Social Work Continuing Education Certificates

Adelphi University School of Social Work Department of Continuing Education and Professional Development is offering Master’s level professionals in social work and related behavioral health fields the opportunity to complete the 350 clock hour educational requirement to apply for the NYS OASAS credential in Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counseling (CASAC-T).

This postgraduate certificate program provides intensive training on social work supervision of direct practice across the life course. This fall, the Social Work Practice Fellows Program will be conducted live, via Zoom. Each content area will be presented in 2 three-hour live sessions, from September 2024 through February 2025.

This program will span over 10-months during the calendar year from September 27, 2024 through June 27, 2025. Participants will experience expressive arts modalities as well as multimodal integrative special topic sessions addressing work with children/adolescents, life transitions and aging, substance use disorders and trauma-informed care, and arts-based applications to cases and supervision as well as for closure and processing loss.

The course, developed by the Institute for Social Work and Environmental Justice, will incorporate practical and actionable curriculum for social workers, across the practice spectrum by addressing the effects of climate change on the most vulnerable populations.