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CE Co-Sponsorship Program

Apply to have your program or workshop co-sponsored by PSCSW and offer your participants CEs for completion (available to Fellows)! Fellow members (LCSWs) can have PSCSW co-sponsor their educational programs. This is PSCSW member benefit ONLY. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER & LOGGED INTO THE SYSTEM, A BLUE BUTTON WILL APPEAR BELOW FOR YOU TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION. We do not co-sponsor with other organizations. If you have any questions, please contact pscsw@pscsw.org.

PSCSW is committed to supporting diverse learning opportunities and promoting peer-led educational initiatives through our continuing education co-sponsorship. As an authorized provider of CE credits in the state of Pennsylvania for BSWs, LSWs, LCSWs, LPCs, and LMFTs and in the State of New Jersey for CSWs, LSWs, and LCSWs. PSCSW can co-sponsor lectures, presentations, workshops, classes, reading groups, case consultation groups, and supervision groups, provided they meet PSCSW’s standards and state requirements for CE credits.

Fellow level members in good standing may apply to have events that they have independently developed and designed for social work professional development co-sponsored by PSCSW so that CE credits can be offered to participants.

Please note that PSCSW does not sponsor members to bring in outside speakers. If members have an interest in having someone speak, they are welcome to contact the Education Committee chair to offer a recommendation. PSCSW has the right to decline to co-sponsor any program that it does not deem suitable.

Participants of reading, consultation, and supervision groups must be PSCSW members to receive continuing education credit via co-sponsorship. However, please note that in other PSCSW member-led programming, both members & non-members may receive CEs. Those acquiring group supervision hours toward licensure may not also receive CEs for the same group

Eligibility

Presenters must be Fellow-level members of PSCSW in good standing with over five years of clinical experience. To be in good standing, membership dues must be paid in full at the time of the co-sponsored program.

Proposal Approval Process

Complete the application above for continuing education event co-sponsorship. Please review the application in its entirety prior to filling out to ensure that you have all the required information. This application must be received at least 30 days prior to the continuing education event.

You will receive a response within two weeks of submission indicating approval, denial, or a request for additional/missing information.

Proof of Attendance

You (presenter) will take attendance in whatever manner you choose and will fill out an electronic attendance form, which will be provided to you, for each participant.
No partial credits can be earned for late arrivals or early departures from an event.
For ongoing groups, credits will only be earned for sessions attended in their entirety. If a session in a series is missed, credits can still be earned for the sessions in the series that were attended in their entirety.
Presenters must submit the attendance form for each participant within one week following the event date. Once submitted, a copy of the form response will automatically be sent to the person who filled it out. If the copy is not received in the person’s email, the form was not submitted correctly and should be re-submitted.
Completion of attendance form is mandatory for participants to be issued a CE certificate.

Fees

$20 per participant for CE certificate, to be collected by presenters.
The presenter will be sent a form to fill out to report the number of participants seeking CEs and to request a payment link. The presenter will use the payment link to submit payment for the participants’ CE certificates.
PayPal is accepted for payment.
As CE co-sponsorship is a PSCSW member benefit, we require that co-sponsorship benefit all members. Presenters must offer a 10% discount for co-sponsored events for PSCSW members. The method of registration for the event should include a question about whether the participant is a PSCSW member so the presenter can provide the discount.

Evaluation Forms

You will be provided with a link to an electronic evaluation form, which you will then share with the participants.
Completion of evaluation form is mandatory to receive CE certificate. It is the presenter’s responsibility to communicate this to participants seeking CE credits.
Evaluations must be filled out within one week of the completion of the event. Once submitted, a copy of the form responses will automatically be sent to the person who filled it out. If the copy is not received in the person’s email, the form was not submitted correctly and should be re-submitted.

Issuing CE Certificates

Presenters must pay for CE certificates before they can be issued to participants.
CE certificates are emailed within 30 days after the evaluation due date.
Presenters will be copied on the emails when certificates are sent to participants.
For events held on multiple dates, one certificate will be issued with the total number of hours participants attended.
For ongoing groups, certificates will be issued at the end of each group cycle. Each cycle should be no more than six months in duration.

State Board Paragraphs for Event Announcements

The following information must be included in materials used to publicize the event:

For Pennsylvania: "This program is approved for [insert number] CE credits for professional workshops sponsored by the Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work, a state affiliate of the Clinical Social Work Association listed in Section 47.36 of Title 49, Chapter 47 of the PA Code, State Board of Social Work Examiners. This program is also approved for CE credits for professional workshops for marriage & family therapists (Section 48.36) and professional counselors (Section 49.36)."

For New Jersey: "This program is approved for [insert number] credits. Attendance at programs or courses given at state and national social work association conferences, where the criteria for membership is an academic degree in social work, are a valid source of continuing education credit (N.J.A.C. 13:44G- 6.4(c)(6))."

QUESTIONS?
Contact Leda Sportolari & Evening Shinerock, co-sponsorship@pscsw.org. Final approval and links will be emailed to the presenter from our Association Team, pscsw@pscsw.org.