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Notice to Registrants – Fee Schedule Change

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Notice to Registrants: Fee Schedule Changes Effective January 15, 2026 ACSW is committed to upholding our mandate of public protection through the ongoing professional regulation of social workers. Effective January 15, 2026, a new fee schedule will be implemented. Approved by Council, these changes will support meeting the legislative mandate under the Health Professions Act, and address the increasing administrative...

ACSW Bylaws

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NEW ACSW Bylaws - Approved September 2025 Click here to view the newest ACSW bylaws, approved by the Council in September, 2025.    

NEW Competence Program – Opening January 1, 2026

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The new ACSW Competence Program will open January 1, 2026! Please click here to log in to the registrant portal and complete your self-assessment activities and professional development plan between January 1 and January 31, 2026. In order to meet all requirements in the Competence Program, please ensure you also complete the second phase; your evaluation and reflection activities, by...

Logging in to the Registrant Portal

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Welcome to ACSW’s new registrant portal! We have made changes to the way you interact with ACSW! We have modernized our website and built a more reliable, easy-to-use system that will not only strengthen our ability to protect the public and better regulate the growing social work profession in Alberta; it will simplify your registration and optimize access to everything...

Registrant Portal – Now Open

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Welcome to ACSW’s new registrant portal! We have made changes to the way you interact with ACSW! We have modernized our website and built a more reliable, easy-to-use system that will not only strengthen our ability to protect the public and better regulate the growing social work profession in Alberta; it will simplify your registration and optimize access to everything...

Advancing Reconciliation, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) Together

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The Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) is committed to becoming a more inclusive, equitable, and diversity-embracing regulatory body that honours truth and reconciliation. Our commitment to and focus on Reconciliation, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) has been embedded as one of the Goals of ACSW's most recent Strategic Plan: We demonstrate regulatory excellence We are leaders in the integration...

Changes to professional liability insurance requirements

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In August 2024, the Minister of Health requested regulators to review and address requirements for registrants to have professional liability insurance. The Health Professions Act requires all regulated health professionals to obtain professional liability insurance as a requirement for registration to practice. Regulators are to ensure: insurance requirements include coverage that would provide support to the registrant throughout the complaints...

Coming soon – we are updating our registrant portal!

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We are making changes to the way you interact with ACSW! We are modernizing our website and building a more reliable, easy-to-use system that will not only strengthen our ability to protect the public and better regulate the growing social work profession in Alberta; it will simplify your registration and optimize access to everything you need to practice!   You...

Practice alert – fraud concern

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The Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) is committed to upholding our mandate of public protection through the ongoing professional regulation of social workers. Background and Issue: ACSW has been alerted that the names and valid registration numbers of registered social workers have been used to create false profiles published on the website Psychology Today, fraudulently advertising services as a registered...