The Syracuse University School of Social Work Continuing Education (CE) Program provides high-quality workshops and trainings for social workers and other human services and health professionals. From the daily diverse challenges in social work practice to changing policies impacting the field, advanced and specialized continuing education programs are an essential complement for today’s professional social work practitioners.

Syracuse University has provided continuing education for many decades. Its School of Social Work in Falk College is an approved New York State Department of Education (NYSED) Office of Professions CE provider (# 0106), and its workshops are approved for continuing education contact hours by NYSED’s Office of the State Board for Social Work. To learn more about Syracuse University’s upcoming social work CE workshops, see the schedule below.

Effective January 1, 2015, each Licensed Social Worker (LMSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York State must complete 36 hours of approved continuing education courses for each three-year registration period. To learn more about New York State’s continuing education for LMSWs and LCSWs, please visit the New York State Education Department website.

Upcoming CE Workshops

NOTE: If registration details are not yet available, please do not call the school. Check this webpage later for details about workshop location and how to register. Please note we are unable to accept remitted tuition for SU Continuing Education trainings and workshops.

Social Work Practice Fellows – Session 3: Supervision to advance knowledge of mental health and substance use challenges impacting individuals and families across the life course

December 8, 2023 9:00 am

Community Room, The Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette Street, Syracuse, New York 13202

This third session of the Social Work Practice Fellows (SWPF) program teaches supervisors how to support staff in planning to meet the needs of clients with mental illnesses and substance use across the life course. Included are supervisory considerations for supporting social service workers in the ongoing assessment of mental disorder symptoms and their potential impacts on clients and their families, building understanding of effective practice models as supported by research evidence, appreciating the complex nature of self-determination, and the intersections of these issues with cultural diversity.

Social Work Practice Fellows – Session 4: Trauma-informed supervision through a social justice lens

January 12, 2024 9:00 am

Community Room, The Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette Street, Syracuse, New York 13202

This fourth session of the Social Work Practice Fellows (SWPF) program focuses on trauma-informed supervision and the social justice lens, an approach to supervision that begins with the personal and extends to the professional. Personal histories, identities, characteristics and psychological experiences of supervisors, as well as structural and environmental conditions of the organization, are considered in supervision. This perspective promotes the role of the supervisor as a leader in establishing a culture within their team that is responsive to and inclusive of the positionalities and unique experiences of clients and colleagues. Supervisors are encouraged to remain vigilant in their commitment to social justice by leading their teams and organizations in achieving truly inclusive diversity.

Social Work Practice Fellows – Session 5: Supervision to advance knowledge of health challenges impacting individuals and families across the life course

February 9, 2024 9:00 am

Community Room, The Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette Street, Syracuse, New York 13202

This fifth session of the Social Work Practice Fellows (SWPF) program helps supervisors to support social service staff in using evidence-informed approaches to common illness-related challenges that confront individuals and families across the life course. Included are supervisory considerations for supporting social service workers in helping clients with care transitions, acute health crises, management of chronic conditions, navigating health and long-term care systems, and the intersections of these issues with cultural diversity. Supervisors explore techniques for supporting teams in service planning, health education, and health advocacy.

Social Work Practice Fellows – Session 6: Furthering supervisors’ capacity to address performance and organizational challenges

March 8, 2024 9:00 am

Community Room, The Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette Street, Syracuse, New York 13202

This sixth session of the Social Work Practice Fellows (SWPF) program highlights challenges supervisors may face including supervisees’ performance problems, organizational challenges, and ethical dilemmas in practice. Supervisors will collaborate in exploring strategies for addressing these challenges and promoting worker self-care to strengthen worker wellness and retention. Participants will seek to integrate lessons learned throughout the program.