Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
Using the definition of social work as defined in division (C)
of section
4757.01
of the Revised Code, the board adopts the following scope of practice for an
independent social worker. Each independent social worker has a personal
competency within the license's scope of practice, which is determined by their
education, training and practice as defined in paragraph (A) of rule
4757-5-02
of the Administrative Code (ethics).
(A) An independent social worker may perform
for a fee, salary or other consideration, counseling, pyschosocial
interventions, and social psychotherapy without supervision in an agency
setting, as a private practitioner, or as an independent contractor.
(B) The scope of practice for an independent
social worker may include those duties as described in rule
4757-21-02
of the Administrative Code and the paragraphs that follow:
(1) Psychosocial assessment: intervention
planning, psychosocial intervention, and social psychotherapy, which includes
the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders and
counseling.
(2) Program assessment,
planning, and development, program implementation and evaluation.
(3) Organizational assessment, planning and
development, intervention, accountability, and supervision.
(4) Specialized problem-oriented assessment,
specialized project or case-oriented planning, specialized intervention,
evaluation of consultation activities.
(5) Provide clinical supervision of social
work assistants, social workers except for their training supervision,
professional counselors, and marriage and family therapists; and supervision of
chemical dependency counselors and prevention specialists as specified in
Chapter 4758. of the Revised Code. Provide clinical supervision per paragraph
(A)(1) of rule
4757-23-01
of the Administrative Code for social worker trainees practice except the
diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
(C) The scope of practice for an independent
social worker with supervision designation may include those duties as
described as follows:
(1) Psychosocial
assessment: intervention planning, psychosocial intervention, and social
psychotherapy, which includes the diagnosis and treatment of mental and
emotional disorders and counseling.
(2) Program assessment, planning, and
development, program implementation and evaluation.
(3) Organizational assessment, planning and
development, intervention, accountability, and supervision.
(4) Specialized problem-oriented assessment,
specialized project or case-oriented planning, specialized intervention,
evaluation of consultation activities, provide training supervision for social
workers seeking licensure as independent social workers.
(5) Provide clinical supervision of social
work assistants, social workers, professional counselors, and marriage and
family therapists; and supervision of chemical dependency counselors and
prevention specialists as specified in Chapter 4758. of the Revised Code.
Provide training supervision for social workers gaining supervised hours to
meet the requirements of paragraph (C)(2) of rule
4757-19-02
of the Administrative Code to become licensed as independent social workers per
rule
4757-23-01
of the Administrative Code. Provide training and clinical supervision per
paragraphs (A)(1) and (A)(2) of rule
4757-23-01
of the Administrative Code for social worker trainees, which includes the
diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
