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What Employers Should Know About Our New Public Awareness Campaign

On March 1, 2019, the College launched our first-ever, online public awareness campaign. “What’s in a name?” promotes awareness of the College and the Online Register of social workers and social service workers in Ontario. It also reinforces the College’s ongoing mandate to protect the public interest through the campaign’s full tagline, “What’s in a name? Protection for you.” (more…)

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Watch AMED 2019 via Livestream!

The College is holding our Annual Meeting and Education Day (AMED) on Thursday, June 13, 2019. Although AMED is exclusively for registered social workers and registered social service workers, we will livestream the Annual Meeting, keynote address and four afternoon breakout sessions on the College website and our Facebook page, so stakeholders across the province are able to watch the proceedings live. (more…)

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Introducing ETHICS→A

Have your employees ever faced an ethical dilemma related to practice? In February 2019, the College introduced ETHICS→A, an ethical decision-making tool that supports members’ ethical and professional practice. Both robust and concise, ETHICS→A reflects the College’s governing legislation, regulations, and Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. The tool can be used in clinical and non-clinical, direct and indirect practice. (more…)

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2019 OCSWSSW Council Elections – Call for Nominations

On Thursday, May 30, 2019, the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers will hold an election for registered social workers and registered social service workers in Electoral District Nos. 1, 2 and 5. The College invites all members eligible to vote to put their names forward as candidates for election to the College Council. For more information, click on the following links: Electoral District No. 1Electoral District No. 2Electoral District No. 5…

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2019 AMED

Annual Meeting and Education Day Agenda 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.Registration 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Annual Meeting 11 a.m. – noonKeynote Address Noon – 1:30 p.m.Lunch 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Breakout Sessions A 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.Breakout Sessions B VIEW BROCHURE Keynote Address Reconciliation and Social Work and Social Service Work PracticeJeffrey Ansloos, PhD The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada helped put a spotlight on the ugly history and legacy of Canada’s…

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Council Meeting Highlights for December 7, 2018

The Council is the 21-member governing body and board of directors that manages and administers College affairs. The policies developed by Council provide direction to the College and to staff. December 7, 2018 Lise Betteridge, RSW, Registrar and CEO, and Laura Sheehan, Deputy Registrar, presented their report to Council, including updates on:membership and registration;website traffic and social media engagement;the employer outreach campaign, including the Employer Roundtables and the Employer Communiqué;member outreach initiatives, including the Educational Forums…

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Employer Roundtables

Since 2017, the College has hosted Employer Roundtables in Thunder Bay, Windsor, Sudbury and Kitchener. These interactive events provide an opportunity for employers to learn about the College and its public protection mandate and to share their ideas about how the College can better support employers. The College’s most recent roundtable was held on November 9, 2018, at the Holiday Inn in Kitchener. Twenty-four employers across a variety of settings and sectors signed up for…

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Title Protection: Protecting the Public from Unregulated Practitioners

In August 2018, the College launched the Unregulated Practitioners webpage, located in the Public section of the College website. This page lists court proceedings that have been initiated or are in the process of being initiated against unregulated practitioners. It is just one of a number of new and ongoing initiatives developed to enhance the College’s regulatory effectiveness as it fulfills its mandate to protect the public interest. How can the Unregulated Practitioners webpage help…

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Mandatory Reporting 101

As mandated under the Social Work and Social Service Work Act, 1998, the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (the College) is required to have a process for mandatory reports. The Act lists specific circumstances in which an employer of a College member must make a report to the College. These include but are not limited to terminating the employment of a College member for reasons of professional misconduct, incompetence or incapacity.…

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