01.
Generally Applicable Supervision
Requirements. All supervised experience, as set forth in this section,
must meet the following requirements: (3-28-23)
a. Supervision must be consultative-teaching
supervision which is directed toward enhancement and improvement of the
individual's social work values, knowledge, methods, and techniques.
(3-28-23)
b. A minimum of one
hundred (100) hours of the required supervision must be face-to-face contact
with the supervisor and must occur on a regular and on-going basis. Supervision
may include a face-to-face setting provided by a secure live electronic
connection. The secure live electronic connection must comply with any
applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations, including the health
insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA). (3-28-23)
i. A supervisee may count in full all time in
a supervisory session where the ratio of supervisor to supervisees does not
exceed one (1) supervisor to two (2) social workers. All one hundred (100)
hours may be earned in such a one (1) to two (2) setting. (3-28-23)
ii. Group supervision may count for no more
than fifty (50) hours of face-to-face contact. Group supervision may count only
where the ratio of supervisor to supervisees does not exceed one (1) supervisor
to six (6) supervisees, and the allowable countable time must be prorated by
the following formula: total session minutes divided by total supervisees,
multiplied by two (2) equals the maximum allowable countable time per
supervisee for the session. i.e. a supervisee attending a one (1) hour group
supervisory session consisting of six (6) supervisees must be allowed twenty
(20) minutes of group supervision credit (60 minutes/6 supervisees x 2 = 20
minutes). (3-28-23)
02.
Pursuing Licensure As Independent
Practitioners. Requirements for supervision of baccalaureate or master's
social workers pursuing licensure as independent practitioners. (3-28-23)
a. Develop a plan for supervision that must
be reviewed and approved by a designated Board member prior to commencement of
supervision. (3-28-23)
b. Complete
a minimum of three thousand (3,000) hours of supervised social work experience.
The hours must be accumulated in not less than two (2) years but in not more
than five (5) years unless an extension is approved by the Board for good cause
shown. (3-28-23)
c. Supervision
must be provided by a qualified and experienced licensed social worker with a
current license in good standing and approved to pursue independent practice.
(3-28-23)
i. For a baccalaureate social worker
the supervisor must hold a license at the baccalaureate, masters, or clinical
level. (3-28-23)
ii. For a masters
social worker the supervisor must hold a license at the masters, or clinical
level. (3-28-23)
iii. Prior to a
change in supervisors, the supervisee must notify the Board and the change must
be approved by a designated member of the Board prior to the commencement of
supervision by the new supervisor. (3-28-23)
iv. The supervisee may not have more than two
(2) supervisors at any given time. (3-28-23)
03.
Pursuing Licensure As Clinical
Social Worker. Requirements for supervision of master's social workers
pursuing licensure as clinical social worker. (3-28-23)
a. Develop a plan for supervision that must
be reviewed and approved by a designated Board member prior to commencement of
supervision. (3-28-23)
b. Complete
a minimum of three thousand (3,000) hours of supervised social work experience
focused on clinical social work. The hours must be accumulated in not less than
two (2) years but in not more than five (5) years unless an extension is
approved by the Board for good cause shown. The hours must also meet the
following: (3-28-23)
i. One thousand seven
hundred fifty (1,750) hours of direct client contact involving treatment in
clinical social work as defined; and (3-28-23)
ii. One thousand two hundred fifty (1,250)
hours involving assessment, diagnosis, and other clinical social work as
defined. (3-28-23)
c.
Fifty percent (50%) of supervised experience must be provided by a licensed
clinical social worker registered as a supervisor pursuant to Section
211 of these rules. The remaining
fifty percent (50%) of supervision may be provided by one or more of the
following: (3-28-23)
i. A licensed clinical
social worker who is registered as a supervisor pursuant to Section
211; (3-28-23)
ii. A licensed clinical psychologist;
(3-28-23)
iii. A person licensed to
practice medicine and surgery who practices in the area of psychiatry;
(3-28-23)
iv. A licensed clinical
professional counselor registered as a supervisor by the Idaho Licensing Board
of Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists; or
(3-28-23)
v. A licensed marriage
and family therapist registered as a supervisor by the Idaho Licensing Board of
Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists.
(3-28-23)
d. Prior to a
change in supervisors, the supervisee must notify the Board and the change must
be approved by a designated member of the Board prior to the commencement of
supervision by the new supervisor. (3-28-23)
e. The supervisee may not have more than two
(2) supervisors at any given time. (3-28-23)
04.
Out-of-State Supervised
Experience. The Board may consider supervised experience obtained
outside the state of Idaho submitted for Idaho licensure purposes as proscribed
under Section 210.03 and
consistent with that jurisdictions laws. Such experience, whether already
obtained or planned to be obtained, must be included in the plan for
supervision and reviewed and approved by a designated Board member. (3-28-23)
a. Previous supervised experience must have
been obtained within the five (5) year period preceding the submission of the
plan for supervision and must have been obtained in compliance with the law and
rules of the state in which the experience was obtained.
(3-28-23)