Our Mission
Goals and Objectives
Our Society's mission is to promote the highest standards of clinical social work practice, and the highest educational and training standards as well; to advance and disseminate clinical social work knowledge; to educate the public about clinical social work; to pursue political/legislative goals protecting the professional interests of clinical social workers; and to work with other health care professionals on issues of common concern such as treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
Implementation of these objectives is achieved through:
- Continuing education courses on a variety of clinical topics
- Annual educational conference
- Quarterly dinner meetings, with clinical presentations
- Continuing Education credits for all events at no extra cost
- Quarterly Newsletter with State and Federal legislative news, trends in managed care, notices of educational offerings, alerts about requirements for licensing and certification
- Membership elist for the latest information on legislative, insurance, patient privacy, and other clinical, professional, and legislative information
- Annual Membership Directory for professional networking
- Therapist Finder System
- Study groups, peer supervision groups, and mentoring opportunities
- Lobbyists advocating in State assembly hearings on matters of interest to clinical social workers, and keeping members informed grassroots support is needed.
GWSCSW is an affiliate of the Clinical Social Work Association (CSWA), the voice of clinical social work at the national level. In addition to legislative reports and alerts, CSWA provides an invaluable service with its helpline for consultation in professional ethics, standards of practice, managed care, and the law. Society members who become individual members of the Association receive legislative reports and alerts directly; they can order reduced-rate subscriptions for the highly respected Clinical Social Work Journal, as well as malpractice, comprehensive life, and disability insurance.
