We are the voluntary professional Association for the profession of Social Service Work in Ontario and Canada.
We are the voluntary professional Association for Social Service Work in Ontario and Canada.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
The Ontario Social Service Worker Association is the voluntary professional association for Social Service Work in Ontario and Canada. The work of any professional association is to serve the interests of its members and the profession through comprehensive supports. The association is not a labour union.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATOR
The Association does not regulate the profession of Social Service Work in Ontario. The mandate of any regulator is to govern the profession in the publics interest. The Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) is the regulator for the profession of Social Service Work in Ontario.
Registered Social Service Workers are the backbone of our social care and services system.
The Ontario Social Service Worker Association celebrates and leads ‘social service work week’. This recognition week is held on the second week of March, every year. This week proceeds social work week, the first week of March, every year.
The inaugural social service work week was in March, 2022. The association would like to thank the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and many other stakeholders in celebrating SSW week!
Celebrate RSSWs with the association
