California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 18 - Board of Behavioral Sciences › Article 6 - Licensed Clinical Social Workers › Section 1870 - Requirements for Supervisors

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				Any person supervising an associate or an applicant for associate registration
				as described in sections
				4996.23(a) and
				(b) of the Code (hereinafter called
				"supervisor") within California shall comply with the requirements set forth
				below.
(1) The supervisor possesses and
				maintains a current and active California license as specified in section
				4996.20(a) of the
				Code and meets all other qualifications specified in section
				4996.20(a) of the
				Code.
(2) A supervisor who is not a
				licensed clinical social worker shall have sufficient experience, training, and
				education in clinical social work to competently practice clinical social work
				in California.
(3) The supervisor
				shall be competent in the areas of clinical practice and techniques being
				supervised and shall keep informed of developments in clinical social work and
				in California law governing the practice of clinical social work.
(4) The supervisor shall self-monitor for and
				address supervision dynamics such as, but not limited to, countertransference-,
				intrapsychic-, interpersonal-, or trauma related issues that may affect
				supervision.
(5) The supervisor
				will immediately notify the supervisee of any disciplinary action, including
				revocation, suspension (even if stayed), probation terms, inactive license, or
				any lapse in licensure, that affects the supervisor's ability or right to
				practice or supervise.
(6) A
				supervisor who is a licensed educational psychologist shall only supervise the
				provision of educationally related mental health services consistent with the
				scope of practice of an educational psychologist.
(7) The supervisor has had sufficient
				experience, training, and education in the area of clinical supervision to
				competently supervise associates. Persons licensed by the board who provide
				supervision shall complete the minimum supervision training or coursework
				specified in section
				1871.
(8) The supervisor knows and understands the
				laws and regulations pertaining to both supervision of associates and the
				experience required for licensure as a clinical social worker.
(9) The supervisor shall monitor and evaluate
				the extent, kind, and quality of counseling performed by the supervisee as
				specified in section
				4996.20(b) of the
				Code.
(10) The supervisor shall
				complete an assessment of the ongoing strengths and limitations of the
				supervisee at least once a year and at the completion or termination of
				supervision. The supervisor shall provide the supervisee with a copy of all
				assessments.
(11) The supervisor
				shall establish written procedures for supervisees to contact the supervisor,
				or, in the supervisor's absence, procedures for contacting an alternative
				on-call supervisor to assist supervisees in handling crises and emergencies.
				The supervisor shall provide these procedures to the supervisee prior to the
				commencement of supervision.