News & Events

March 19, 2020 — You’re invited to join NSCSW Executive Director / Registrar Alec Stratford for a series of meetings being held with social workers across the province, from Sydney to Digby. These events offer an opportunity to engage and connect with the NSCSW, and celebrate the profession of social work.

March 19, 2020 — Social workers are well trained to be transformational leaders. As professionals we are taught to identify the needed change, create the vision, inspire and guide others to work toward that change.

March 9, 2020 — You’re invited to join NSCSW Executive Director / Registrar Alec Stratford for a series of meetings being held with social workers across the province, from Sydney to Digby. These events offer an opportunity to engage and connect with the NSCSW, and celebrate the profession of social work.

March 5, 2020 — You’re invited to join NSCSW Executive Director / Registrar Alec Stratford for a series of meetings being held with social workers across the province, from Sydney to Digby. These events offer an opportunity to engage and connect with the NSCSW, and celebrate the profession of social work.

This week the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a new report about child and family poverty in our province. Nova Scotia has reduced child poverty less than 1% from 1989 levels. If we are to alleviate the stress that poverty puts on our well-being, our economy and our political system, we must collectively shift our ideology regarding the market and the role of government.

We’re delighted to announce that we now provide optional mentorship training for members of the College who are interested in becoming candidacy mentors.

In this issue of Connection magazine you’ll read stories exploring the unique perspectives social workers bring to their work. The broad scope of our profession offers diverse opportunities for social workers to co-create meaningful change in Nova Scotia.

As election day quickly approaches, although there has been much talk about how the Canada Child Benefit has lifted children out of poverty elsewhere in the country, there has been little attention paid to how benefit policies unintentionally deepen poverty when children are temporarily taken into care by a child welfare agency.

The province announced this week that they plan to create a committee to conduct reviews of unexpected deaths of children under the age of 19 who have died while in provincial care.

Ethical behaviour is at the core of social work practice. It guides our actions and is part of everyday decision-making.

All social workers associated with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers must complete five hours of professional development in social work ethics over a five year period.