Contact the Department for application forms. Submit completed application including all required documentation. An applicant for permanent certification may apply for a temporary certificate at the same time. The temporary certificate may be issued to an individual who pays the required fee and meets all the qualifications for the permanent certificate except for passing the required examinations. The temporary certificate is valid for 9 months from the date of issue or until notification of failing examination scores.
Board reviews application and determines eligibility to sit for the national exam.
Pass the national exam. Pass the state open book examination. We require this prior to Board approval to take the National test. Determination to grant credential. Wis. Stats., to an applicant who pays the required fee and provides evidence of holding a current credential as a social worker or the substantial equivalent in good standing in another state or territory of the United States if the requirements for the grant of the credential in the other state or territory of the U.S. are substantially equivalent to Wisconsin requirements.