News & Events

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.

This article by Lynn Brogan was originally published by Star Halifax as an op-ed on September 11, 2019

As our members know, Registered Social Workers and Social Worker Candidates need to renew their registration every year. Renewals for 2020 will open in October 2019. When renewals open, we’ll share more detailed information on the process for renewing your registration. For now: Make a plan to complete your professional development hours. Include your registration… Read more »

We are partnering with a group of researchers based at Dalhousie University for a mental health research project. The purpose of this study is to compile a mental health advocacy paper for NSCSW. Dalhousie is conducting a community consultation through an opinion survey and interviews with individual mental health stakeholders on barriers and access to… Read more »

NSCSW regulates the practice of social work in Nova Scotia. We serve and engage the public, support social workers in their practice, and advocate for social justice. The College is privileged to be both the social work regulatory body and the professional association for social workers in Nova Scotia. As a regulatory body, our primary goal is… Read more »

Social workers are consistently faced with ethical dilemmas in practice. This session is a small-group discussion on ethics and the struggles that social work practitioners are experiencing.
Participants bring their diverse experiences and perspectives to an intensive, interactive exploration of an ethical scenario.