Description

Reporting directly to the Director, Ethics and Professional Review (Director), the Senior Ethics and Professional Review Associate (Senior EPR Associate) will provide professional expertise in the area of ethics and professional review to guide NASW members in ethical social work practice and support the administration of the NASW professional review process. This individual will perform consultation, technical, education, and administrative duties to facilitate the ethics and professional review programs.
 
The Senior EPR Associate provides staff support to the Director, the National Ethics Committee (NEC), Chapters, members and consumers relating to social work ethics. In addition, they will work closely with the Director to identify, develop, and implement education programs for the profession using various modalities, e.g., media, virtual, live webinar, and online presentation formats. The Senior EPR Associate will assist with the maintenance of the Office of Ethics and Professional Review presence on social media. The Senior EPR Associate will conceptualize and produce ethics web content and lead social media projects.

Requirements

Skills: Requires excellent record-keeping skills including a strong requirement to ensure confidentiality of ethics consults and OEPR files. Requires demonstrated program administration, project management, and strong customer service and organizational skills. Requires a strong understanding of the NASW Code of Ethics and social work ethical practice. Requires demonstrated analytical and research skills. Requires excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills. Requires strong attention to detail. Requires strong training development and presentation experience, skill and interest. Strong skills in Microsoft Office, Web content development and PowerPoint.

Knowledge: Master’s degree in social work required. Requires expertise in ethics and considerable experience with the NASW Code of Ethics and professional social work issues. Requires knowledge and experience with online resource development. Some knowledge of legal, mediation or adjudication processes is preferable.

Experience: Requires a minimum of 5 years post-MSW social work experience, two of which include clinical practice and programming. Minimum of two years' experience preparing and presenting live, or web-based professional development training resources. Social work ethics knowledge and experience is preferred.