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The GWSCSW Referral Panel
GWSCSW Referral Panel and Website
This year's news is the increase in referrals members have been receiving
directly from their individualized web pages, and the positive feedback we've
heard from the mental health community about our interactive Referral Panel
website. Please visit the website if you haven’t already done so, at
http://www.metropsychotherapy.info.
New specialties like supervision have been added in an effort to make the site
more “user friendly.” Just enter the criteria into the interactive site and you
instantly have access to the needed information. The referral panel home pages
inform potential clients about social work, the meaning of licensing, our code
of ethics and other relevant information.
About the Referral panel
In 1979, GWSCSW established the Referral Panel to provide educational and
referral information to the community. Individuals could leave a message on a
call-in line at 301-530-4765 and have a same-day personal reply and referral
from the volunteer on phone rotation.
A few years ago, the annual listing in booklet form used by the Panel volunteers
was made available to requesting mental health professionals working in employee
assistance programs (EAPs), psychiatric hospitals, and social service agencies.
Their response was positive: they were very happy to expand their referral bases
to include our Referral Panel clinicians.
Last year, with growing demand from institutions and individuals, the committee
instituted a technological upgrade: the Referral Panel went on line! The result
had been increased visibility and referrals. Now, through the Referral Panel
website, we can offer the community - those in search of a therapist, as well as
those making referrals - direct access to easy-to-use listings of Referral Panel
participants, each of whom has an individualized web page describing his/her
practice.
In addition to the listings, the Referral Panel website has pages informing
potential clients about social work, the meaning of licensing, and other
relevant information. The Referral Panel home page is linked to the Society home
page, providing an additional a source of information for the user, who can, for
example, click through to our code of ethics and other search areas.
How and When?
How? It’s easy! Just complete the application and send it to the address
indicated on the form, along with a photocopy of your malpractice insurance face
sheet, your current license(s) from the jurisdiction(s) in which you practice,
and a check. There is a $95 one-time start-up fee for members new to the online
panel. For those who have paid the initial start-up fee, there is a low
operating fee of only $20 per year.
When? Starting now! New and existing members can apply using the application
link below. The deadline for applying is October 31, 2007!
Patricia Garcia Golding, LCSW-C and Eileen Ivey, LCSW-C are co-chairs of the
Referral Panel committee.
Click here to
download
Referral Panel application (PDF)