A NEW LIFE FOR CANDIDACY BY ALPHONSINE SAULNIER, CANDIDACY COMMITTEE CHAIR
It has been over two years since the Candidacy Committee’s first meeting. Now at the end of our mandate, I can only repeat Rose Scott-Lincourt’s assessment of our committee in last year’s report: “As a committee, we laughed, we re-wrote, we threw out, we wordsmithed, we teleconferenced, and we met for many Saturdays, as we built a new incarnation of a program that we are proud to present.” A major milestone came at last year’s AGM when the new Candidacy Mentorship program (CMP) was approved. This was followed by hours and weeks of work by NSCSW staff and experts/consultants to transform the new content into a user-friendly website which was launched in October 2018.
24 Connection | Spring 2019
This new website is designed to support candidates and mentors throughout the program, and includes activities, resources and learning objective examples.
Both candidates and mentors will receive support and structure as well as non-prescriptive resources (11 appendices containing activities, videos, readings, discussion questions, etc.) aimed at enhancing discussion at the same time as highlighting the link between the Social Work Act, the Code of Ethics and the Standards of Practice. Candidates
