I am a GSW working towards the LCSW license. If I miss a week of supervision because I am sick, does the Board allow me to count that month towards the licensure requirement?
Yes and No. Under our old Rules and Regulations you were required to accumulate 100 hours of supervision over a period of 24 months. Under the new Rules, Standards and Procedures you must accumulate 36 months of social work experience. 24 of those months must be supervised for a total of 96 hours of supervision at a rate of 4 hours per month. A supervisee and a supervisor must meet at least twice per month to achieve the required total of 4 hours per month. If you and your supervisor are meeting once a week for one hour and miss the last week due to illness, you will not be allowed to count that month of supervision. However, if you had already completed two separate supervisory sessions, totaling at least 4 clock hours earlier in the month, you would have met the supervision requirement for that month even though you miss the last week due to illness. Either way, you will be allowed to count that month of employment towards the 36 months required for licensure.
