Social Services Bootcamp: Professional Certificate Program

Compliance, Documentation & Person Centered Care in Long-Term Care

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Event Schedule
August 12, 13 & 26, 2026 
**Note each day has 2 sessions, schedule below for each day

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Session 1
10:30 –10:45 a.m.Break
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Session 2

Location
Virtual/Zoom

Event Description
Are you ready to strengthen your role and elevate your impact as a social worker or social service designee in the nursing home setting?

This intensive training series is designed to equip participants with the essential tools, knowledge, and confidence needed to excel in today’s regulatory and person-centered care environment. From developing comprehensive social assessments to crafting meaningful person- centered care plans, this session will walk you through the core responsibilities of social services professionals in long-term care. You’ll gain practical strategies for identifying and delivering medically-related social services, meeting documentation standards, and ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations. Special emphasis will also be placed on trauma-informed care practices, an increasingly vital component of quality resident care.

Whether you are new to the field or looking to refresh and expand your expertise, this training will provide you with clear guidance, practical tools, and regulatory insight to enhance your effectiveness and help your facility shine during surveys.

Complete and defend a comprehensive social services assessment by identifying psychosocial needs, trauma history, and medically related social service requirements, and translating those findings into compliant, person-centered care plans.

Apply federal regulatory requirements to daily social services practice by meeting documentation standards, supporting interdisciplinary care planning, and demonstrating survey readiness through clear, defensible records and processes.

Integrate trauma-informed, person-centered care principles into resident and family interactions by using practical strategies that support resident rights, dignity, emotional well-being, and quality of life across the continuum of care.

Speaker
Cat Selman

Who is Cat Selman?

Educator. Motivator. Communicator. Consultant. Author. Catherine R. "Cat" Selman uses her dynamic personality and compelling presence to spread the message of continued education motivation for any given professional field. As a seasoned lecturer, Cat has more than 30 years of experience in management, social work, activities/recreation, education and consultation.

Her presentations can be:

  • Motivational and Inspiring Keynotes
  • Discipline-specific, detailing regulatory/compliance criteria, as well as care planning and documentation requirements
  • Generic - appropriate for all settings
  • Designed for health care professionals

As a speaker in all fifty states, Cat is in demand and on topic. Her sessions can be from one hour to six hours. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter - the audience is transfixed! Their attention comes not only from the impact of Cat's message but also from her qualification to deliver it. Her career history includes:

  • President/Co-Founder, The Cat Selman Company/The Healthcare Communicators, Inc.
  • Co-Founding Director, Quality of Life Alliance
  • Division Marketing Manager, National Heritage, Inc.
  • Corporate Activities and Social Work Consultant, National Heritage, Inc.
  • Director of Social Services and Activities, Floadrian Manor

Continuing Education Information
Nursing Home Administrators:
 2 contact hours per date of the event for a total of up to 6 contact hours for the entire event is intended to meet the criteria established by the Iowa Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators for participants who attend this event in its entirety. Partial credit for this event will not be granted. To receive contact hours or a certificate of attendance, you must attend the entire event.  Retain your certificate for four years.

Social Services: The event is designed to provide 2 contact hours per date of the event for a total of up to 6 contact hours for the entire event, aligning with the criteria set by the Iowa Board of Examiners for Social Workers for participants who attend the entire event. Please note that partial credit will not be granted; full attendance is required to receive contact hours or a certificate of attendance.

For other long-term support and service provider professionals not listed above: Most licensure boards, credentialing agencies and professional organizations have processes that allow individuals to earn a certain number of CEUs for non-preapproved programs and/or to accommodate self-submission for approval of continuing education hours after the event takes place with proper documentation from the program sponsors. It is up to the discretion of the licensee to choose relevant sessions and self-report. Generic certificates of attendance will be provided.                                   

Registration & Other Information
LeadingAge Iowa Member       $139
Prospective Member                $239  
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What’s Included
Registration fee includes digital handouts, one connection to each of the live webinars and instructions for receiving CE credit/attendance certificate for one person.  

Cancellation/Refund Policy
The online registration deadline is August 11, 2026. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions welcome any time prior to the date of the live training. All cancellations and substitution requests must be sent to Dawn Balder ([email protected]). A refund of the registration fee minus the 3% credit card processing fee will be given to all cancellations received 10 or more business days prior to the live program. A $30 administrative fee plus the 3% credit card processing fee will be charged to all cancellations received six to nine business days prior to the live program. No refunds will be given to cancellations received five or fewer business days prior to the live program. Refunds will be calculated by the date received and the LeadingAge Iowa business days remaining prior to the program. LeadingAge Iowa reserves the right to cancel the program due to insufficient enrollment, in which case pre-registered participants will be notified and full refunds provided.

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For questions contact:   Dawn Balder
[email protected]
515-440-4630