Social Workers

We help with a range of professional regulation proceedings with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW), including complaint and discipline matters and appeals. Social Workers and Social Service Workers often call on us to answer questions with respect to consent and capacity law, privacy compliance, performance of the controlled act of psychotherapy, and dealing with their regulator, the courts and parties in litigation. We also provide advice on legal compliance issues and representation in workplace disputes and before various tribunals, boards, and courts. Providers of independent examinations (IEs) are uniquely at risk of complaints from IE subjects or their representatives, and we are experienced in representing providers and in advising on best practices for IEs.