Time for a little catch-up on my progress to becoming an LCSW. In January 2016 I completed all of the requirements for applying for the LCSW with the California Boards of Behavioral Sciences (BBS). To work in my setting, I had needed my ACSW license already and was being supervised by an LCSW through my job- very valuable. I should have completed my hours sooner, but I learned that since your supervisor has to sign off on all of the supervision, that supervisor is the final decision on the calculations of time in "group supervision" and the time in "individual supervision". In December 2015 I met the requirements of: 3200 hours of supervised experience, 104 supervised weeks, the additional coursework, and all of the paperwork that needed to be signed and sent off to Sacramento. With the changes in the examination structure in California, I did wait to take the first exam, Law & Ethics, until the testing material that was available had a chance to update. In June 2016 I passed the Law & Ethics exam on my first attempt. In my next post, I will explain what I did use to pass the Law & Ethics exam. As of August 1, I will begin preparing for the second test, the ASWB Clinical Examination.
For those wanting more info on the LCSW process, here is the link: http://www.bbs.ca.gov/app-reg/lcs_requirement.shtml
