As another winter turns to spring, I think about the cycles of our work at the College – as well as the constant of change. Outside, the weather warms and vegetation surfaces once again, yet the sun always rises. This will be my last message in Perspective.
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Message from the Registrar and CEO: Professional Boundaries Campaign
“We Are Still Here” – A Woman’s Journey to Healing and Rediscovery
Last year, Rita May Fenton stumbled upon her dream journal from 2012. She had a dream about living in a big house with many people coming to visit, called “The Healing Place.” “I’ve always wanted to have a teepee in my backyard and people coming for healing” she said. With the support of the community, Rita set out on realizing her dream.
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Practice Notes: Shattered Trust – The Sexual Abuse of Clients
In 2022, the College saw a disturbing rise in sexual abuse-related complaints. Sexual abuse is one of the most egregious ways that registrants can harm their client and breach their professional obligations. This trend is alarming and more must be done to prevent the sexual abuse of clients and ensure that registrants maintain professional boundaries.
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What Are Professional Boundaries?
The term “professional boundaries” is used to define the set of roles and expectations required of a College registrant in relation to their client. The College registrant has a professional obligation to maintain professional boundaries and ensure that the needs of the client are paramount at all times.
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College Updates and Reminders
The College’s Annual Meeting and Education Day (AMED) will take place on Tuesday, June 13th. This year’s theme is Making the Connection: Professionalism, Accountability and Public Protection. The keynote speaker, Zelda La Grange, will present on her two decades of working closely with Nelson Mandela in post-Apartheid South Africa.
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Council Meeting Highlights for March 1, 2023
John Fleming, Council Chair, provided his report to Council. Council received an update from Stacey Hardy-Chandler, CEO of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) and Siu Ming Kwok, President of the Canadian Council of Social Work Regulators, regarding entry-to-practice exams.
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Council Meeting Highlights for December 1, 2022
John Fleming, Council Chair, provided his report to Council. Lise Betteridge, RSW, Registrar and CEO, and Denitha Breau, Deputy Registrar, presented their report to Council. The report provided updates under each strategic priority in the College’s Strategic Plan and included information about the following…
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Discipline Decision Summary – Essa Rageh Egal
The College publishes summaries of decisions of the Discipline Committee and/or provides links to full-text, neutralized versions of its decisions. Information that is subject to a publication ban or that could reveal the identity of witnesses or clients, including the name of the facility, have been removed as necessary, or have been anonymized.
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Discipline Decision Summary – Harrison Mungal
The College publishes summaries of decisions of the Discipline Committee and/or provides links to full-text, neutralized versions of its decisions. Information that is subject to a publication ban or that could reveal the identity of witnesses or clients, including the name of the facility, have been removed as necessary, or have been anonymized.
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