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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

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• 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.

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Navigating Difficult Dialogues in the Classroom

Total Credits: 1.5 including 1.5 Category I CEs

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F24 Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Social Workers and Reproductive Justice

Total Credits: 3 Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practices CEs

Fri, Oct 11, 2024 - 12:00pm to 03:15pm EDT

F24-211 Light in Dark Places: Bringing Hope and Compassion to End of Life Care

Total Credits: 3 Category I CEs

Thu, Oct 24, 2024 - 01:00pm to 04:15pm EDT

F24-903 Implicit and Explicit Bias in the Workplace

Fri, Oct 18, 2024 - 01:15pm to 04:30pm EDT

F24-600 Leadership IQ

Total Credits: 6 Category I CEs

Wed, Oct 16, 2024 - 09:00am to 04:30pm EDT

F24-601 Effective Leadership: Aligning Vision, Collaboration, and Growth

  Wed, Nov 06, 2024 - 06:00pm to 09:15pm EST

F24-502 Eye on Ethics: Engaging in Ethical Termination and Avoiding Abandonment

Total Credits: 3 Ethic CEs

  Wed, Oct 02, 2024 - 06:00pm to 09:15pm EDT

F24-503 Applying Ethical Concepts in Social Work Practice

Fri, Oct 18, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EDT

F24-504 Ethical Decision Making in Victim Services

Thu, Oct 31, 2024 - 01:15pm to 04:30pm EDT

F24-505 Understanding and Exploring the Ethics of Professional Boundaries

Wed, Nov 20, 2024 - 01:00pm to 04:15pm EST

F24-506 What Happens in Therapy, Stays in Therapy. Unless... Exploring the Ethics of Confidentiality

Thu, Dec 12, 2024 - 10:00am to 01:15pm EST

F24-906 Beyond Acknowledging Diversity: Moving Towards Inclusion and Allyship

Fri, Dec 13, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EST

F24-2003 The Challenging Side of Supervision: What Does it Take to Sustain Professionalism in this Healthcare Climate?

Total Credits: 3 Supervision CEs

Thu, Oct 31, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EDT

F24-2005 Leading by Example: Navigating the Internal Work of Being a Social Work Supervisor

Thu, Dec 05, 2024 - 01:15pm to 04:30pm EST

F24-3000 Financial Social Work in LGBTQIA+ Communities

Fri, Sep 27, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EDT

F24-3001 Understanding the Financial Domain of Behavioral Health: Considerations for Clinical Practitioners

Total Credits: 3 including 3 Category I CEs

Thu, Oct 17, 2024 - 01:15pm to 04:30pm EDT

F24-101 No Such Thing as a Bad Child: Understanding and Responding to Kids with Emotional & Behavioral Challenges

Thu, Nov 14, 2024 - 01:15pm to 04:30pm EST

F24-102 Rooted in Resilience: Play Therapy with African American Children

Fri, Dec 06, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EST

F24-301 Understanding Different Types of Dementia: Types, Causes, & Treatments

Tue, Oct 22, 2024 - 01:15pm to 04:30pm EDT

F24-400 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

Thu, Oct 10, 2024 - 09:00am to 04:30pm EDT

F24-401 Engaging Adolescents in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Wed, Oct 23, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EDT

F24-204 Childhood Sibling Relationships: A Laboratory for Learning Skills in Adulthood

Fri, Oct 04, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EDT

F24-205 The Art of Deep Empathy

  Sat, Oct 19, 2024 - 10:00am to 01:15pm EDT

F24-206 Survivors of Human Trafficking: Support for Parenting After Trauma

Tue, Oct 29, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EDT

F24-207 Clinical Assessment of Disordered Eating and Body Shame

Fri, Oct 25, 2024 - 02:00pm to 05:15pm EDT

F24-208 Beyond the Battle: Encouraging Healing and Recovery in the Veteran Population

Thu, Nov 07, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EST

F24-209 An Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS): Exploring Your Inner Landscape

Wed, Nov 13, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EST

F24-210 Let's Talk About Bruno (Encanto Movie Discussion)

  Wed, Dec 04, 2024 - 06:00pm to 09:15pm EST

F24-2002 Adopting a Trauma-Informed Lens in Clinical Supervision

Total Credits: 4 Supervision CEs

Tue, Oct 15, 2024 - 09:00am to 01:15pm EDT

F24-700 The Science and Therapeutics of Medical Cannabis

Thu, Oct 03, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EDT

F24-701 Psychological Evaluations for Immigration Cases: A Guide for Social Workers

Total Credits: 4 Category I CEs

Wed, Dec 11, 2024 - 09:30am to 01:45pm EST

F24-902 Social Media as a Tool for Grief Intervention: Lessons from the Hispanic Communities

Thu, Sep 26, 2024 - 01:00pm to 04:15pm EDT

F24-905 Exploring Treatment Considerations with Undocumented Youth

Total Credits: 6 Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practices CEs

Wed, Oct 30, 2024 - 09:00am to 04:30pm EDT

F24-2001 Supervision Strategies for the Development of Competent Social Workers (2 Days)

Total Credits: 12 Supervision CEs

Tue, Sep 24, 2024 - 09:00am to Wed, Sep 25, 2024 - 04:30pm EDT

F24-2004 Supervisors as Leaders (2 Days)

Fri, Nov 08, 2024 - 09:00am to Sat, Nov 09, 2024 - 04:30pm EST

F24-203 Listening and Responding to Client Dreams: An Introduction to Dream Exploration (2 Half Days)

Wed, Oct 02, 2024 - 09:00am to Wed, Oct 09, 2024 - 12:15pm EDT

Language Access: An Effective Path to Inclusion

Tue, Oct 08, 2024 - 12:00pm to 01:30pm EDT

Faculty Focus: The Anti-DEI Landscape: How We Got Here and How We Fight It!

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Human-Centered Leadership in Everyday Practice

Fri, Nov 08, 2024 - 09:00am to 12:15pm EST

The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice (On Demand)

Total Credits: 2 including 2 Category II CEs

VAW 2.23 Redefining Trauma-Informed Assessments for Teen Dating Violence: An Introduction to the VIP Study (On Demand)

Total Credits: 1 including 1 Category II CEs

Parting the Fog of Techno-Determinism: The Future of Social Work and Artificial Intelligence (On Demand)

Total Credits: 1.5 including 1.5 Category II CEs

VAW 3.24 Increasing Rigorous Evaluation of Interventions to Reduce Gender-based Violence Victimization (On-Demand)

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S22 Homecoming '22: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Beyond the Checkboxes (On-Demand)

Total Credits: 2 including 2.5 Category II CEs

S22 ALISON RICHMAN LECTURE ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: Addressing Social Determinants to Optimize Infant Development (On Demand)

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11 Career Development Courses for Upskilling In 2024

David Rice is a long time journalist and editor who specializes in covering human resources and leadership topics. His career has seen him focus on a variety of industries for both print and digital publications in the United States and UK.

Here are the best career development courses to boost professional growth. Find information on course pricing, requirements, covered topics, and the ideal candidates for each program.

Part of your job as an HR professional is being able to help people see a path ahead and grow professionally to achieve the goals laid out on that path. But career coaching, like everything else in HR, evolves with each generation and change to the business.

How do you keep up with this? Well, through continuing education, of course. With that in mind, I've taken a look at some of the best career development courses for career-led professionals to learn about new technology, strategies, and philosophies about how we work.

Best Career Development Courses Shortlist

Here's a shortlist of the best career development courses I think are worth your time in 2024:

• NCDA Facilitating Career Development Training and Certification Program (NCDA)
• Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) (CCE)  
• Counseling and Career Development (M.A.) (Colorado State University)  
• Goodwill® Career Coach and Navigator Professional Certificate (Goodwill)  
• Career Development Practitioner (CDP) (Career Professionals of Canada)
• Career Development Professional (Conestoga College)  
• Overview of Career Development Theories (Career Coaching and Training)  
• Executive Leadership Coaching: Mastery Session (Harvard University)
• Leadership Coaching Strategies (Harvard University)
• People and Soft Skills for Professional and Personal Success Specialization (IBM)  
• Introduction to Career Coaching (Alison)

Find more details about each course below.

Overview Of The Best Career Development Courses

1. ncda facilitating career development training and certification program (ncda).

This career development training course equips professionals with advanced skills in career counseling, program development, and client engagement. It covers key terms and concepts related to entrepreneurship, enhancing participants' ability to support clients in exploring entrepreneurial paths.

Upon completion, participants gain certification, signifying their expertise in facilitating career development .

• Who It’s For: Career development professionals
• Career development theories
• Labor market information
• Career planning
• Online, In-Person, or Both? Both
• Exam Required? Yes
• Eligibility Requirements: None

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2. Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) (CCE)

This course is designed for professionals who wish to specialize in career development and counseling, emphasizing personal development and achieving career success. The GCDF course covers key areas such as career assessment, counseling techniques, job search strategies, and setting career goals.

This certification helps professionals enhance their ability to guide individuals through career transitions and development, ultimately supporting their journey toward career success.

• Who It’s For: Career development facilitators
• Career resources
• Employability skills
• Career assessment
• Commit to adhering to the GCDF Code of Ethics.
• Complete a required amount of supervised career development experience appropriate to your level of education.
• Finish 120 hours of comprehensive training on the 12 GCDF core competencies using an approved curriculum.
• Take The Course: CCE

3. Counseling and Career Development (M.A.) (Colorado State University)

The program emphasizes practical skills, theoretical knowledge, hands-on experience in individual and group counseling, career assessment, and professional ethics.

Graduates are equipped to work in diverse settings, including schools, community agencies, and private practice.

• Who It’s For: Graduate students
• Counseling techniques
• Practicum experience
• Online, In-Person, or Both? In-Person
• Duration: 2 to 3 years
• A core curriculum consisting of 48 credit hours  
• Specialization curriculum totaling 12 credit hours  
• 100-hour clinical practicum experience  
• 600-hour internship in a field related to the specialization
• Bachelor’s degree
• Price: Varies
• Take The Course: Colorado State University

4. Goodwill® Career Coach and Navigator Professional Certificate (Goodwill)

This course focuses on building competencies in career guidance, including developing personalized career maps and providing practical support for career transitions.

The course also emphasizes understanding and addressing the needs of diverse populations in various career development contexts.

• Who It’s For: Aspiring career coaches
• Career coaching techniques
• Job search strategies
• Client assessment
• Online, In-Person, or Both? Online
• Exam Required? No
• Duration: 6 months
• How Many Hours Of Instruction: 3 to 4 hours per week
• Price: $49 per month
• Take The Course: Coursera

5. Career Development Practitioner (CDP) (Career Professionals of Canada)

This course covers topics such as career assessment methods, counseling techniques, and client management. It aims to equip participants with the core skills needed to support individuals in their career planning and development .

• Who It’s For: Career development practitioners
• Career counseling
• Labor market trends
• Duration: 3 weeks
• How Many Hours Of Instruction: 45 hours
• Non-members: $1100 per course
• CPC members: $550 per course
• Take The Course: Career Professionals of Canada

6. Career Development Professional (Conestoga College)

This course is designed to prepare participants with the skills necessary to guide clients through future proofing their career journeys and help them reach their professional objectives.

• Job search techniques
• Duration: 1 year
• Take The Course: Conestoga College

7. Overview of Career Development Theories (Career Coaching and Training)

The online course offers a comprehensive exploration of foundational theories in career development. It covers vital frameworks such as Super’s Life-Span Theory, Holland’s Theory of Career Choice, and Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory.

The course aims to give participants a deep understanding of these theories so that they can be applied effectively in career counseling and coaching practices.

• Who It’s For: Career coaches and counselors
• Application of theories
• Case studies
• Price: $249
• Take The Course: Career Coaching and Training

8. Executive Leadership Coaching: Mastery Session (Harvard University)

The course looks at advanced coaching methods, such as improving executive presence, handling complex organizational issues, and promoting transformational leadership.

Participants work on detailed case studies and practical exercises to boost their skills and become more effective coaches for senior leaders.

• Who It’s For: Experienced leadership coaches
• Advanced coaching techniques
• Leadership development
• Online, In-Person, or Both? In-person
• Duration: 2 days
• Price: $2,990
• Take The Course: Harvard University

9. Leadership Coaching Strategies (Harvard University)

The course offers an extensive training program on coaching leaders effectively, focusing on essential skills such as giving constructive feedback, building leadership skills, and encouraging professional development along a defined career path .

It integrates human resources principles, critical thinking, and mentoring techniques, allowing learners to participate in practical exercises and case studies to hone their coaching strategies and drive successful leadership transformations.

• Who It’s For: Leadership coaches
• Coaching frameworks
• Feedback techniques

10. People and Soft Skills for Professional and Personal Success Specialization (IBM)

The course provides comprehensive training in soft skills, such as negotiation, empathy, and problem-solving, focusing on the job market.

Its goal is to help learners develop effective strategies for better communication, interview skills, time management, and collaboration, enhancing their overall effectiveness in career and personal endeavors.

• Who It’s For: Professionals seeking to improve soft skills
• Communication skills
• Emotional intelligence
• Conflict resolution
• How Many Hours Of Instruction: 2 to 3 hours per week
• Price: $39 per month

11. Introduction to Career Coaching (Alison)

The course covers key aspects of career coaching, such as evaluating career options, setting achievable goals, and working with clients to enhance their career prospects.

It provides practical training on the fundamentals of coaching, including building professional relationships, goal setting , and useful techniques to support individuals in their career development.

• Basics of career coaching
• Coaching techniques
• Duration: 3 to 4 hours
• How Many Hours Of Instruction: 1 to 2 hours
• Price: Free
• Take The Course: Alison

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You may be able to deduct the cost of work-related education expenses paid during the year if you're:

• A self-employed individual
• An Armed Forces reservist
• A qualified performing artist
• A fee-based state or local government official
• A disabled individual with impairment-related education expenses

To be deductible, your expenses must be for education that (1) maintains or improves skills needed in your present work or (2) your employer or the law requires to keep your present salary, status or job. However, even if the education meets either of these tests, the education can't be part of a program that will qualify you for a new trade or business or that you need to meet the minimal educational requirements of your present trade or business.

Education expenses incurred during temporary absence from your work may also be deductible, but the education must be to maintain or improve skills needed in your present work. After your temporary absence, you must return to the same general type of work. Usually, absence from work for one year or less is considered temporary.

Expenses that you can deduct include:

• Tuition, books, supplies, lab fees, and similar items
• Certain transportation and travel costs
• Other educational expenses, such as the cost of research and typing

To determine if your work-related expenses are deductible, see Are my work-related education expenses deductible?

Reporting the education expense

Self-employed individuals include education expenses on Schedule C (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Business (Sole Proprietorship)  or Schedule F (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Farming .

Armed Forces reservists, qualified performing artists and state or local government officials figure the cost of qualifying work-related education expenses on  Schedule 1 (Form 1040), Additional Income and Adjustments to Income PDF  and attach Form 2106, Employee Business Expenses  to their return.

Disabled individuals figure the expenses on  Schedule A (Form 1040), Itemized Deductions or Schedule A (Form 1040-NR), Itemized Deductions PDF , and attach Form 2106 to their return.

Additional information

For more information on work-related education expenses, education tax credits, or information for specific types of employees, such as performing artists, refer to Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Education  and Publication 463, Travel, Gift, and Car Expenses .

For additional information about education benefits, review Tax benefits for education: Information center and Am I eligible to claim an education credit?

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