Social Work Section

Welcome to the North Carolina Public Health Association’s Social Work Section!  We are an active and committed group of public health social work professionals.  Our section has monthly meetings (via conference calls) throughout the year to discuss topics relevant to our profession, Public Health and to plan educational sessions offered at the annual NCPHA Fall Educational Conference. We conduct one face to face business meeting at NCPHA’s Fall Educational Conference each year.  Additionally, we actively raise funds for our section through various fundraising activities to benefit our Michael Clements Student Scholarship fund. We recruit and select one BSW or MSW student to apply for our Michael Clements Student Scholarship to attend the annual NCPHA Fall Educational Conference and to join our section. There are many ways to get involved and benefit from membership in our section.  We welcome your energy and your ideas.  Please see the information below on how to join and get involved.  Your participation is essential for preserving the profession of public health social work in NC and for helping the residents in our state live happy and healthy lives. Individuals that should consider joining the Social Work Section include past, present and future public health social workers.

The Social Work Section is selling t-shirts to benefit the Michael Clemmons Scholarship and the section.  Orders are due by September 1, 2018.  
Click here for the order form and more information.  

 March was National Social Work Month! - to learn more, go to this link.

How to Join

Interested persons should join using the "Join Now". Please remember to check "Social Work Section".

Goal for Social Work Section

The goals of the Social Work Section are to plan and coordinate educational offerings on topics of public health social work interest for the Fall Educational Conference meeting; to advocate for public policy that benefits public health  clients and promotes the profession of public health social work; and to provide opportunities for professional networking among public health social workers.

For a complete list of the section's leadership - including monthly call-in meeting dates, click here.

Subcommittee Information

The section is led by an Executive Committee. There are a number of opportunities for participation in one of the sub-committees including Awards, Nominations, Marketing and Development (fundraising), By-Laws and Procedures, Legislative, as well as other activities. We are interested in hearing your ideas regarding potential Section activities and the issues you are concerned about. Please let your voice be heard!

Click here for the 2013 Social Work Section By-Laws

Important Links

Join the statewide Public Health Social Work listserv to learn more about Public Health Social Work in North Carolina and other ways to get involved.  Go to https://nciph.sph.unc.edu/cetac/
For more information on the Social Work Code of Ethics and to download the Code of Ethics form, go here.  

Michael L. Clements Scholarship

This scholarship is given annually at the Fall Educational Conference.  Click here for the nomination form and more information.

Social Work Awards

North Carolina Public Health Association’s SW Section is pleased to present two awards each year OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AWARD is restricted to current NCPHA SW Section members who have made outstanding achievements in the field of Social Work in Public Health. OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH AWARD is for a person who is not a member of NCPHA Social Work Section. This person must have made significant efforts to advance the cause of Public Health Social Work.  These awards are presented during the section’s annual business meeting and awards luncheon held during the NCPHA Fall Education Conference. For more information about past recipients and for nomination forms, please Go here for more information.

Past Webinars:

Creating and Implementing a Personal Development Strategy to Achieve
Greater Personal and Professional Satisfaction
Speaker:
Dorothy Cilenti DrPH, MPH, MSW, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of
Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Recording of Part I of webinar series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaeS35Z_HaY&t=8s

PPT presentation of Part I - Creating and Implementing a Personal Development Strategy to Achieve Greater Personal and Professional Satisfaction

PPT presentation of Part II

These two one-hour town call/webinars informed participants of the steps needed to create an
individualized plan with strategic steps they can take to achieve greater personal and
professional satisfaction. Potential barriers to implementing a development strategy were
discussed and solutions offered.

Social Work Section Leadership for 2018-2019 

Chair:
Yolanda Massey

Vice-Chair:
Kelsey Milam

Secretary:
Tia Foula

Treasurer:
Kelly Spangler/Tonya Chesney

Fall Educational Conference Planning Committee Representative:
Kelsey Milam

Advocacy Committee:
Kelly Spangler and Yolanda Massey

Michael Clements Award Winner Michelle Presnell

Outstanding Achievments In Public Health Social Work  Winner Torrie Furr

Chairperson NCPHA Social Work Section Brandy  Chrismon (on left), SW Section Chair

Past Chair:
Brandy Chrismon

Social Work Executive and Subcommittee Members
and Meeting Dates for 2017

Award Winners from the 2017 FEC:

Outstanding Contributions to Public Health Social Work:
Sydney P. Atkinson, MSSW, BA

Outstanding Achievements in Public Health Social Work:
Torrie Furr, BA

The Michael Clements Scholarship Winner:
Michelle Presnell

Chairperson NCPHA Social Work Section:
Brandy Chrismon, MSW, CCM