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Tuesday, 10/25, 7pm-9pm
(2 CEUs) Family Engagement: Turning a Social Work Value into Practice
Wednesday, 10/26, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Monmouth/Ocean Unit Event
Thursday, 10/27, 5:30pm-10pm
Annual Social Work Gala
Monday, 10/31, 6pm-8pm
Morris Unit Event
Thursday, 11/10, 7pm-9pm
Monmouth/Ocean PPSIG (Private Practice Special Interest Group) Meeting
Monday, 11/14, 9:30am-11am
Mercer/Burlington PPSIG (Private Practice Special Interest Group) Meeting
Monday, 11/14, 12pm-2pm
North/Central PPSIG (Private Practice Special Interest Group Meeting)
Monday, 11/14, 5:30pm-7pm
Essex Unit Event
Monday, 11/14, 6pm-8pm
Morris Unit Event
Tuesday, 11/15, 7pm-9pm
Mercer/Burlington Unit Event
Wednesday, 11/16, 5:30pm-6:30pm
Atlantic/Cape May/Cumberland Unit Event
Thursday, 11/17, 10am-11:30am
Essex PPSIG (Private Practice Special Interest Group) Meeting
Thursday, 11/17, 6pm-8pm
Sussex/Warren Unit Meet & Greet Networking Event
Friday, 11/18, 9:30am-11am
Hudson PPSIG (Private Practice Special Interest Group) Meeting
Friday, 11/18, 9am-4:30pm
LSW Test Prep Course- Masters
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The Annual Social Work Gala
"Honoring the Best of Our Community"
Thursday, October 27, 2016 5:30pm-10:00pm
Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Township, NJ
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NASW-NJ and NJSWERS Honorees Include:
Terri Klemm, MSW, LCSW - Social Worker of the Year
Centenary University
Amy Mansue, MSW - Visionary Leadership Award RWJBarnabas Health
Richard Blake, PhD, LCSW - Lifetime Achievement Award Seton Hall University
Teresa Kelly, MSW, LCSW - Elected Public Official of the Year Award
Buena Vista Township
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This year we will also present
Outstanding Service Awards
to NASW-NJ members from each of the Chapter Units.
Donna Marie McElroy - Atlantic/Cape May/Cumberland
Lisa D'Acierno - Bergen/Passaic
Richard Stagliano - Camden/Gloucester/Salem
Nelida Arancibia - Essex
Lynn Saltiel - Hudson
Renee Koubiadis - Mercer/Burlington
DuWayne Battle - Middlesex
Robin Bottino - Monmouth/Ocean
Susan Solomon - Morris
Leslie Tsukroff - Somerset/Hunterdon
Kenyetta Jackson - Union
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
WE NEED YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW! Impact a Young Person's Life by volunteering with ServiceWorks. Our program addresses the crisis of low college and career attainment for underserved youth in Newark, age 16-24. We use volunteerism as a strategy to teach leadership and project management skills in preparation for college and careers. For more information or to find out how you can get involved, go to: JerseyCares-ServiceWorks or contact Brenda Teed, LSW at brenda@jerseycares.org or 732-672-0307.
To view more ad postings on our Web site click
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We have a NEW advertising feature, where your LOGO can be displayed on the
NASW-NJ Web site
for
30 days.
It will appear as a clickable link
right to your Web site.
Just send us your Logo and
Web site URL!
For more information contact
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Buy 2, Get 1 FREE
Submit any two ads and
get one ad free.
(e.g. buy one newSWire™ + one FOCUS, get one FREE
Web site ad.
OR
Submit two newSWire™ ads; receive one FREE ad for either the Web site or newSWire™)
For more details
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PHOTO GALLERY
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NASW-NJ
30 Silverline Drive, Suite 3
North Brunswick, NJ 08902 www.naswnj.org
Main: 732-296-8070
Fax: 732-296-8074
David Barry, JD, MSW, LSW
President
Walter X. Kalman, MSW, LSW
Executive Director
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LAST CHANCE TO RENEW YOUR SOCIAL WORK LICENSE!
The Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) extended renewal of Social Work Licenses through October 31, 2016 ($100 late fee).
If your license is not renewed by that date,
Y
OU CANNOT PRACTICE SOCIAL WORK
IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Be sure to tell your friends and colleagues!
Click
here to find out if your license is renewed through 8/31/16.
Click
here for more information on how to renew your license.
If you've tried to renew several times without success, please call the DCA at 973.273.8001 for assistance.
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Volunteer with the Clinton Campaign
New Jersey Citizen Action is working on the Clinton Campaign and invites like-minded NJ citizens to join them.
Citizen Action will be holding phone banks in their office located at 75 Raritan Ave, Suite 200 in Highland Park every Thursday and Sunday evening between now and the election. They're offering state of the art voter contact training and free pizza! Click here to RSVP.
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NASW Political Endorsements
The Political Action for Candidate Election (PACE), the political action arm of the National Association of Social Workers, has endorsed Democrat Josh Gottheimer to represent New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District. In addition to the support of PACE, Gotthiemer is backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as well as both Bill and Hillary Clinton, for whom he was a speechwriter.
PACE views the prospect of Gottheimer's election as an important addition to the roster of progressive lawmakers representing the state in Congress. These include Rep. Donald Norcross (First District), Rep. Frank Pallone (Sixth District), Rep. Albio Sires (Eighth District), William Pascrell (Ninth District), Rep. Donald Payne (10th District), and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (12th District). All have distinguished themselves with their voting records on health, human service, and related issues. PACE is pleased to endorse these candidates for election.
The election of Gottheimer is all the more critical to advancing a forward-looking agenda in that his opponent has had a dismal record on nearly all issues of importance to social workers.
PACE National, which is registered with the Federal Election Commission, is responsible for making endorsements for candidates at the federal level.
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Space filling up!
Clinical Supervision Course
(20 CEUs)
(20) Clinical CE credits total, including 5-hour Ethics & 3-hour Social/Cultural Competence credits
This course is for those who have held their LCSW for at least 3 years and who wish to supervise LSWs seeking their clinical hours.
THREE DAY WEEKEND COURSE:
December 2 - 4, 2016, 9am - 5pm each day
Info & Registration
here.
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LSW & LCSW Test Prep Courses
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 (includes ASWB Masters or Clinical study manual - $85 value!)
LSW- Masters Test Prep Courses
LCSW- Clinical Test Prep Courses
December 1 -
Register
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Somerset/Hunterdon Unit members gather at the Brandywine in Bridgewater on 10/19/16 to hear a presentation on the Nurtured Heart Approach from Jim Kimberling, MSW, LSW from Cooperative Counseling Services.
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Members of the Bergen/Passaic Unit meet in Mahwah on 10/19/16 to hear a presentation from Shelley Steiner, LSW on Alzheimer's Disease. Their next event will be a CEU workshop in December.
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Middlesex Unit members meet at the Chapter Office in North Brunswick on 10/20/16 to hear a presentation on The Effect of Addiction on the Family System by presenter Tiffany Jenkins, LCADC. Check out the Events Calendar for all upcoming Unit programs
here.
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Negative PQRS Payment Adjustment for 2017
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has distributed letters to clinical social workers and other Medicare providers regarding the 2017 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) negative payment adjustment. The letter informs clinical social workers whether they will receive a 2017 negative payment adjustment for not satisfactorily reporting
2015 PQRS quality measures and as a result, will receive a two percent decrease in reimbursement for 2017 Medicare Part B services.
Clinical social workers may access their 2015 PQRS Feedback Report at the CMS Enterprise Portal:
https://portal.cms.gov/wps/portal/unauthportal/home/.
After reviewing their 2015 PQRS feedback report, clinical social workers who believe they received a 2017 PQRS negative payment adjustment in error, should submit an informal review request no later than November 30, 2016, 11:59 pm EST. For more information, click
here.
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Volunteer as a Unit Leader and Receive Great Benefits!
Essex
Mercer/Burlington
Middlesex
Monmouth/Ocean
Union
One benefit of becoming a Unit Leader: you can earn vouchers for free CEUs through our Incentive Program.
If you would like information on how to become a Unit Leader, please contact Christina Mina at cmina@naswnj.org. or 732-296-8070, ext. 15.
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NASW Schools of Social Work Virtual Grad Fair
November 9, 2016
12pm-4pm
Register for the first NASW Schools of Social Work Virtual Grad Fair.
Registration:
- Schools of Social Work: Register here.
- Students: Register here.
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Private Practice Special Interest Groups (PPSIG) Meetings
If you are in Private Practice or are interested in Private Practice related issues and would like to be added to one of the 10 locally-based PPSIGs, send an email to Christina Mina at cmina@naswnj.org with the name of the group you would like to join.
Click on the PPSIG names for information & to register:
For a full list of PPSIGs, click here.
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Are you looking for online CEUs that are valid for your NJ license or certification?
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Did you know that there is no limit to the number of
online CEUs you can take for your NJ license?
Choose from over 150 courses available on the
Social Work Online CE Institute.
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STAY CONNECTED TO NASW-NJ
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