Supervision Requirements in Illinois

TITLE 68: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER VII: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

SUBCHAPTER b: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

PART 1470 CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE ACT

SECTION 1470.20 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Section 1470.20  Professional Experience

a)     Persons applying for licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker shall be required to complete supervised professional experience pursuant to Section 9 of the Act and this Part.

1)     Persons holding a master's degree in social work shall have completed 3000 hours of satisfactory, supervised clinical professional experience subsequent to the receipt of the degree;

2)     Persons holding a doctorate degree in social work shall have completed 2000 hours of satisfactory, supervised clinical professional experience subsequent to the receipt of the degree;

3)     The required number of hours may have been obtained in the following manner:

A)    for full-time experience, a minimum of 30 hours per week but not more than 40 hours per week.

B)    for part-time experience, a minimum of 15 hours per week but not more than 29 hours per week.

4)     Supervised experience shall be experience directly related to clinical social work practice as defined in Section 3(5) of the Act:

A)    The supervisor shall have met with the applicant an average of at least 4 hours each monthto discuss client cases and treatment procedures.

B)    Until December 31, 1994, the supervisor shall have been a certified social worker registered under the Social Workers Registration Act with clinical experience, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a diplomate in clinical social work, a designated member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW), a Board certified psychiatrist, a licensed clinical psychologist, a supervisor from another state who is a clinical professional credentialed at the highest level required by that state or other appropriate clinical supervisor as approved by the Social Work Examining and Disciplinary Board (the "Board").  In determining other appropriate supervisor, the Board shall consider, but not be limited to, the following:  unavailability of a person licensed under the Act, the setting in which the supervision took place, and the credentials and job responsibilities of the supervisor.

C)    After January 1, 1995, only experience supervised by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker will be acceptable to meet the professional experience requirement.  If supervision was in another jurisdiction in which clinical social workers are not licensed, the supervisor shall have been engaged in clinical social work and be credentialed at the highest level required by that jurisdiction.

D)    The experience shall have been evaluated by the supervisor as satisfactory.

E)    An applicant may contract with a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to provide supervision.

F)     Supervision may be provided within an agency of employment or outside the agency.

G)    Supervision may be paid or unpaid.

H)    Supervision may be on an individual or group basis.  When group supervision is provided the number of supervisees may not exceed five.

b)     Persons applying as a Licensed Social Worker who have a baccalaureate degree in social work shall complete 3 years of supervised professional experience subsequent to obtaining the baccalaureate degree. For purposes of this subsection, supervised professional experience is that experience directly related to social work as defined in Section 3(9) of the Act.  The experience shall be:

1)     obtained under the direct supervision of a certified social worker registered under the Social Workers Registration Act, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Social Worker, diplomate in clinical social work, designated member of ACSW or other appropriate supervisor as approved by the Board.

2)     satisfactory as evaluated by the supervisor.  The supervisor shall have met with the individual an average of at least 4 hours each month.

(Source:  Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 15904, effective October 11, 2013)

https://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068014700000200R.html

TITLE 68: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER VII: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

SUBCHAPTER b: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

PART 1375 PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR LICENSING ACT

SECTION 1375.130 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR LICENSURE AS A CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR

Section 1375.130  Professional Experience for Licensure as a Clinical Professional Counselor

Professional counseling experience shall be obtained as set forth in this Section:

a)     A person holding a master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology or similar degree program shall have completed the equivalent of 2 years of full-time satisfactory supervised experience working as a counselor in a professional capacity under the direction of a qualified supervisor subsequent to the degree.

b)     A person holding a doctorate in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology or similar degree program shall have completed the equivalent of 2 years of full-time satisfactory supervised experience working as a counselor in a professional capacity under the direction of a qualified supervisor at least one year of which is subsequent to the degree.  Internships may count toward professional experience.

c)     A qualified supervisor means any person who is a licensed clinical professional counselor, licensed clinical social worker, licensed clinical psychologist, or psychiatrist as defined in Section 1-121 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code.  If supervision took place outside Illinois, the supervisor shall be a master's level or doctoral level counselor engaged in clinical professional counseling, clinical social work, clinical psychology or psychiatry.  The supervisor shall hold an active license if the jurisdiction in which the supervisor practices requires licensure.

d)     One year of experience shall be a maximum of 1680 clock hours obtained in not less than 48 weeks, including 960 clock hours of direct face to face service to clients.  Part time experience shall be counted toward the experience requirement.

e)     For purposes of this Section, supervised experience shall be experience obtained under a qualified supervisor as defined in Section 10 of the Act and entail the provision of professional counseling and mental health services defined in Section 10 of the Act.

1)     The supervisor shall have met with the applicant at least one hour each week.  The supervision means the review of counseling and case management.

2)     The experience shall have been evaluated by the supervisor as satisfactory or better.

f)     Live face to face supervision does not include mail, email, telefax or phone.

g)     Acceptable modes for supervision of direct client contact are as follows:

1)     Individual supervision: the supervisory session is conducted by an approved supervisor with one or two counselors  present.

2)     Group supervision: the supervisory session is conducted by an approved supervisor with no more than 5 counselors present.

h)     The counseling activities must be performed pursuant to the supervisor's order, control, oversight, guidance and full professional responsibility.

i)      A qualified supervisor may be provided at the applicant's place of work or may be hired by the applicant to provide supervision.

j)      The following activities are not acceptable clinical supervision:

1)     Peer supervision.

2)     Administrative supervision.  For example, clinical practice performed under administrative rather than clinical supervision of an institutional director or executive.

3)     A primarily didactic process wherein techniques or procedures  are taught in a classroom, workshop or seminar.

4)     Consultation, staff development, or orientation to a field or program, or role-playing of family interrelationships as a substitute for current clinical practice in an appropriate clinical situation.

k)     An applicant may begin gaining the required experience upon completion of the degree requirements.  Verification of the date of completion of the degree, when different from the date of graduation, shall be certified to the Division by the applicant's educational institution.

l)      Professional experience may be gained through volunteering when the volunteer holds a licensed professional counselor license.

m)    When providing professional counseling services as set forth in Section 10 of the Act (in the independent practice of clinical professional counseling work), a licensed professional counselor shall always operate and represent himself/herself as an employee of the independent practice and may not work as an independent contractor as defined by Internal Revenue Service regulations.

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 7586, effective May 13, 2011)

https://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068013750B01300R.html