20 CSR 2263-2.032 - Registration of Supervised Social Work Experience
(1) Supervised social work experience shall
be registered for approval by the committee prior to the beginning of
supervision. This will ensure that the supervision is acceptable to the
committee prior to applying for licensure. In the event the applicant fails to
pre-approve their supervisor(s), or is applying through reciprocity, the
committee at its discretion may review the supervision for compliance and
consideration of licensure.
(2)
Registration of supervision for social workers beginning the practice of social
work under supervision in another state and intending to apply for licensure in
Missouri is acceptable to the committee if the supervisor holds a license in
the other state, determined by the committee to be substantially similar to
Missouri's.
(3) The applicant for
registration of supervision shall-
(A) Have
one (1) of the following licenses:
1. Licensed
master social worker (LMSW) for clinical or advanced macro path; or
2. Licensed baccalaureate social worker
(LBSW) if seeking independent practice on a baccalaureate level;
(B) Submit a completed
registration of supervision form provided by the committee; and
(C) Pay the registration of supervision fee
as prescribed by the committee.
(4) The applicant for registration of
supervision shall practice social work under the order, control, oversight,
guidance, and full professional responsibility of the approved registered
supervisor at the setting(s) approved by the committee.
(5) Whenever a supervisee changes a
supervisor or adds a supervisor or new setting, a change of status form,
provided by the committee, shall be submitted to the committee by the
supervisee with the registration fee and must be submitted in writing within
fourteen (14) days. Failure to submit a change will result in supervision hours
not calculated towards the three thousand (3,000) hours of supervised licensed
social work experience.
(6) A
supervisee may be employed in the supervisor's private practice setting or in
the private practice of another. The professional setting shall not include
private practice in which the supervisee operates, manages, or has an ownership
interest in the private practice.
(7) The committee shall notify both the
supervisee and registered supervisor, in writing, of the committee's approval
or refusal of the registration of supervision. A registration of supervision
will not be reviewed until all items required by section (3) of this rule are
received.
(8) Supervised social
work experience of the supervisee in an exempt setting (any agency or
department of Missouri) shall meet the requirements as set forth in the rules
promulgated by the committee.
(9)
Approval of the proposed social work experience and/or the proposed supervisor
shall be withdrawn if circumstances change so that the experience, supervisor,
or both, do not qualify as supervised social work experience as that term is
defined in the rules promulgated by the committee.
(10) Because the difficulties in confirming
or verifying supervision increase dramatically over time, supervision will not
be recognized if it occurred more than forty-eight (48) calendar months prior
to the application for licensure being filed.
(11) Any termination of supervision or change
of supervision site must be reported by the supervisor to the committee in
writing within fourteen (14) days.
(12) The supervisor shall provide annual
reports of progress to the committee. These will be due on the anniversary date
of the initial approval for the twelfth, twenty-fourth, and thirtysixth months
of supervision. The annual report will provide an overview of the licensee's
practice knowledge of the licensure statutes and rules, licensure scope of
practice, understanding and adherence to approved standards of professional and
ethical conduct, areas of continued growth and development, and accountability
of supervision hours thus far in the process.
(13) If the required hours of supervision are
not completed within forty-eight (48) months of the beginning of supervision,
the supervisee shall submit a detailed written plan to the committee for
approval specifying how the supervision will be successfully concluded,
co-signed by the supervisor. The committee may approve the plan, request
further information from either the supervisee or the supervisor, or require
either the supervisee or the supervisor, or both, to appear before the
committee or a subcommittee thereof.
(14) To engage in registered licensure
supervision in Missouri, one must be both licensed in Missouri and registered
for supervision with the committee. It shall be cause for discipline to provide
unregistered or unlicensed licensure supervision in Missouri.
(15) All persons engaged in the practice of
clinical social work in the state of Missouri shall either be licensed as a
licensed clinical social worker or be registered for supervision as required by
statute and these regulations.
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