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Licensed Clinical Social Work
Licensure
Rachael Cresci, LCSW
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Process
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Get your MSW from an accredited college or
university
Register with the BBS as an Associate Clinical
Social Worker (ASW)
Gain your supervised post-masters work
experience
Complete any required additional
coursework
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Process
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Apply for LCSW Examination Eligibility
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Pass the LCSW Standard Written Examination
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Pass the LCSW Written Clinical Vignette
Examination
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Get your official clinical social worker license
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For complete up to date information see
http://www.bbs.ca.gov/appreg/lcs_presentation.shtml
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ASW Registration
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One page application form
Official school transcripts with the MSW
degree posted
Live Scan receipt:
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should get your fingerprints done before you send in
your ASW application to the BBS. The forms for Live
Scan fingerprinting and the instructions are included
in the ASW registration application
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ASW Annual Renewal
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Renew you ASW application every year
Keep track of your hours
Keep track of any courses that you take which
count towards licensure
Make sure that you ask your supervisor about
their licensure status and that it is up to date
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1. Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting
(7 hours)
2. Human Sexuality (10 hours)
3. Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
(15 hours)
4. Spousal/Partner Abuse (15 hours,
depending on when you graduated)
5. Aging and Long Term Care (10 hours,
depending on when you graduated)
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Definition of Psychotherapy
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§4996.9. CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
DEFINED
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgibin/displaycode?section=bpc&group=0400105000&file=4996-4997.1
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“The practice of clinical social work is defined as a
service in which a special knowledge of social
resources, human capabilities, the part that
unconscious motivation plays in determining
behavior, is directed at helping people to achieve
more adequate, satisfying, and productive social
adjustments”.
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The application of social work principles and
methods includes, but is not restricted to:
 counseling and using applied psychotherapy
of a non medical nature with individuals,
families, or groups; providing information and
referral services;
 providing or arranging for the provision of
social services;
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The application of social work principles and
methods includes, but is not restricted to:
 explaining or interpreting the psychosocial
aspects in the situations of individuals,
families, or groups;
 helping communities to organize, to provide,
or to improve social or health services; or
doing research related to social work.”
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“Psychotherapy . . . use of psychosocial
methods within a professional relationship,
to:
 assist the person or persons to achieve a
better psychosocial adaptation,
 to acquire greater human realization of
psychosocial potential and adaptation
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“Psychotherapy . . . use of psychosocial
methods within a professional relationship,
to:
 to modify internal and external conditions
which affect individuals, groups, or
communities in respect to behavior,
emotions, and thinking, in respect to their
intrapersonal and interpersonal processes.”
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3,200 Hours of work experience
must include
(within the last six years)
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Clinical (minimum 2,000 hours) :
 Psychosocial diagnosis
 Assessment
 Treatment (including individual or group
psychotherapy counseling)
 Face-to-face individual or group
psychotherapy (minimum 750 hours)
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Client centered (maximum 1,200 hours) :
 Advocacy
 Consultation
 Evaluation
 Research
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Must be received from a licensed
supervisor who is in good standing.
 LCSW (who has completed licensing
requirements)
 MFT (who has completed licensing requirements)
 Psychologist
 Psychiatrist
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 BBS reviews the last six years of your
experience.
 1,700 hours must be gained under the
supervision of an LCSW
 1,500 hours can be gained under either
an LCSW, MFT, licensed psychologist, or
licensed physician nationally board
certified in psychiatry
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 3,200 hours of work experience total
 Minimum of 104 weeks of supervised
work experience
 52 required weeks of individual
supervision (40 hour work week)
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 one hour of individual supervision for
every 10 hours of face to face contact.
 additional 1 hour is required for more
than 10 hours of face to face contact.
 two hours of group supervision
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Forms
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Responsibility Statement for Supervisors of an ASW (Your
supervisor signs this form)
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Supervisory Plan (You will fill this out with your supervisor; you
only need one per setting)
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Clinical Social Worker Experience Verification (You total up all
your hours from a setting or under a supervisor on this form; the
supervisor signs off)
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ASW Weekly Log (This form is a resource provided to you; you are
not required to use this form or submit it to the BBS)
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