Tag: professional development

Feb 12, 2026 — Explore strategies to address body image concerns using the six key concepts of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Feb 9, 2026 — Supporting NS social workers in better providing parenting & decision-making assessments with service users.

Feb 5, 2026 — Integrate knowledge, skills, and values related to rural and isolated family violence and virtual care in social work practice contexts.

Feb 4 – Apr 8, 2026 — We’re delighted that Jim Morton and Anne Pirie are returning to offer this 9-session intensive course about Bowen family systems theory to members of NSCSW. This course has a small cohort and seats fill fast.

Nov 25, 2025 — In advance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, social workers, survivors, and government representatives gathered in downtown Halifax on November 24, 2025, for a pivotal conference that underscored social work’s critical responsibility in dismantling the normalization of gender-based and intimate partner violence, and championed the empowerment of survivors.

Dec 10, 2025 — Learn ways to better understand neurodivergence and how to make supportive adaptations in social work practice.

Dec 8, 2025 — Learn more about our evaluation & audit of the professional development program, and get support with completing your activity reports.

Nov 6, 2025 — The theme for next year’s conference is “Navigating complexity together.” We’re inviting our social work community to submit proposals for conference sessions.

Dec 5, 2025 — Closed space for Mi’kmaq & Indigenous social workers to discuss ethics, practice issues, & build connections for safer social work practice.

Dec 4, 2025 — Moving away from the biomedical paradigm, to a non-pathologizing paradigm that is truly anti-oppressive and trauma-informed.