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Explore quality social work continuing education courses with online social work CEUs designed to help you meet your state license renewal requirements.

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When it comes to your social worker continuing education requirements, NetCE has you covered. Get clinical social work courses designed to fulfill your social work CE requirements and help you deliver better client care.

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For over three decades, millions of healthcare professionals across the nation have relied on NetCE to provide quality continuing education to meet their state license renewal mandates, including clinical social work CE requirements. 

By incorporating in-depth curricula developed by experienced mental health professionals, NetCE’s courses equip social workers with the expertise they need to provide their clients with world-class care. From practical education to accredited CEs, NetCE has your continuing education needs covered.

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 Social Work Continuing Education Requirements

National requirements for social work, state requirements for social work.

Licensed social workers must complete a certain number of accredited social worker CE courses each renewal cycle to maintain their license and continue practicing.

Depending on where the social worker is licensed, individual state boards may require mandatory courses and/or state-specific CE hours to complete their license renewal.

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Through a rigorous peer-review process, we bring together mental health experts to craft accurate and relevant social worker CE courses.

With 30+ years of proven CE expertise, NetCE’s online courses have been completed by thousands of social workers, making us one of the most trusted CE providers in the nation. 

NetCE’s comprehensive course library includes evidence-based CEs designed in a clear, accessible online format to seamlessly fit your busy schedule.

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Whether you prefer online or print courses, NetCE offers social worker continuing education in the format that works for you. Simply browse our library of courses, select the topics that interest you, and check out via NetCE Checkout or PayPal.

How long is continuing education for a social worker?

Individual NetCE courses range from 1 CU hours to 15 CE hours to fit your state requirements.

Social work continuing education course costs

The average cost of social worker CEs for each renewal period varies depending on the number of hours required by each state. Get access to NetCE's entire social work CE library, including over +800 hours, for only $89 with All Access: Social Worker.

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In the constantly evolving mental healthcare landscape, staying on top of the latest research and developments in client care is critical for all licensed social workers. Easily accessible continuing education units from NetCE are available online, 24/7. Start whenever, wherever, and earn your social work continuing education credits with ease. 

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Continuing Education and Professional Development for Social Workers

Register today for a live webinar or convenient, online course that will satisfy your CE requirements.

Our social worker CE online courses, live webinars, online retreats and digital seminars help you stay up to date on the current best practices and cutting-edge theories in behavioral health. Leading experts in the field develop each course, and courses are vetted for compliance to ensure they meet ASWB ACE standards Continuing education hours are required and necessary for a social worker’s career. Not only to keep your license up-to-date, but so you can provide your clients with updated and accurate care. Now you can get the continuing education you need to be well-informed on new treatment developments and strategies, plus build your career through a convenient and affordable way that’s adaptable to your personal and professional needs. PESI gives you clinical resources on the widest range of topics including, trauma treatment , anxiety disorders , personality disorders , telehealth and much more, so you can easily expand your career goals and help your clients.

Certifications and Professional Advancement for Social Workers

One of the most accessible ways to demonstrate your professional commitment to serving specific populations or needs is by adding a certification that demonstrates your additional learning and engagement. Today's competitive hiring atmosphere also makes these endorsements an excellent investment in your career. PESI offers hundreds of resources so you can explore new ideas like Internal Family Systems (IFS) , discover how to use CBT for anxiety and OCD , understand antidepressant selection for clients with depression, and so much more. Self-paced online certification training courses include:

• Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP Level I & II)
• Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP)
• Certified Addictions-Informed Professional (CAIMHP)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• And many more

With a variety of online trainings to choose from you’ll find everything you need to satisfy yearly CE requirements while deepening your understanding of your clients and patients. PESI also offers hundreds of free resources (and free CE hours!) to make exploring new areas of social work accessible. Whatever interests you, you’ll quickly find what you need to learn new skills, offer a wider range of treatment and expand your professional opportunities.

Continuing Education that Pushes the Envelope

PESI’s presenters and facilitators are some of the most in-demand practitioners, instructors, and researchers working in their fields. They work to build a diverse offering of presentations for students with a variety of learning styles. You’ll be able to make the most of your continuing education because we offer a number of ways to meet your credit requirements, including:

Our comprehensive course library goes beyond just traditional online lectures. Step-by-step you’ll be guided through dozens of lessons from industry-leading experts and researchers who will share their practical techniques, skills, stories, and tips that you can immediately apply in your practice. Each online course comes with lifetime access and assessments designed to help you master the material, as well as discussion forums that give you the opportunity to learn the material with other professionals. Self-paced social work continuing education hour courses are available for most of the same topics covered in live CE seminars.

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If you're looking for continuing education courses designed to keep your licensing and certification up to date in every relevant area of professional practice you need, start by consulting your state guidelines to make sure you understand how to cover every requirement. From there you can plan an enriching year of learning that helps you hit your professional goals while keeping all your licensing and credentials up to date. It's efficient, it's easy to fit to your schedule, and new course offerings are being added as quickly as they are developed. Keep checking back for new webinar calendar dates and freshly developed courses.

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Course: #2365 level: intermediate 1 hour, military sexual trauma: gender, mental health outcomes, and clinical interventions, course: #2282 level: introductory 1 hour, professional ethics: code of conduct and boundaries review, course: #2175 level: introductory 1.05 hours, anticipating, preparing, and responding to school crises, course: #2283 level: intermediate 1 hour, exploring healthy and concerning sexual behaviors in children, course: #2280 level: intermediate 2 hours, gender-affirming care: ethical issues and responses, course: #2347 level: intermediate 1 hour, a clinician's guide to supporting children and adolescents with chronic pain and co-occurring conditions, course: #2270 level: intermediate 1 hour, divorce and the butterfly effect, course: #2416 level: advanced 2 hours, sociopsychological effects of divorce on adults, course: #2399 level: intermediate 2 hours, ethics & moral injury, course: #2340 level: intermediate 1 hour.

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Professional development as an essential activity for ensuring quality social work services. The cornerstone of professional development is continuing your education. Regardless of career stage, social workers are ethically required to keep informed of current research, theory, and techniques that guide social work practice to better serve clients and constituents.

NASW is committed to helping social workers meet their professional development needs. This strong dedication has led to the creation of multiple professional development programs and products such as credentials, education and training courses, newsletters, employment information, resources, and publications. NASW members can receive both free CEs and CEs at discounted rates to fill their licensing or credentialing requirements when they participate in our professional development programs.

Below are resources that provide you with the continuing education you need to enhance your professional skills:

NASW’s Professional Education and Training Center

Latest courses.

• Adolescent Risk Assessment: Predictors of Violence and Suicide
• Achieving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities
• Asperger's Syndrome & High Functioning Autism
• Avoid Ethics Complaints & Malpractice Lawsuits: Effectively Manage High-Risk Clinical Situations
• Breaking Free From Emotional Eating: Bulimia, Obesity, and Anorexia Nervosa

NASW launched in 2011 the Professional Education and Training Center . The Center is an online continuing education resource that social workers can use anytime, anywhere. Don’t worry about traveling costs or lost revenue from not working. Available 24 hours a day online, the Center offers NASW courses in a variety of formats—webinars, webcasts, podcasts, presentations, etc. The Center houses numerous courses in a variety of practice areas and the catalog continues to grow. You can sign up for course alerts when your course subjects become available!

NASW’s new Center is an excellent continuing education resource. All courses offered are NASW accredited and members receive discounted prices on CEs. Click here to access the Center’s course catalog.

Other Resources:

• Continuing Education Portal The CE Portal is a national listing of quality continuing education offerings. A wealth of information at your finger tips where you can search by topic, location, and/or date. 
• NASW Chapters NASW Chapters connect you to NASW chapter/state annual conferences and local continuing education programs and activities. Review an NASW Chapter Web site where you live and work to access continuing education events and a network of colleagues.
• Risk Management Workshops (NASW Members Only) NASW Assurance Services, Inc. (ASI) offers risk management workshops with CEUs and online resources to reduce a social worker’s risk and exposure to an ethics complaint, licensing board complaint, or malpractice law suit. To learn more, visit the ASI Education Center .
• NASW Lunchtime Series NASW members can take advantage of one-hour live teleconferences and earn 1.0 free CEUs. Can’t make a teleconference, but still want to earn the CEU? Listen to the podcast, download the audio file, or read the transcript later. The Lunchtime Series covers current topics of interest to social workers. Register to listen right away.
• NASW Specialty Practice Sections Teleconferences (SPS Members Only) NASW Sections sponsor practice-based teleconferences exclusively for section members. The live teleconferences provide you with the opportunity to earn more free CEUs. The courses are available 24/7 by downloading the audio file or reading the transcript.