News
A new Tips and Tools document, Starting a Private
Practice, Frequently Asked Questions by NASW Members,
has been revised to
help guide clinical social workers (CSWs) through the process of opening a
private practice. This document provides answers to common questions on
licensure, liability, insurance credentialing, and many other topics to help
CSWs get started.
Starting
a Private Practice: Frequently Asked Questions by NASW Members
An Hour of
Private Practice
Using
the New Practice Standards, Serious Illness Care: Hospice and Palliative Social
Work, in Private Practice and Other Settings
Friday, July
17, 2026 (Noon – 1 pm ET)
Presenters:
Shirley Otis-Green, LCSW and Colleen Mulkerin, LCSW
Both are
nationally known experts in hospice and palliative care who were the co-chairs
of the NASW taskforce that developed the new standards.
Register in
advance for this meeting with your email that is associated with your NASW
membership:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/BOeZPBcoRrqieiPAA9SKPQ
After
registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about
joining the meeting. For informational purposes only, no CEs will be issued. For
NASW Members only.
Please register at
least 15 minutes before the event.
SPS Webinars
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 (1 – 2 pm ET)
Presenter: Connie Palmer, LCSW
CEs: 1 Social Work contact hour
The culture of a workplace impacts the success of the organization’s mission and the wellbeing of its employees. What can social workers do to create a healthy workplace culture?
Objectives:
- Identify what creates a healthy workplace culture for social workers and other staff
- Describe unhealthy workplace dynamics and how they can be addressed by social workers
- Explain how diversity, equity and inclusion are integral in the how social workers create of healthy workplace culture.
Cost: SPS Members: Free / Non-SPS NASW Members: $25 / Non-NASW Member: $35
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 (1 – 2 pm)
Presenter: Tara D. Wallace, EdD, LSCSW, CTF-CBT/PSB, RYT, CSLC
CE:1 Social work contact hour
Rooted in trauma-responsive, justice-centered practice, this training examines how silence, clinical, organizational, cultural, and systemic, can reinforce harm and perpetuate inequity across all levels of social work practice. Participants will explore the intersection of ethics, power, trauma, policy, and systemic accountability through a framework that integrates micro, mezzo, and macro practice. Using applied case examples, this training challenges participants to critically examine what ethical action requires in real-world practice settings using an ethical responsiveness model.
Objectives:
- Analyze the role of silence in ethical social work practice.
- Evaluate the impact of systemic factors on clinical outcomes
- Implement ethical disruption strategies in practice settings
- Apply an ethical responsiveness model across all levels of social work practice.
Cost: SPS Members: Free / Non-SPS NASW Members: $25 / Non-NASW Member: $35
Meet Social Workers like you with MyNASW
If you are an SPS member, you are already a member of at least one of these MyNASW online communities and can participate now:
Children, Youth and Schools
For members of the Child Welfare; Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults; and School Social Work Specialty Practice Sections
Clinical Social Work, Aging, and Health
For members of the Aging; Mental Health; Private Practice, and Substance Use Disorders and Other Addictive Behaviors Specialty Practice Sections
Social Justice, Administration, and Courts
For members of the Administration/Supervision; Social and Economic Justice & Peace; and Social Work and the Courts Specialty Practice Sections