Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 135 - RULES OF GEORGIA COMPOSITE BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS › Chapter 135-5 - REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE › Rule 135-5-.04 - Clinical Social Workers

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
The Practice of Clinical Social
			 Work.
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker may practice all authorized
			 services of licensed master's social workers and may provide: supervision;
			 direction; psychosocial evaluation through data collection and analyses to
			 determine the nature of an individual's mental, cognitive, emotional,
			 behavioral, and interpersonal problems or conditions; counseling, and
			 psychotherapy to individuals, marriages, couples, families and groups;
			 interpretation of the psychosocial dynamics of a situation and recommend and
			 implement a course of action to individuals, marriages, couples, families, or
			 groups. This practice may occur in such settings as private practice, family
			 service and counseling agencies, health care facilities and schools and may
			 provide direct evaluation, casework, social work advocacy, education, training,
			 prevention and intervention services in situations threatened or affected by
			 social, intrapersonal stress, interpersonal stress or health
			 impairment.
(2)
Licensure
			 Process
(Please refer to the section entitled "Definitions" for
			 clarification of terms).
(a)
Education
The applicant must have earned a master's degree in Social Work from a
			 program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education in which candidacy,
			 conditional or accreditation status was in effect when the degree was
			 awarded.
(b)
Experience -
			 Masters Degree in Social Work.
The applicant with a master's degree must
			 have completed three years' full-time supervised experience in the practice of
			 social work following granting of the master's degree. Of the three years of
			 supervised experience, only the first two must be under direction.
1. The applicant must present evidence of
			 having practiced clinical social work for a minimum of 3000 hours post social
			 work master's degree supervised experience acquired over a period of no less
			 than 36 months or more than 108 months, the first 2000 hours of experience must
			 be under supervision and direction in the practice of clinical social work.
			 Applicant must submit documentation of having acquired 120 hours of supervision
			 during this time, no more than 50% of which may be group supervision and at
			 least 50% must be provided by a licensed clinical social worker who meets
			 requirements to be a duly qualified supervisor.
2. Both supervisors and supervisees are
			 required to maintain a contemporaneous record of the date, duration, type
			 (individual, paired, or group), and a brief summary of the pertinent activity
			 for each supervision session to be submitted to the Board upon request. If
			 there are any discrepancies in hours, contemporaneous documentation of
			 supervision will be requested.
(c)
Experience - Masters Degree in
			 Social Work and a Doctoral Degree.
An applicant who holds a master's
			 degree in social work and holds a doctoral degree in Professional Counseling;
			 Social Work; Marriage and Family Therapy; Medicine; Psychiatric Nursing;
			 Applied Psychology; Pastoral Counseling; or Applied Child and Family
			 Development and whose degree program included a supervised clinical internship
			 may substitute this for one year of experience.
1. An individual who holds a master's degree
			 in Social Work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work
			 Education and holds a doctoral degree in Professional Counseling; Social Work;
			 Marriage and Family Therapy; Medicine, Psychiatric Nursing; Applied Psychology;
			 Pastoral Counseling; or Applied Child and Family Development must also present
			 evidence of two years full time supervised post master's degree experience
			 (defined as 2000 hours) under direction in the practice of Clinical Social Work
			 obtained in no less than 24 months or no more than 72 months. Such applicant
			 must also submit evidence of 80 hours of supervision provided by a duly
			 qualified supervisor, 50% of which may be group supervision. Fifty percent of
			 the supervision must be provided by a licensed Clinical Social
			 Worker.
2. Both supervisors and
			 supervisees are required to maintain a contemporaneous record of the date,
			 duration, type (individual, paired, or group), and a brief summary of the
			 pertinent activity for each supervision session to be submitted to the Board
			 upon request. If there are any discrepancies in hours, contemporaneous
			 documentation of supervision will be requested.