Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
This rule applies to all social work assistants; to all social
workers employed in a private practice, partnership, or group practice; to all
social workers engaged in social psychotherapy; and to all social workers
seeking licensure as independent social workers.
(A) Definitions of social work supervision:
(1) "Clinical supervision" of social workers
performing social psychotherapy and social workers employed in a private
practice, partnership, or group practice means the quantitative and qualitative
evaluation of the supervisee's performance; professional guidance to the
supervisee; approval of the supervisee's intervention plans and their
implementation; the assumption of responsibility for the welfare of the
supervisee's clients; and assurance that the supervisee functions within the
limits of their license. The assessment, diagnosis, treatment plan, revisions
to the treatment plan and transfer or termination shall be cosigned by the
supervisor and shall be available to the board upon request.
(2) "Training supervision" means supervision
for the purposes of obtaining a license and/or development of new areas of
proficiency while providing services to clients. The training supervisor is
responsible for providing direction to the supervisee, who applies social work
theory, standardized knowledge, skills, competency, and applicable ethical
content in the practice setting. The supervisor and the supervisee both share
responsibility for carrying out their role in this collaborative processes of
professional growth and development. Training supervision may be individual
supervision or group supervision. Supervision must
start with an initial face to face meeting after which communication may be in
person, via videoconferencing, or by phone.
(a) "Individual supervision" means
contact between a supervisor
and an individual supervisee in a private session wherein the supervisor and
supervisee deal with problems unique to the practice of that
supervisee.
(b) "Group supervision"
means contact between a
supervisor and a small group (not to exceed six supervisees) in a private
session wherein practice problems are dealt with that are similar in nature and
complexity to all supervisees in the group.
(B) Clinical supervision requirements.
(1) A social worker engaged in social
psychotherapy in an agency setting shall be supervised by an independent social
worker, a licensed professional clinical
counselor, an independent marriage and family
therapist, a psychologist, a psychiatrist or a registered nurse with a
master's degree with a specialty in psychiatric nursing.
(2) A social worker working as an employee of
a partnership, group or private practice shall be supervised in all practice of
social work by a supervisor listed in paragraph (B)(1) of this
rule.
(C) Training
supervision of licensed social workers by licensed independent social workers
with a supervision designation requires the supervisor to:
(1) Have demonstrated competence in the area
in which they are supervising;
(2)
Have training in supervision theory and practice;
(3) Have training in legal and ethical issues
relevant to counseling, psychosocial interventions and social
psychotherapy;
(4) Complete and
forward to the board all supervision evaluation forms required by the board
within thirty days of receipt of the form from a
supervisee.
(D)
Requirements for social work professional training supervision to qualify for
licensure as an independent social worker:
(1) One hour of individual and/or group
supervision for each twenty hours of work by the supervisee with no less than
one hundred fifty hours total.
(2)
Employment experience obtained, that is required for licensure as an
independent social worker, shall be supervised by an independent social worker.
Employment experience obtained after September 1, 2008, that is required for
licensure as an independent social worker, shall be supervised by an
independent social worker with supervision designation.
(3) Records of training supervision shall be
maintained by the supervisee and made available to the board upon request. The
supervision records shall contain information concerning the dates of
supervision, content and goals of supervision. The supervisor shall sign the
supervision records at least quarterly to document their review.
(4) There shall be no direct family
relationship between the supervisor and the supervisee if the experience is to
be counted toward the fulfillment of the licensure requirement.
(5) Certification that the requirements of
this rule have been met shall be submitted by the applicant on a form
designated by the board at time of licensure application.
(6) If the training supervision is occurring
in Ohio, the supervisee and the supervisor shall be licensed in Ohio.
(7) Requests for exceptions to this rule, due
to hardship, shall be made in writing to the committee.
(E) Requirements for social work professional
training in supervision to qualify for a training supervision designation:
(1) Only independent social workers who have
obtained a training supervision designation shall provide training supervision.
Applicants for training supervision designation shall apply on forms required
by the board and shall document at least the following requirements.
(a) One year post licensure experience as an
independent social worker; and
(b)
Training in supervision of at least nine hours of continuing education in
committee approved supervision programs or one master's level supervision
course, which shall be completed as follows: between the date the applicant
received the independent social worker and the date the applicant is applying
for the supervision designation using continuing education training; or
complete a master's level supervision course from an accredited university
within the last three years.
(2) All independent social workers with
training supervision designation shall maintain supervisory status by obtaining
three hours of social workers professional standards committee approved
continuing professional education in supervision or a master's level course in
supervision each renewal period.
(3) If the minimum of nine hours of academic
preparation is continuing education coursework, it shall be board approved. The
continuing education coursework in social work training supervision shall
include each area as follows:
(a) The
coursework shall total nine clock hours of didactic and interactional
instruction; and
(b) The coursework
shall contain content that satisfies the following learning objectives.
(i) The participant will become familiar with
the major models of supervision for social work;
(ii) Gain skills to develop a personal model
of supervision, drawn from existing models of supervision;
(iii) Understand the co-evolving dynamics of
licensee-client and supervisor-licensee-client relationships;
(iv) Explore distinctive issues that arise in
supervision;
(v) Address the
contextual variables in practice such as culture, gender, ethnicity, power and
economics;
(vi) Become familiar
with the ethical, legal and regulatory issues of supervision; and
(vii) Understand the role of evaluation in
supervision.