Upcoming Events

May L and L 2025 – “You Need to Calm Down! Strategies for De-escalation”

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“You Need to Calm Down! Strategies for De-Escalation” (1.0 CE hour) Learning Objectives Understand why people and situations become escalated Provide strategies to de-escalate yourself and clients in tense situations Learn about resources available to assist with de-escalation Presented By Gregg Julian, MSW, CSW Bio Gregg Julian works for DCFS and is currently the Salt Lake Valley Region Training Manager. He has worked for 14 years at DCFS. He has experience as a CPS, in-home, and foster care caseworker in Tooele County. … Read More

Spring Half-Day Intensive, Friday 4/25/25

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Spring Half-Day Intensive “Bridging the Gap Between Policy and People” Friday, April 25th, 2025 (3.0 Ethics CE’s) The Utah Social Work Association is holding our first Half-Day Intensive of 2025. We’re excited to welcome presenters from Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) and Holy Cross Ministries to provide a high quality educational opportunity.  We will have in-person options as well as a virtual attendance option. See details below. Objectives First Presentation: Jana Johansen, CMHC – DOPL (9 AM – 1030 AM) Overview … Read More

Happy New Year! 2023 President Message

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Greetings UTAHSWA! Happy New Year!  I hope that this email finds you healthy and happy!  We had our first UTAHSWA Board Meeting today and I am very excited about our wonderful 2023 UTAHSWA Board.   As you know we have recently become more involved on the Macro Level of Social Work in the last few months.  As part of that we have been invited to provide more feedback.  The Office of Professional Licensure Review (OPLR) is going to be conducting a review … Read More

Announcement – Utah Social Work Association formerly USSWLHC

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Hello, I hope this email finds you safe and well. We certainly are living in challenging times with many changes to the way we do things. The board of the Utah Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care (USSWLHC) wants to let you know of changes to the organization and some important scheduling updates. You may not be aware that USSWLHC is the state chapter of a national organization – Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care (SSWLHC). … Read More

2025 Annual Conference is in the planning stages and will be held on September 11th, 2025

It will be held at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center.  We usually have 150-200 attendees, the support of local vendors, and strive to make it a great educational and networking focused day for the many professionals in our area.  Save the date and join us this year!

 

Utah Cultural Celebration Center

1355 W 3100 S
West Valley City, UT 84119

 

 


2025 Virtual Lunch & Learn CEU Series

We offer a “Lunch & Learn” opportunity monthly for UTAHSWA members and guests.  If you are a member, it is all free of charge! For non-members, there is a $5 cost for the event and the CEU’s.

They are held on the SECOND Wednesday of EVERY MONTH virtually via ZOOM to be announced and the topics are diverse but always related to all areas of  social work practice.  We send out notices of these events via our email list through Constant Contact mailers and posts on social media on Instagram/Facebook.  We also update our upcoming events page with these presentations as well.

If you are interested in speaking at or sponsoring an upcoming Lunch & Learn please contact contact@utahswa.org for more details.

 

Half-Day Intensives:

The next half day intensive for 2025 will be at the end of April.  We hold these in Murray, UT at the Security National Mortgage Company Building, 433 West Ascension Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84123.  Typically the times for these events are from 8 AM to 1 PM.  We try and have a variety of speakers in different areas of the Social Work and Mental Health fields.  light breakfast and lunch is served.  The in-person limit is around 50 occupants, so these events are best to register for sooner than later.

We hold two Half-Day Intensives each year.  If you are interested in assisting, hosting, or sponsoring a half-day (3.0 CEU’s) conference in a specific area of social work, please contact us at contact@utahswa.org

 

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