Applicants for licensure must
have received a master's degree in social work from a program accredited
by, or a preaccreditation program of, the Council on Social Work Education
or a doctoral degree in social work and, either as part of the master's
or doctorate degree program or in post graduate studies, had a clinical
social work concentration and completed supervised clinical
field training.
Continuing
Education Requirements:
30 credit hours
are required, 4 of which must be in social work ethics and professional
boundaries.
Please Note:
For the biennium that begins July 1, 2007 and ends February 28, 2009,
only 25 continuing education credit hours are required, 4 of which
must be in social work ethics and professional boundaries. Thereafter,
the biennia will run from 3/1/odd to 2/28/odd and 30 credit hours
with 4 in social work ethics and boundaries will be required.
Continuing education
may be obtained through local or national professional social work
associations, accredited college or university schools of social work,
or public and private agencies as in-house training that meets agency
mission requirements.
Continuing
Education Options Expanded
Effective October
1, 2006, continuing education may also be obtained through the APA
Committee for the Approval of Continuing Education, Category I – AMA
or AOA or through programs recognized by the Marriage and Family Therapy
Section under s. MPSW 19.02 or through programs recognized by the
Professional Counselor Section under s. MPSW 14.04 of the Wisconsin
Statutes and Administrative Code.
Additional
credits may be given for other activities including, but not limited
to, teaching academic courses, publishing professional books and presenting
at national conferences, all of which may require substantial preparation
and/or research related to the knowledge and practice of social work.
