Professional development training to advance your social work and human service career
Join Our Training Team
Expert clinicians and trainers are continually recruited to provide current content in both clinical and administrative topics. We seek the best so that we can give the very best back to our community!
Opportunities are available to apply for consideration as a trainer for continuing education workshops and certificate programs. The majority of our training programs are for masters level clinicians. We do offer a select number of programs that target new, middle and/or senior human service managers and administrators.
If you are interested in being considered as a trainer, please email or mail:
- Your resume or CV
- Details on your previous training experience
- Specific training topic(s) with descriptions and learning objectives that you believe would be of interest to professionals.
- Please be aware that you should be current in knowledge, skills, and research in your area of expertise.
- Any previous evaluation summaries or recommendations/references from the provision of your training services to masters level clinicians or managers/administrators
Email us at: sw-ce@buffalo.edu For questions, call: 716-829-5847
Mailing Address:
Kathleen T. Heim, LMSW
Director of Continuing Education
UB School of Social Work
Office of Continuing Education
232 Parker Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214-8004
Becoming a great trainer takes passion, experience, expert mentoring, feedback based on evaluations and observations, and on-going learning. For those who are new to training or wanting to develop skills as a trainer, below is a select list of resources that may be of use.
Dazzle Them! Presentation skills training with Mary Beth Debus
5 Tips on Using Humor to Engage Your Audience
Creating Effective Presentation Slides: which platform to use
Storytelling Techniques Used by the Most Inspiring TED Presenters
When you train for us, it counts toward your NYSED contact hours!
For those who are New York LMSWs, LCSWs, LCSW-Rs, LMHCs, LCATs, LMFTs,, and Psychologists NYSED has a process allowing you to count training for an approved provider as hours needed to renew your license registration. Check the Continuing Education FAQ sections for your license linked in this paragraph for details on calculating contact hours. Information is located in FAQ 20 and 21 for each profession.