Agenda for Board of Registration of Social Workers Meeting - 8.22.23

Board business

• Roll call vote for attendance
• Public meeting minutes of July 25, 2023 – VOTE
• Executive session minutes of July 25, 2023 – VOTE

Discussion (Chief Prosecutor Jessica Uhing-Luedde)

• Policy on Delegation of Authority re: Drafting Orders to Show Cause and Consent Agreements to Board Counsel and the Prosecution Unit – VOTE
• Policy re: Standard Consent Agreement Terms – VOTE

Application review interviews – reference

• Bridget Twomey, applicant for LICSW – VOTE
  • Interview of supervisor Catherine Givens
• Michele Sessa, applicant for LCSW – VOTE
  • Interview of supervisor Wendy Rosenblum

Application review – prior discipline

• Courtney Chapman, applicant for LICSW – VOTE

Application review – reference

• Jordanne Henry, applicant for LCSW – VOTE

Application review – no reference

• Michael Cortez, applicant for LICSW – VOTE

Monitoring

• Pamela Bourque, 2021-001010-IT-ENF, 1st Quarterly Monitoring Report – VOTE

Executive session CLOSED under G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(1) and G.L. c. 30A, § 21(a)(7) to comply with G.L. c. 4, § 7, ¶ 26(c) and G.L. c. 214, § 1B. 

1. Specifically, the Board will discuss and evaluate the good moral character of applicants as required for licensure. 

2. Specifically, the Board will discuss and evaluate applications, a monitoring report, and requests for continuing education extensions that involve medical records and information of patients.