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Education and training


The social workers at Children’s and Women’s Health Center of BC are trained at the Masters of Social Work level and are eligible for registration with the Board of Registration for Social Workers in BC

The Social Work Department provides clinical and academic placements to students of social work at the University of British Columbia and other accredited universities. Clinical and academic placements are also provided to Art Therapy students at a masters and post graduate level.

Some members of the department hold clinical appointments in the UBC Department of Psychiatry. The department is engaged in national research to enhance evidence based practice with patients and their families.
 
For more information on social work registration and training please see the following links:

Employment opportunities

 
For information about employment opportunities, please look under Careers.
 

Professional development

 
Ongoing professional development is encouraged and the Social Work Department Education Committee is responsible for 5-6 training sessions each year for enhancement of social work clinical practice skills. Additionally social workers are encouraged to pursue educational/professional development opportunities that are specific to their clinical program.
 

Code of Ethics

 
Board of Registration for Social Workers in BC
 
The Board of Registration for Social Workers in British Columbia regulates social workers. The following sets out the Code of Ethics for Registered Social Workers:
  1. A social workers shall maintain the best interest of the client as the primary
    professional obligation;
  2. A social worker shall respect the intrinsic worth of the persons she or he serves in
    her or his professional relationships with them;
  3. A social worker shall carry out her or his professional duties and obligations with
    integrity and objectivity;
  4. A social worker shall have and maintain competence in the provision of social work
    services to a client;
  5. A social worker shall not exploit the relationship with a client for personal
    benefit, gain or gratification;
  6. A social worker shall protect the confidentiality of all professionally acquired
    information. She or he shall disclose such information only when required or
    allowed by law to do so, or when clients have consented to disclosure;
  7. A social worker who engages in another profession, occupation, affiliation or
    calling shall not allow these outside interests to affect the social work relationship
    with the client, professional judgment, independence and/or competence;
  8. A social worker shall not provide social work services or otherwise behave in a manner
    that discredits the profession of social work or diminishes the public’s trust in the profession;
  9. A social worker shall promote service, program, and/or agency practices and
    policies that are consistent with this Code of Ethics and the Standards of Practice
    of the Board of Registration for Social Workers in British Columbia;
  10. A social worker shall promote excellence in her or his profession;
  11. A social worker shall advocate change in the best interest of the client, and for the overall benefit of society.
The 1983 and the 1994 Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) Code of Ethics have been used with permission