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
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