan, LCSW, APHSW-C has been working in hospice and palliative care for over 20 years. She started her career as an in-home hospice social worker at Pathways Home Health and Hospice in Oakland, CA, and then was recruited to help start the Palliative Care inpatient service at Stanford Healthcare in 2007 in partnership with an advance practice nurse and medical director. After five years, she took a position as the Assistant Director of Social Work at UCSF Medical Center and was supervising the entire social work department. She was recruited back to help to manage and develop the Outpatient Palliative Care Clinic program at Stanford. She is now the Director of Palliative Care and Geriatrics and has been in that role for 6 years. Sandy is passionate about social work practice and leadership in general and the specialty of palliative care specifically and promoting its importance in healthcare delivery.
Mike Polisso, LCSW, APHSW-C has been working with patients with serious illness for the last 6 years. He started his medical social work career at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital on the Oncology and Neuro Oncology services where he developed a passion for supporting patients and their loved ones at the end of life. He moved over the Palliative Care team at Stanford in 2022 as a clinician and has since moved into a Lead role with the Palliative Care Team. Mike is passionate about elevating the Palliative Care Social Work Specialty and the clinical role of all social workers in the hospital setting.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Continuing Education Information
Social Work Hospice + Palliative Care Network (SWHPN), #1716, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Social Work Hospice + Palliative Care Network aka SWHPN maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 7/18/2023 – 7/18/2026.
Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits.