Illinois Administrative Code
Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Part 1470 - CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE ACT
Section 1470.20 - Professional Experience
Universal Citation: 68 IL Admin Code ยง 1470.20
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Persons applying for licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker shall be required to complete supervised professional experience pursuant to Section 9 of the Act and this Part.
1) Persons holding a
master's degree in social work shall have completed 3000 hours of satisfactory,
supervised clinical professional experience subsequent to the receipt of the
degree;
2) Persons holding a
doctorate degree in social work shall have completed 2000 hours of
satisfactory, supervised clinical professional experience subsequent to the
receipt of the degree;
3) The
required number of hours may have been obtained in the following manner:
A) for full-time experience, a minimum of 30
hours per week but not more than 40 hours per week.
B) for part-time experience, a minimum of 15
hours per week but not more than 29 hours per week.
4) Supervised experience shall be experience
directly related to clinical social work practice as defined in Section 3(5) of
the Act:
A) The supervisor shall have met with
the applicant an average of at least 4 hours each monthto discuss client cases
and treatment procedures.
B) Until
December 31, 1994, the supervisor shall have been a certified social worker
registered under the Social Workers Registration Act with clinical experience,
a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a diplomate in clinical social work, a
designated member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW), a Board
certified psychiatrist, a licensed clinical psychologist, a supervisor from
another state who is a clinical professional credentialed at the highest level
required by that state or other appropriate clinical supervisor as approved by
the Social Work Examining and Disciplinary Board (the "Board"). In determining
other appropriate supervisor, the Board shall consider, but not be limited to,
the following: unavailability of a person licensed under the Act, the setting
in which the supervision took place, and the credentials and job
responsibilities of the supervisor.
C) After January 1, 1995, only experience
supervised by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker will be acceptable to meet the
professional experience requirement. If supervision was in another jurisdiction
in which clinical social workers are not licensed, the supervisor shall have
been engaged in clinical social work and be credentialed at the highest level
required by that jurisdiction.
D)
The experience shall have been evaluated by the supervisor as
satisfactory.
E) An applicant may
contract with a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to provide
supervision.
F) Supervision may be
provided within an agency of employment or outside the agency.
G) Supervision may be paid or
unpaid.
H) Supervision may be on an
individual or group basis. When group supervision is provided the number of
supervisees may not exceed five.
b) Persons applying as a Licensed Social Worker who have a baccalaureate degree in social work shall complete 3 years of supervised professional experience subsequent to obtaining the baccalaureate degree. For purposes of this subsection, supervised professional experience is that experience directly related to social work as defined in Section 3(9) of the Act. The experience shall be:
1) obtained
under the direct supervision of a certified social worker registered under the
Social Workers Registration Act, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed
Social Worker, diplomate in clinical social work, designated member of ACSW or
other appropriate supervisor as approved by the Board.
2) satisfactory as evaluated by the
supervisor. The supervisor shall have met with the individual an average of at
least 4 hours each month.
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