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Kansas BSRB social work advisory committee recommends two new members
Summary
At a remote May meeting, the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board(BSRB) Social Work Advisory Committee reviewed 23 applicants and recommended Anas Boyer and Callie Worth to fill two open advisory committee seats; the committee will forward the recommendations to the BSRB chair for appointment.
At a remote meeting of the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board(BSRB) Social Work Advisory Committee, members reviewed 23 applications and recommended Anas Boyer and Callie (Callie) Worth as the two candidates to fill upcoming advisory committee vacancies.
Committee cochair Cynthia Shundel opened discussion of the two openings and the applicant pool, noting two members had not sought reappointment and that "we had 23 applicants for those openings." The committee conducted a multi-stage tallying process to narrow the field to nine candidates and then asked members to select two finalists. After the final tally Cynthia Shundel announced, "Okay. Well, it looks like, then, Cali Worth and Anis Boyd are our 2 selections for, joining the social work advisory committee." The committee asked executive director David Fye to summarize the recommendation for the board chair.
The advisory committeepolicy requires the BSRB chair to make formal appointments; the committee's selection is a recommendation to the chair. David Fye said he will draft a summary of the committee's recommendation for the board chair, David Anderson, and present it at the next full board meeting; the chair typically appoints advisory members at a board meeting. Fye described the follow-up steps: he will prepare the recommendation letter, have it reviewed by committee leadership, then submit it to the board chair for appointment at the next full board meeting.
The committee noted the goal of geographic and credential diversity among candidates. Members who participated in the ranking process cited factors they weighed, including clinical and supervisory experience, practice setting, and representation from across Kansas. Several candidates received multiple votes during the narrowing process; the transcript records the committee's expressed preference for Boyer and Worth but does not record a formal written motion with mover/second in the minutes provided.
The committee also discussed next steps for notifying the selected candidates and said that, once the chair confirms appointments at the board meeting, staff will contact the appointees and invite them to the committee's August meeting.
