WHY DOES THE COLLEGE HAVE A SUPPORT PERSON PROGRAM?
Why does the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers have a Support Person Program? The College’s ongoing mandate is to protect the public from unqualified, incompetent and unfit practitioners. As part of this public protection mandate, the College has a duty to consider and investigate reports and complaints regarding alleged misconduct or incompetence of College members, including sexual abuse and/or boundary violations of a sexual nature. Implemented in 2019, the College’s Support Person Program provides the…