The College is pleased to offer registrants the ability to securely update their personal information at any time and pay their annual fees to the College online.
In order to use the Online Registrant Services, registrants must have a valid email address on file with the College. You will need your College registration number and your password to access the online system.
If you have any questions about the online services, you may contact the College at 416-972-9882 or 1-877-828-9380 or email info@ocswssw.org. For full details regarding the College’s online services, please read our Guide for Online Renewal.
Ready to renew? Visit our Online Registrant Services to renew your registration.
Registration Renewals
Registrants can renew their registration and pay their annual fee through the College’s online registrant services. The registration year for the College is January 1st to December 31st.
The annual fee (also referred to as a renewal fee) for a year must be paid on or before December 31st of the previous year. Currently, the College accepts the following payment methods:
- Mastercard
- Visa
- Visa Debit
- Mastercard Debit
- Cheque
- Money order
A $50 late fee penalty will be charged if the annual fee is received after January 31st of the registration year.
Once your annual fee is processed, the tax receipt and registrant card will be available online under the “Renewal Receipts” tab from the menu. From the Registration Renewal History grid, click on the “Registration card and tax receipt” of the selected Registration Year to open a PDF file than you can print, save, or send by email.
* For new graduates who are registered on or before December 31st of the year in which they graduate from a social work or social service work program, the renewal fee for these new graduate registrants in the two subsequent years of their registration will be reduced by $100, provided that the payment of the annual fee is made prior to the date on which the late payment penalty is effective.
Resignation/Cancellation
If you do not need to renew your registration (i.e. you no longer use the title “social worker” or “social service worker”, nor hold yourself out to be a social worker or social service worker) and you wish to avoid your certificate of registration being suspended, you must send a notice of resignation by regular mail, fax or by email informing the College of your resignation.
Update Your Information
If you change employers or move, you must advise the College online or in writing within 30 days. The College is required to make the current business name and business address of registrants available to the public on the public register.
You can use our Online Registrant Services to update the following information easily:
- Personal information – Home address, telephone number, fax number or email
- Business information – Business name, telephone number, fax number or email (Contact us if your business name is not listed as one of the existing options)
- Practice information – your function, setting and practice field
Name Change
If you are changing your name, you must advise the College of both your former name(s) and your new name(s) in writing and include a copy of the change of name certificate or marriage certificate for our records. You may send the information via fax to 416-972-1512, by email to info@ocswssw.org or mail to our address, attention Registration Department.
If disclosure of your business address(es) and business telephone number(s) may jeopardize your safety, please advise the Registrar in writing. The Registrar will assess whether there is a basis for this information not to be made available to the public. In addition, if you use a pseudonym in your practice of social work or social service work for personal safety, please advise the Registrar in writing. In both cases, provide written details. Please do not forget to indicate your registration number on all correspondence with the College.