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Licensed Clinical Social Worker
License Description Social work is a profession that helps individuals, families, and groups change behaviors, emotions, attitudes, relationships, and social conditions to restore and enhance their capacity to meet their personal and social needs. Social workers are trained to provide a variety of services, ranging from psychotherapy to the administration of health and welfare programs. They work with human development and behavior, include the social, economic, and cultural systems in which people function. The Licensed Clinical Social Worker may provide all social work services, including clinical services such as the diagnosis of mental, emotional, behavioral, developmental, and addictive disorders, the development of treatment plans, and the provision of psychotherapy.
Licensing Agency
NYS Education Department
State Board for Social Work
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12234
(518) 474 3817 ext 450
SWBD@nysed.gov
Active Status Active
Certification Certification required
Continuing Education Continuing education required to maintain license
Criminal Record No criminal record prohibitions
Education Degree required
Exam Third-party exam required
License Type Register with licensing agency
License Updated 02/14/2023
Physical Requirements No physical requirements
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