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Author: Jennifer Connor-Godbey, President, KSCSW Board of Directors
Social work is a highly skilled profession that requires rigorous training, extensive practice, thorough supervision, demanding certification and ongoing education. In light of this fact, the KSCSW Board of Directors has significant concerns about the family and social services apprenticeship program Gov. Matt Bevin announced last week. While we agree that the deficit in social worker resources facing the state demands addressing, we are not convinced that the governor’s proposed solution is the answer.
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The KSCSW Membership Committee sends out a heart-felt "Thank you!" to all the KSCSW members who participated in the 2018 edition of March Membership Madness. This year's annual membership drive was our most successful one yet, with 21 new members joining and 35 current members renewing their memberships for another full year. All of these folks were winners because they saved $25 on their annual membership fees. However, several members won additional prizes in a special drawing for which all renewing and new members were eligible. Here are the winners for the March Membership Madness Prize Drawings:
Author: Janet Doss, KSCSW Board Member
The clinical social workers of Kentucky lost a pioneer in our community when Pat Wellons passed away on Saturday, April 7. Pat was one of a handful of social workers who worked diligently in the early 1980s to have legislation passed that established licensure criteria for clinical social work and other professional disciplines. During her 45 years in Kentucky, she was active in KCSSW, the Kentucky chapter of NASW, and other national clinical social work organizations. Pat practiced social work in California and Arizona before moving to Lexington in 1973. She received her LCSW in 1975 and entered private practice in 1977. Over the years she supervised many social workers as they worked to develop their clinical skills. Pat was a lifelong progressive and tireless advocate for the rights of minorities, women and children, and those suffering from mental illness. In her free time, Pat loved to travel, spend time with friends, and relax at her condo in Gulf Shores, Alabama. She also loved to spend time with her family, especially her son, Bradley, and her grandson, Jackson. Pat made an impact on countless Kentucky clinical social workers, both professionally and personally, and she will be missed by many. Those whose lives Pat touched are invited to a memorial service for her on Saturday, April 14. The service, which will begin at 10 a.m., will take place at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Lexington. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, April 13, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the downtown Lexington location of Milward Funeral Directors, 159 North Broadway. To learn more about this inspiring clinician and her varied contributions to our profession and the citizens of Kentucky, please read her obituary. Author: Jeff Yocom, KSCSW Board Member
The Kentucky Society for Clinical Social Work has partnered with the Wayne Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy at Bellarmine University to provide $1,000 scholarships for the Institute to all KSCSW members who join the society or renew their memberships during March Membership Madness. (These scholarships are applicable for the next academic year and contingent upon the registrant meeting Institute admission requirements.) To help KSCSW members understand the full value of these scholarships, I want to share my personal experience as a student in the Wayne Institute during the 2017-2018 academic year. Author: Jeff Yocom, KSCSW Board Member
March Membership Madness is a month-long opportunity for KSCSW members to save money and win prizes while renewing their current memberships and encouraging colleagues to join.
And during March Membership Madness, new and long-time members alike can earn a $20 Amazon gift card for every colleague they recruit to join KSCSW. The new member simply has to enter the existing member's email address as the referral source when registering, and the existing member will receive a $20 Amazon gift card. (The new member must provide the email address under which the the referring member is registered, and only new memberships, meaning those who have never joined KSCSW, will qualify for a Refer a Colleague reward.) Renew your KSCSW membership today, and you will:
Author: Jeff Yocom, KSCSW Board Member
Decisions being made in Frankfort during the current legislative session promise to shape the lives of Kentucky clinical social workers and their clients for years to come. Voting rights for felons, reproductive rights for women, and state budget priorities are among the issues under consideration this year. The KSCSW Board and the Kentucky Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers invite you to advocate for yourself, your colleagues and your clients by joining us in Frankfort for Lobby Day 2018 on Thursday, March 8. KSCSW is sponsoring a series of events leading up to and on Lobby Day. It all starts on Wednesday, February 22, with our first-ever Legislative Advocacy Letter Writing Party, which will take place at PIVOT Brewing, in Lexington, from 6 to 8 PM. Our Lobby Day Kickoff activities on Wednesday, March 7, will include a free pizza lunch and a Social Work Ethics Seminar, which fulfills the Ethics requirement for Kentucky state licensing. Lunch is free to those who register in advance, and the Ethics Seminar costs $40 for KSCSW and NASW members, $60 for non-members. Please note that the lunch and the Ethics Seminar require separate registrations. Both will take place at the Junior Achievement offices in Lexington. Activities on Lobby Day itself will begin at 9:30 AM at the State Capitol in Frankfort, with tours of the capitol and meetings with legislators planned throughout the day. See the schedule below for more details. We look forward to seeing you at all the Lobby Day events! Author: Jennifer Connor Godbey, President, KSCSW Board
Earlier this year the effort for restructuring our Boards was delayed, recently there is a substantial “rumor” that Governor Bevin will be signing an Executive Order to restructure our independent KY Board of Social Work, along with 39 other boards that the Public Protection Cabinet is determined to restructure into “unit” boards before the end of the year. KSCSW and NASW-KY along with other professional boards have collaborated to maintain the position that our independent KY Board of Social Work must remain independent and not be restructured as part of an eight board unit. We must stress that restructuring does not save tax payer money because it is our licensure dues that support our independent KY Board of Social Work. In fact, our licensure dues may go into the General Fund and we are deeply concerned about how our dues will be used to maintain and support the current excellence, and future growth, of our KY Board of Social Work if this Executive Order is signed. Author: Carla Van Hoose, KSCSW Board Member
To be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker means having a master's degree in social work, hours of clinical supervision while working in a clinical setting and passing the CSW and LCSW national tests. It means being qualified to work in public or private settings, institutions, hospitals, clinics, businesses or homes. After working in a number of settings, I have, for the last 30 years, been in my own office in private practice. I like the responsibility, freedom and challenges. I start my day by dressing professional, getting myself, my Tibetan Terrier (the office greeter and guard dog) and my lunch to work a little early. I clean up the office, warm up the computer and review my schedule for the day. I schedule 4 to 7 clients a day, 5 days a week. Author: Jeff Yocom, KSCSW Board Member The KSCSW Board has joined with the National Association of Social Workers to send Governor Matt Bevin a clear message: Incorporating the state's Board of Social Work (BSW) into a single "Unit" Board with several other state professional boards will not serve the citizens of Kentucky. A joint letter to the governor from the Kentucky Chapter of the NASW and the KSCSW explained that this action, which is part of a planned executive order, "will seriously undermine the state's oversight activities with regard to the practice of social work, which in turn, will harm mental health consumers throughout Kentucky." 
 Author: Jennifer Connor Godbey, President, KSCSW Board
On Friday, December 8, 2017, more than 50 participants gathered at Bluegrass.org for the 2017 KSCSW Winter Conference: Mindfulness in Psychotherapy. Attendees enjoyed a day of insightful instruction and hands-on experience with speakers John Patterson, MD, and Eric Wilkinson, LCSW. In the photo at left, John Patterson, MD, guides Winter Conference participants through a series of experiences to help them better understand and apply mindfulness to help their clients and enhance their own self care. Thanks to the Education Committee for organizing this enriching event, to all those who attended, and to our wonderful and dynamic presenters! |
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