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Social Work Supervision

Engaged in professional development activities within your organization, in a leadership/management role and seeking leadership training.

Our workshop is designed for Licensed Social Workers who are interested in providing the mandated social worker supervision.  The Minnesota Board of Social Work requires that licensing supervisors complete 30 hours of supervision-specific training and earn six supervision-specific continuing education hours each licensing period.

Every licensed social worker is required to complete supervision upon becoming licensed and engaged in social work. The length of supervision depends on a worker's employment status and generally runs at least two years and up to four years with 4-8 hours of supervision per month. 

St. Cloud State's 30-hour, supervision-specific training covers:

• General approaches to supervision
• Dimensions of the supervision relationship
• Delivery of supervision
• Professional responsibilities of supervisors
• Promoting the specialty of supervision through training and research

Why should you participate?

30 hours of continuing education units 

• 16 hours live online via zoom 
• 14 hours online content/interaction (self-directed)

Qualifies and prepares Licensed Social Workers to supervise new social workers Meets the Minnesota Board of Social Work requirement for supervision training Appropriate for licensed social workers at any level - LSW, LGSW, LISW and LICSW

If you are seeking CEU’s only, and not wishing to attain the full 30-hour supervision designation, you may skip the 13 hours of online self-paced activity and only register to participate in the four live online ½ day sessions (16 hours).

Testimonials:

I want to thank you both for the 30 hour training that was so well organized. I learned so much and appreciated all the additional information provided. I feel like it been a long time that I have been able to be part of a collective group that had many experiences and knowledge about our profession. I have completed the course work that also had me thinking about so many things about how staff are viewed. Jacqueline Hanson LMSW, LGSW, LADC Douglas Place Program Director East Grand Forks, MN

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June 12-13 and June 26-27, 2023

• 14 hours live online via Zoom   from 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
• 16 hours online content/interaction ( self-directed)
• 14 hours live online via Zoom  sessions only from 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
• No self-directed online content

Registration Deadline:  June 5, 2023.

• Any registrations after June 5, 2023 will incur a $25.00 late registration fee. 

Cancellation Policy:  Fees will be refunded (less a $25 service fee) only if cancellation is received via email to [email protected] by June 5, 2023.  No refund if cancellation is received after June 5, 2023.

If this class is full we'll indicate it here.  Please contact [email protected]  to be added to the wait list.

Questions - Contact: Abram Hedtke;   320-308-4252; [email protected]  

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Minnesota Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, NetCE is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit.

The Minnesota Board of Social Work accepts courses from any provider who is ASWB approved.

Continuing Education Requirement

The Minnesota Board of Social Work accepts NetCE courses.

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× cultural responsiveness options.

LICSW, LISW, LGSW, and LSW are required 40 hours every two years, 20 of which may be completed by independent study.*

All licensees are required a minimum of 2 of the 40 hours in ethics , and 4 hours in cultural responsiveness , every two years.

LICSW are required at least 12 of the 40 hours in clinical content every two years.

Licensing supervisors are required 6 hours in supervision content every two years.

* NetCE courses are considered independent study.

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Please contact the Minnesota Board of Social Work at (612) 617-2100 or (800) 234-1320, and refer to https://mn.gov/boards/social-work/licensees/continuingeducation/ and https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/148E.130 for additional information regarding your continuing education.

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ACE: Approved Continuing Education

ACE approval demonstrates that a provider or course has been rigorously reviewed and found to offer quality continuing education according to best practices.

ASWB’s Approved Continuing Education program has been designed to review and approve high-quality CE providers and courses, whether they are delivered in person or via distance learning. This approval means that social work continuing education programs are generally acceptable to social work regulatory boards across the United States and Canada.

Ace standards.

Regardless of whether a CE provider pursues individual course approval or provider approval, programs must adhere to the ACE standards outlined in the ACE Handbook.

States and provinces that accept ACE

The ASWB Approved Continuing Education program approves continuing education providers and individual programs. When social workers choose courses created and offered by ACE providers or individual courses approved by ACE, they can trust they will receive high-quality content accepted by most U.S. and Canadian jurisdictions to meet licensure renewal requirements.

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For continuing education providers

With options for individual courses, conferences, or entire CE catalogs, top-notch social work continuing education providers benefit from ACE approval.

• Compare course approval and provider approval
• Questions? Email ACE.

Three ways to find social work CE credit

• ACE providers Download a list of all approved ACE providers
• Individual course and conference approval Approved individual courses and conferences are listed on our spreadsheet
• Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education ASWB authorizes some Joint Accreditation providers to offer ACE credit to social workers

ACE individual course/conference approval

Individual course/conference approval evaluates individual courses and conference sessions and approves them for licensees to earn continuing education credit.

ACE provider approval

ACE provider approval is optimal for CE providers that offer a large number of courses or programs.

Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education

ACE collaborates with Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education for CE in multiple professions.

ACE approval

• Serves as a mark of distinction recognized by social work licensing boards and social workers
• Is currently recognized by most states and provinces in North America
• Demonstrates that continuing education meets rigorous standards for quality and relevance
• Supports competency in the social work profession
• Allows providers to list and manage courses directly to an online database
• Entitles providers to receive timely information on CE issues and requirements via the Continuing Competence newsletter

Are you eligible to apply to ACE?

• Does your organization have a licensed social worker involved in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of social work continuing education?
• Does your organization have someone with appropriate experience to serve as continuing education director?
• Is your organization able to supply evaluation and documentation of programs?

If you can answer YES to all these questions, then you meet the minimum requirements and are eligible to apply to ACE.

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At NASW-MN, we are committed to providing the social work community with accurate information on social work licensure in Minnesota. Chapter staff and volunteers work closely with the Minnesota Board of Social Work to identify important updates and changes, and share them with our membership. We are active on the Board’s Legislative and Rules Committee, and Advisory Committee. Our goal is to ensure that all social workers receive current information about licensure regulations and standards at all stages of the licensure process.

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Licensure types and requirements.

In Minnesota, there are four categories of social work licensure: 

• Licensed Social Worker (LSW) 
• Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW)
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW)

Each licensure category has its own set of requirements to earn and maintain that license; this includes different requirements for supervised practice. Visit the Minnesota Board of Social Work’s website for the most current information.

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Questions about licensure and its requirements should be directed to the Board of Social Work at 612-617-2100 or [email protected]

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