Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) For purposes of
this section, "two years of full-time clinical social work" means 3,000 hours
under direct supervision pursuant to the standards set forth in
N.J.A.C.
13:44G-8.1, subsequent to earning a master's
degree in social work. The 3,000 hours shall be completed in no less than two
years and no more than four years . At least 1,920 hours of the 3,000 hours
shall be in face-to-face client contact , and half of these 1,920 hours shall
be in psychotherapeutic counseling. The other 1,080 hours can include time
spent in supervision or other social work services.
(b) An applicant for licensure as an LCSW
shall submit the following, on forms provided by the Board:
1. A completed application form, which
requests information concerning the applicant's educational and experiential
background;
2. The application fee
set forth in 13:44G-14.1;
3. An
official transcript indicating that the applicant:
i. Received a master's degree in social work
from an educational program accredited, or in candidacy for accreditation, by
the Council on Social Work Education; or a doctorate degree in social work from
an accredited institution of higher education;
ii. Completed 12 semester hours of graduate
level course work in methods of clinical social work practice, exclusive of
field placement, from an educational program accredited, or in candidacy for
accreditation, by the Council on Social Work Education. The applicant shall
obtain 12 credits in any of the following areas of study:
(1) Diagnosis and assessment in clinical
social work practice;
(2) Models of
psychotherapy or clinical practice (for example, psychodynamic, behavioral,
cognitive therapies, task-centered, psychosocial, crisis intervention
approaches, etc.);
(3) Clinical
supervision and consultation; and/or
(4) Intervention with special
populations;
4. A supervisor's certification indicating
that the applicant has acquired two years of full-time clinical social work
experience after the completion of the master's degree required by (b)3 above.
Such work experience shall have been completed no more than five years prior to
the submission of the application. In the event that the applicant is unable to
provide a supervisor's certification, the applicant shall submit to the Board
an affidavit explaining the reason(s) why the applicant is not able to obtain
the supervisor's certification;
5.
Proof that the applicant has successfully completed the clinical examination
administered by the ASWB;
6. Proof
that the applicant was an LSW at the time that the experience in (a) above was
acquired, or proof that the applicant engaged in social work practice in a
setting in which licensure is not required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 45:15BB-5;
and
7. A signed consent form
acknowledging that the Board will perform a criminal history background check
as a pre-requisite of licensure.
(c) Notwithstanding (a) above, an applicant
who began clinical social work experience under supervision prior to September
17, 2018, will be deemed to have completed two years of fulltime clinical
social work if he or she has completed 1,920 hours of face-to-face client
contact.
