Supervision

(1) Supervision as the term is used in T.C.A. §§ 63-23-101, et seq. is considered to include the following: (a) Individual or group supervision, which shall focus on: 1. Data from the supervisee’s clinical or nonclinical work made available to the supervisor by oral and written clinical or nonclinical reports, direct observation, and/or audio recordings; and 2. Mutually establishing goals and objectives for the promotion of learning. (b) Review of supervisee’s specific cases and evaluating the supervisee’s skill development by the supervisor. (c) Supervision may take place via teleconferencing technologies, visual multi-media technology, or video conferencing technology. Supervision may NOT take place via email, instant messaging, texting or any format that does not allow for visual contact. (d) A supervisor must be secured prior to the accumulation of hours of clinical or nonclinical advanced practice experience. (e) Supervision must occur at reasonable intervals and must continue at reasonable intervals until the completion of the necessary hours of experience and grant of a license. (2) Supervision requirements. (a) The L.C.S.W. applicant by examination, after having become a licensed master social worker or a temporarily licensed master social worker, shall have completed a total of three thousand (3000) hours of clinical experience. All three thousand (3000) hours must be completed over not less than a two (2) year period and not more than an eight (8) year period from the date the application and fee are received. The L.C.S.W. applicant must be under the supervision of an L.C.S.W., and meet the following requirements: 1. The applicant must accumulate a total of one hundred (100) supervisor contact hours (supervisor-supervisee) at reasonable intervals of approximately one (1) supervision hour to every thirty (30) clinical experience hours such that the supervision is spread throughout the clinical experience timeframe. The supervisor contact hours are in addition to the three thousand (3000) required clinical experience hours. 2. Not less than sixty (60) of the one hundred (100) supervisor contact hours must be individual supervision between the supervisor and supervisee; no more than forty (40) hours may be in a situation where the supervisor is working with no more than four (4) supervisees in a group setting. 3. No more than seventy-five (75) percent of individual supervision hours may be obtained through teleconferencing technologies, visual multi-media technology, or video conferencing technology. 4. Individual and group supervision must be provided by a licensed clinical social worker. GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS CHAPTER 1365-01 5. The above supervision time requirements shall be in addition to: (i) Any overall administrative supervision; and (ii) Any group seminar or group consultation which is deemed appropriate. (b) The L.A.P.S.W. applicant by examination, after having become a licensed master social worker or a temporarily licensed master social worker, shall have completed a total of three thousand (3000) nonclinical advanced practice experience hours. All three thousand (3000) hours must be completed over not less than a two (2) year period and not more than an eight (8) year period from the date the application and fee are received. The L.A.P.S.W. applicant must be under the supervision of either an L.C.S.W. or L.A.P.S.W., and meet the following requirements: 1. The applicant must accumulate a total of one hundred (100) supervisor contact hours (supervisor/supervisee) at reasonable intervals of approximately one (1) supervision hour to every thirty (30) nonclinical advanced practice experience hours such that the supervision is spread throughout the experience timeframe. The supervision hours are in addition to the three thousand required nonclinical advanced practice experience hours. 2. Not less than sixty (60) of the one hundred (100) supervision hours must be individual supervision between the supervisor and supervisee; no more than forty (40) hours may be in a situation where the supervisor is working with no more than four (4) supervisees in a group setting. 3. No more than seventy-five (75) percent of individual supervision hours may be obtained through teleconferencing technologies, visual multi-media technology, or video conferencing technology. 4. Individual and group supervision must be provided by either a licensed clinical or advanced practice social worker. 5. The above supervision time shall be in addition to: (i) Any overall administrative supervision; and (ii) Any group seminar or group consultation which is deemed appropriate. (3) Both the supervisor and supervisee must maintain records of the experience and the supervision process. Verification of supervision will be submitted by both the supervisor and supervisee at the time the application for licensure is filed in the Board administrative office. Supervision logs recommended by the Board and signed by both the supervisor and the supervisee are sufficient to meet this requirement. (4) An L.C.S.W. supervisor must have an active L.C.S.W. license and must provide documentation to Board administrative staff submitted with the supervisee’s application that the supervisor has been continuously licensed as an L.C.S.W. for a period of no less than three (3) years prior to initiation of the supervision. (5) An L.A.P.S.W. supervisor must have an active L.A.P.S.W. license and must provide documentation to Board administrative staff submitted with the supervisee’s application that the supervisor has been continuously licensed as an L.A.P.S.W. for a period of no less than three (3) years prior to initiation of the supervision. If supervision was begun on or prior to December 31, 2014, the L.A.P.S.W. supervisor need not have been continuously licensed for more than three (3) years prior to initiation of supervision. GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS CHAPTER 1365-01 (6) Beginning January 1, 2023, supervisors must provide documentation submitted with the supervisee’s application of twelve (12) hours of continuing education credits related specifically to the provision of clinical or nonclinical advanced practice social work supervision. These twelve (12) hours of continuing education are a cumulative requirement, not an annual requirement, and can be achieved as a part of the supervisor’s annual continuing education requirements. A supervisor must meet the following requirements: (a) Any new supervisor providing supervision for the first time must complete the twelve (12) hours of supervision-related continuing education credits prior to beginning supervision or during the first calendar year of the provision of clinical or nonclinical advanced practice social work supervision; and (b) Supervisors must obtain three (3) hours of the twelve (12) hours of continuing education covering Tennessee licensing rules as a part of the supervision training. (7) Applicants from another state seeking licensure by examination in Tennessee must provide evidence of supervision by an L.C.S.W., or L.A.P.S.W. if applying for L.A.P.S.W. licensure, or the equivalent in the state where the supervision was performed. The supervisor must have passed the ASWB clinical examination or advanced generalist examination. If the supervisor is not licensed or the state has no provision for licensure, then the applicant must obtain the prerequisite supervision from an L.C.S.W. or L.A.P.S.W. licensed in Tennessee. (8) No members of any other mental health or medical discipline may qualify as an approved supervisor for L.C.S.W. or L.A.P.S.W. licensure. (9) Conflict of Interest Supervision – Supervision provided by the applicant’s parents, spouse, former spouse, siblings, children, cousins, in-laws (present or former), step-children, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, employees, or anyone sharing the same household shall not be acceptable toward fulfillment of licensure requirements. For the purposes of this rule, a supervisor shall not be considered an employee of the applicant, if the only compensation received by the supervisor consists of payment for actual supervisory hours.