EVENTS
April 17 to 20, 2024 | Philadelphia, PA
Get ready for another exciting ABCSW Conference at the Marriott Downtown in Historic Philadelphia, PA!
More Information soon!!
March is nationally recognized as Social Work Month and the American Board of Clinical Social Work (ABCSW) hopes you will take some time to reflect on what this profession means to you.
We value your stories so much that we are, once again, holding an essay contest! Please send us a short essay (no more than 500 words, please!) that reflects this years Social Work Month theme - Social Work Breaks Barriers! The ABCSW will review the submissions and select the winner who will receive a complimentary renewal of their BCD or Membership.
Make sure to submit your essay through the link below no later than February 28, 2023. The winner will be announced in the March newsletter and their essay will be featured in that issue.
Submissions have now closed. Watch for the results in your March Newsletter!
What is the BCD?In the profession of Clinical Social Work, the Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work (BCD) is the premier advanced practice certification. Those who hold it have met the highest standards in clinical education, training and experience, and they are recognized for quality practice by courts, other professionals, consumers, government agencies, insurers and healthcare companies. To search a directory of individuals who have earned their BCD certification, click the 'Find a BCD' link below. Find a BCDOverview of the ABCSWThe American Board of Clinical Social Work (ABCSW) is the national standard-setting organization for the profession of Clinical Social Work. The ABCSW sets and promotes national practice standards, publishes position statements, issues the Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work (BCD) credentials for advanced clinical generalists, clinical supervisors, children/families practitioners and psychoanalysts, and maintains an online directory of certificants. Read MoreWhat is Clinical Social Work?Clinical social work is a healthcare profession based on theories and methods of prevention and treatment in providing mental-health/healthcare services, with special focus on behavioral and bio-psychosocial problems and disorders. Clinical social work’s unique attributes include use of the person-in-environment perspective, respect for the primacy of client rights and strong therapeutic alliance between client and practitioner. With 250,000 practitioners serving millions of client consumers, clinical social workers constitute the largest group of mental-health/healthcare providers in the nation. Read More |