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One Step Forward - Two Steps Back: From Poverty to Self-Sufficiency

Pam Crawford, LCSW
Presenter(s): 
Pam Crawford, LCSW, and Kim Rainey, LCSW
$18.75
Member Price: 
$15.00

Training description: 

Open Table is a growing poverty alleviation movement of ministry in the United States wherein a faith community collaborates with the community to create a partnership of accountability with what the model terms a "brother" or "sister" in poverty. It is a model that utilizes both social and financial capital to empower a family who has the motivation to commit to a one-year plan that will improve their lives and help move them toward self-sufficiency.

This training will illustrate the Open Table approach, while describing the experience of a group of Christians who have struggled with poverty walking alongside a sibling group while assisting their move from poverty to self-reliance.

CE category: 
Direct Practice: Groups and Communities
Direct Practice: Individuals, Couples, Families, and Children
No. of CE Hours: 
1.25
Training format: 
video-based
Practice Level(s): 
Basic: Student/BSW Level
Intermediate: MSW Level
Target Audience: 
Social workers and related professionals
Social work students
Human services professionals
Clergy
Learning Objectives: 
As a result of this training, participants will be able to: Articulate the challenges and personal implications of merging differing Christian perspectives based on values, culture and experiences toward one over-arching goal. Describe the key steps that lead to the empowering human potential and the gift of unconditional relationship it brings.
View Training PowerPoint File: 
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Link to View Excerpt of Training Video: 
https://vimeo.com/225619357
Training Outline: 
Professional Background Information Differences in Culture, Values, Experiences Identify the challenges and personal implications of merging differing Christian perspectives based on values, culture, and experiences towards one overarching goal. Articulate some of the many challenges faced by a roadmap of living in poverty and the difficulty of unraveling those intersections that complicate future success. Describe the success of empowering human potential and the gift of unconditional relationship it brings. Open Table Background and History Survival Mode vs Planning and Preparedness We all have issues - or do we? Money vs. Relationship in Changing Poverty Implications for Social Work and the Church
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Presenter Bio: 

Pam Crawford is a social work graduate of Baylor University and holds a LCSW with the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners. Pam has been employed by Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services for 15 years and is the Regional Director for the Texas Central Region supervising four diverse program sites. She and Kimberly have enjoyed working together on community projects that promote collaboration between agencies and provide better services for client families. Pam is a former adjunct professor at Baylor and a member of NACSW since graduation.

Kimberly Rainey is a social work graduate of Baylor University and holds a LMSW license with the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners. Kimberly has been on staff at Northside Baptist Church as Minister of Benevolence and Missions for the past six years and has been instrumental in providing Community Development leadership and direction as United Way Board President serving social services and churches in Navarro County. Kimberly has been a member of NACSW since graduating from Baylor University.