Alabama Administrative Code › Title 850 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK EXAMINERS › Chapter 850-X-3 - SUPERVISION › Section 850-X-3-.02 - Supervision Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) A
			 supervisor must maintain the qualifications described in this section while he
			 or she is providing supervision. A board approved supervisor who wishes to
			 provide any form of board approved or board ordered supervision must comply
			 with the following:
(a) The supervisor is
			 obligated to keep legible, accurate, complete, signed supervision notes and
			 must be able to produce such documentation for the board if requested. The
			 notes shall document the content, duration, and date of each supervision
			 session.
(b) A social worker may
			 contract for supervision with written approval of the employing agency. A copy
			 of the approval must accompany the supervisory plan submitted to the
			 board.
(c) A board approved
			 supervisor may not charge or collect a fee or anything of value from his or her
			 employee or contract employee for the supervision services provided to the
			 employee or contract employee.
(d)
			 Before entering into a supervisory agreement, the supervisor shall be aware of
			 all conditions of exchange with the clients served by her or his supervisee.
			 The supervisor shall not provide supervision if the supervisee is practicing
			 outside the authorized scope of the license. If the supervisor believes that a
			 social worker is practicing outside the scope of the license, the supervisor
			 shall make a report to the board.
(e) A supervisor shall not be employed by or
			 under the employment supervision of the person who he or she is
			 supervising.
(f) A supervisor shall
			 not be a family member of the person being supervised.
(g) A supervisee must have a clearly defined
			 job description and responsibilities.
(h) A supervisee who provides client services
			 for payment or reimbursement shall submit billing to the client or third-party
			 payers which clearly indicates the services provided and who provided the
			 services and specifying the supervisee's licensure category and the fact that
			 the licensee is under supervision.
(i) If either the supervisor or supervisee
			 has an expired license or a license that is revoked or suspended during
			 supervision, supervision hours accumulated during that time will be accepted
			 only if the licensee appeals to and receives approval from the board.
(j) A licensee must be a current board
			 approved supervisor in order to provide professional development supervision
			 toward licensure, or to provide board ordered supervision to a licensee.
			 Providing supervision without having met all requirements for current, valid
			 board approved supervisor status may be grounds for disciplinary action against
			 the supervisor.
(k) The supervisor
			 shall review the Standards of Professional Conduct and Ethics with the
			 supervisee. Such information should be documented by the supervisor.
(l) The supervisor and supervisee shall avoid
			 forming any relationship with each other that impairs the objective,
			 professional judgment and prudent, ethical behavior of either.
(m) Should a supervisor become subject to a
			 board disciplinary order, that person is no longer a board approved supervisor
			 and must so inform all supervisees, helping them to find alternate
			 supervision.
(n) The board may
			 deny, revoke, or suspend board approved supervisory status following a fair
			 hearing for violation of the Act or rules. Continuing to supervise after the
			 board has denied, revoked, or suspended board approved supervisor status, or
			 after the supervisor's supervisory status expires, may be grounds for
			 disciplinary action against the supervisor.
(o) If a supervisor's board approved status
			 is expired, suspended, or revoked, the supervisor shall refund all supervisory
			 fees the supervisee paid after the date the supervisor ceased to be board
			 approved.
(p) A supervisor is
			 responsible for developing a well-conceptualized supervision plan with the
			 supervisee, and for updating that plan whenever there is a change in agency of
			 employment, job function, goals for supervision, or method by which supervision
			 is provided. All board approved supervisors shall have taken a board approved
			 supervision training course by January 1, 2022, in order to renew board
			 approved supervisor status. The board recognizes that many licensees have had
			 little, if any, formal education about supervision theories, strategies,
			 problem-solving, and accountability. Though some supervisors have functioned as
			 employment supervisors for some time and have acquired practical knowledge,
			 their practical supervision skills may be focused in one practice area and may
			 not include current skills in various supervision methods or familiarity with
			 emerging supervisory theories, strategies, and regulations. Therefore, the
			 board values high-quality, contemporary, multi-modality supervision training to
			 ensure that all supervisors have refreshed their supervisory skills and
			 knowledge in order to help supervisees practice safely and
			 effectively.
(q) Prior to the
			 commencement of any supervision the supervisor shall sign and swear and affirm
			 the "Responsibility statement for Supervisors of a Social worker".
(r) The supervisor providing clinical
			 supervision has had sufficient experience, training and education in the area
			 of clinical supervision to competently supervise associates.
(s) Persons licensed by the board who
			 provides supervision shall have a minimum of three (3) contact hours in
			 supervision training obtained from an approved continuing education provider.
			 This training may apply towards the approved continuing education requirements
			 set forth in sections 850-X-8. The content of such training shall include, but
			 not be limited to:
1. Familiarity with
			 supervision literature through reading assignments specified by course
			 instructors;
2. Facilitation of
			 social worker-client and supervisor-social worker relationships;
(C) Evaluation and identification of problems
			 in social worker-client and supervisor-social worker relationships;
3. Structuring to maximize
			 supervision, including times and conditions of supervision sessions, problem
			 solving ability, and implementing supervisor interventions within a range of
			 supervisory modalities including live, videotape, audiotape, and case report
			 methods;
4. Knowledge of contextual
			 variables such as culture, gender, ethnicity, and economic issues;
			 and
5. The practice of clinical
			 social work, including the mandated reporting laws, and knowledge of ethical
			 and legal issues.
(t)
			 The supervisor shall provide the supervisee with the original, signed
			 "Responsibility Statement for Supervisors of Social Worker" commencement of any
			 supervision. The supervisee shall provide the board with the original signed
			 form for each supervisor upon application for licensure.