Privacy Law for Social Workers Course Online: 3.5 Social Work CPD Hours
Privacy, Consent and Records Law in Canada is a practical, self-paced CPD course for social workers and social service workers across Canada. The Canadian privacy landscape, consent, circle of care, limits of confidentiality, access, breaches, technology and special contexts. It has nine narrated lessons and a 36-question final exam. Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.
Privacy, Consent and Records Law in Canada at a glance
| Detail | Summary |
|---|---|
| Credit | 3.5 instructional hours. Not accredited or approved by any regulator. |
| Format | Online, self-paced: nine narrated lessons (about 222 minutes), exercises, workbook |
| Completion | Pass the 36-question final exam at 80 percent |
| Documentation | Certificate with course title, completion date and 3.5 hours |
| Focus areas | Law and Policy; Confidentiality; Ethics |
| Level | Professional: registered social workers, social service workers, students and new graduates |
| Price | $39 CAD, or the complete pack of 18 courses for $299 |
What you will learn in this privacy law for social workers course
- Describe the layers of privacy law that may apply to a social worker.
- List the elements of valid consent.
- Describe the fair information principles.
- Explain the public safety exception and when it applies.
- Explain a person's right to access and correct their information and the usual exceptions.
- Describe administrative, physical and technical safeguards.
- Assess the privacy risks of common tools.
- Apply privacy and consent principles to young people.
- Apply privacy and consent principles to mixed cases.
Privacy Law for Social Workers course curriculum: nine lessons built around real situations
Short narrated lessons with worked examples and practice pauses, each closing with a knowledge check. Slides and a transcript are included for every lesson.
Lesson 1: Which rules apply to you
Lesson 2: What makes consent valid
Lesson 3: Fair information principles in daily practice
Lesson 4: When you must or may disclose
Lesson 5: The life of a record
Lesson 6: Preventing and handling privacy incidents
Lesson 7: Using tools safely
Lesson 8: Applying privacy where it is hardest
Lesson 9: Making it real
Privacy Law for Social Workers course: 3.5 online CPD hours for Canadian social workers
The course counts as 3.5 instructional hours. Complete every lesson, pass the final exam, download your certificate, and enter the activity in your regulator’s CPD record yourself. Keep the certificate and your notes as evidence.
Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.
The complete pack gives you all 18 courses and 54 CPD hours with a certificate for each, for $299 CAD. Bought one at a time they would cost $702.
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Privacy Law for Social Workers course: common questions
Curriculum
- 10 Sections
- 9 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Lesson 1: Which rules apply to you2 Items
- Lesson 2: What makes consent valid2 Items
- Lesson 3: Fair information principles in daily practice2 Items
- Lesson 4: When you must or may disclose2 Items
- Lesson 5: The life of a record2 Items
- Lesson 6: Preventing and handling privacy incidents2 Items
- Lesson 7: Using tools safely2 Items
- Lesson 8: Applying privacy where it is hardest2 Items
- Lesson 9: Making it real2 Items
- Final Exam and Certificate1 Item
