Year: 2021

Compacts were not where ASWB and our members started with mobility, but compacts can coexist with endorsement provisions.

The news arrived March 15 that the Council of State Governments, in partnership with the Department of Defense, had selected the social work profession to receive technical assistance to develop an interstate compact for occupational licensing portability.

The issues of states’ rights, uniformity of criteria, and mobility and portability related to the regulation of the professions are not new.

ASWB’s Board Member Exchange has relied on attendees identifying current hot topics for discussion, with participants sharing challenges their own boards have experienced and solutions that have worked. All benefit from the conversations as they learn from the experiences of their peers.

More than 25 ASWB members joined the most recent Engaging with ASWB Zoom conversation on April 15. Focused on continuing education, the meeting was facilitated by ASWB Senior Director of Member Engagement and Regulatory Services Jennifer Henkel.

The REAL Committee, like all ASWB committees in 2020, didn’t hold any in-person meetings, but that didn’t prevent the group from hitting the ground running.

Updates from ASWB members and volunteers

Each year, ASWB publicly acknowledges up to two volunteer members of social work regulatory boards and up to two administrators of social work regulatory boards for contributions to their individual boards. The award for regulatory board members is named in honor of Sunny Andrews, past president of the association. The award for regulatory administrators is […]

The ASWB Nominating Committee is now accepting recommendations for the 2021 elections. This year, we have four seats up for election on our Board of Directors and two seats on the Nominating Committee. Deadline for recommendations is July 1, 2021.

Virtual professional practice has brought added attention to many legal concerns implicated by practice without physical presence. The fundamental issues to consider include whether the actions constitute practice as defined, and if so, where practice occurs.