News & Events

A step-by-step guide to completing the registration renewal process for 2027/2028, with troubleshooting tips. Remember that you’ll need to make time to review the new code and standards!

We will be closed on the afternoon of December 11 for a staff event. On December 24 the NSCSW office will close at noon, and then reopen on January 4. We encourage members who need assistance with annual renewal to contact us well in advance of the January 31 deadline.

Help shape the profession’s future in our province as part of the NSCSW Council! We’re now accepting nominations for several vacant College Council positions. Submit your nomination no later than Wednesday November 4 at 4:30 PM.

Sep 24, 2026 — We’ve updated our fee schedule to include information for the 2027/28 registration year.

Sep 10, 2026 — CASW & NASWC have partnered to create a biennial award for Africentric practice, and annual scholarships for student leadership that benefits African, Caribbean and Black communities. Presentations for these national programs will begin in February 2027.

Student bursaries will be awarded to several NSCSW members who attend accredited social work programs in the fall of 2026. College bursaries are awarded based on the student’s commitment to professional social work practice.

Sep 30 – Nov 25 — An intensive course about Bowen family systems theory. Multi-week commitment, limited to 12 participants. Facilitated by Jim Morton and Anne Pirie.

Sep 24, 2026 — Learn about & integrate strategies that challenge, disrupt, and unsettle coercive control in helping & healing practices. This 2-hour virtual session is an interactive workshop, and will not be recorded for later viewing.

Aug 14, 2026 — In June 2022, the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) received letters of complaint regarding the conduct of registrant Philip Patey, of Halifax Nova Scotia, registration #2335. NSCSW imposed interim restrictions on Mr. Patey’s registration during the investigation, and later suspended it as the result of a discipline hearing held on February 9, 2026.

We encourage our members to review decision information, to gain insight into the reasons for decisions and the College’s discipline process. It is important for all social workers in Nova Scotia to understand the College’s role in ensuring that Nova Scotians can rely on professional, ethical social work practice.