News

Feb 15, 2024 — Join us during National Social Work Month to discuss the future of our profession.

Mar 13, 2024 — Learn how to transform any group in the helping field into a social work group.

Mar 11, 2024 — NSCSW members are invited to review a draft of guidelines for integrating social justice advocacy into practice.

Mar 6, 2024 — Social workers in Northern NS are invited to join an in-person event for National Social Work Month 2024.

Mar 4, 2024 — Social workers in Western NS are invited to join an in-person event for National Social Work Month 2024.

1 Feb, 2024 — During 2023, the College undertook a preliminary review of this program using a reflective thematic analysis of completed candidacy records from 2019-2022. We are pleased to be able to share the results with our members, and to announce the reinstatement of the Candidacy Committee.

1 Feb, 2024 — The 2024 African Heritage Month theme is Our Smiles, Our Joy, Our Resilience as African Nova Scotians. We invite social workers to celebrate and recognize the history and culture of people of African descent.

Mar 1, 2024 — Please join us as we kick off a month of exciting events for National Social Work Month! The scope of our profession is broad, and our members and their communities across the province are incredibly diverse, but this year’s theme identifies common values that bring us together and lay a foundation for safer social work practice.

Feb 29 — Join Dr. Ifeyinwa Mbakogu and her research team as they share the findings of their research with youth of African Descent (and their caregivers) who have interacted with or sought access to mental health and substance use services in Nova Scotia, as well as with mental health and substance use service providers in Nova Scotia.

Feb 28, 2024 — Vicent Mousseau, RSW, will discuss the concepts of Afropressimism and Black joy, and invite us consider their implications for social work.