Title Protection for Professional Case Management: Social Work's Intricacies and Opportunities

Ellen Fink-Samnick1

  • 1Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP, is Principal of EFS Supervision Strategies, LLC. She is an industry expert who empowers health care's transdisciplinary workforce through professional speaking, mentoring, and consultation. Known and respected as "The Ethical Compass of Case Management," she is a popular presenter and esteemed author with more than 70 publications across diverse media. With Teresa Treiger, Ellen is the coauthor of the book COLLABORATE® for Professional Case Management: A Universal Competency-Based Paradigm, First Edition, published by Wolters Kluwer. She is also author of the Ethics, Social Media and Electronic Communication chapter for the Core Curriculum for Case Management, 3rd edition. Ellen's passion is evident across her varied roles as professional trainer, educator, social media moderator, course and continuing education developer for distance learning, industry accreditation specialist, clinical social work supervisor, and professional mentor to the case management community.

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