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Social Work at CAMHSocial Workers are integral members of all clinical multidisciplinary teams at CAMH. They are employed in management and leadership capacities, in education and training, in policy development and dissemination, and in research. There are approximately 160 social workers at CAMH.
CAMH requires that all social workers be registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. As with all regulated health professionals at CAMH, social workers must provide annual proof of membership in good standing with the College. For information regarding this College, see www.ocswssw.org. Many social workers at CAMH also participate in the provincial social work association www.oasw.org.
There are many CAMH-wide clinical priority areas that social workers contribute to along with client-centered care. These include diversity, patient/staff safety, reducing stigma, concurrent disorders capacity building and providing ways to include families into the system. CAMH provides a variety of programs for families at each of its sites as well as at satellite offices. Many of these interventions are facilitated by social workers.
Social Work has an active student education and training program. There are three educational coordinators at CAMH for the social work discipline. Karen Fournier, RSW administers all of the student training opportunities at our College Street site, Elizabeth Holmes, RSW coordinates all training at our Queen Street site, Evelyn Neilas RSW, takes care of training in our addiction programs at the Russell Street site. CAMH provides, field placements for students, from social work departments, primarily at the Masters level from the University of Toronto, York University, Wilfrid Laurier, Smith College in Boston, and Ryerson University, among others. All the educational coordinators work together to provide student seminars and training throughout the academic year. Recently, many social work staff have been recruited from the ranks of our students.
There is Social Work Executive Council at CAMH, chaired by the Social Worker in Chief, Colleen Kelly RSW, and all social workers are invited to be members of this Council. There is the Social Work Staff Development committee that organizes a development program for students and staff throughout the year. The Executive Council also oversees a number of other committees social workers can become involved in such as mentorship, research and peer networking. All of these activities provide a means for social workers to connect with each other and with the discipline throughout CAMH.
Social workers have cross appointments at the University of Toronto, including departments of Social Work and Psychiatry.
Contact Information Colleen Kelly, MSW RSW
Karen Fournier, MSW RSW
Elizabeth Holmes, MSW RSW
Evelyn Neilas, MSW RSW
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Last updated: Jul 03, 2009 11:39 AM Published: Jul 03, 2009 4:00 PM ID#P1717 |