Brittany offers individual supervision via online teleconferencing as well as LCSW and LMSW Exam Prep. Interested in working with Brittany? Contact her below.
Brittany offers individual supervision via online teleconferencing as well as LCSW and LMSW Exam Prep. Interested in working with Brittany? Contact her below.
An LMSW will have to obtain 3,000 clinical work hours (averaging at least 30 hours a week) and 100 supervision hours in no less than a 24 month period. After submitting these forms to the Board, you will be eligible to sit for the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) clinical exam to achieve your license. Please see below for a checklist of forms required when applying for your LCSW:
New or Reapplication for Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Application for licensure - Form A
Submit fee ($111.00)
Official college transcript verifying MSW from a CSWE accredited program
Proof of completion of Jurisprudence Exam
Social Work Employment history - Form I
Clinical Supervision Plan - Form III
Examination Security Information Form – Form VII
A copy of valid photo identification that identifies the applicant by legal first, middle, and last name, along with applicable suffixes (Sr., Jr., III, etc.)
Verification of Qualifying Supervision/Experience*
The board suggests meeting with your supervisor a minimum of 4 hours per month, and I break this up into two (2) hour sessions per month. At this rate, you will obtain your 100 hours in 2 years. The board will allow up to 10 hours of supervision per month.
Yes! This is an approved method of facilitating individual or group supervision. Please see the excerpt from the Texas Administrative Code below:
Title 22 (Examining Boards)
Texas Administrative Code
Part 34, Chapter 781
Rules Relating to the Licensing and
Regulation of Social Workers
Adopted by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
§781.404. Recognition as a Board-approved Supervisor and the Supervision Process.
(12) A board-approved supervisor who wishes to provide supervision towards licensure as an LCSW or towards specialty recognition in Independent Practice (IPR) or Advanced Practitioner (LMSW-AP), which is supervision for professional growth, must comply with the following.
(A) Supervision toward licensure or specialty recognition may occur in one-on-one sessions; in a combination of individual and group sessions; or in board-approved combinations of supervision in the same geographical location, supervision via audio and visual web technology, and other electronic supervision techniques. (pg 51)
In order to begin supervision with me, you will need the following:
Resume
Statement of professional goals
Letter of permission to receive supervision outside your employer- The Board requires a letter on company/agency letterhead from your current supervisor at the job you will be using to obtain your clinical hours.
Signed job description on your agency’s letterhead
2 professional references
Hard copy of DSM-5 Manual of Mental Disorders