A provisional licensee must complete 2000 hours of supervised practice and 37.5 hours of supervision. This is 3 hours of supervision during every 160 hours of practice. Half of the supervision hours must be one-to-one supervision and half could be either one-to-one or group supervision. Supervision must be either in person or via eye-to-eye electronic media while maintaining visual contact. A provisional licensee has up to 3 years to complete the supervised practice requirements.

A supervision plan must be submitted no later than 30 days after the licensee begins a social work practice position. If you work more than one social work position, you must submit a Supervision Plan to the Board for each social work practice position.

A revised supervision plan must be received by the Board within 30 days of changes to the licensee’s employer, job title, job description, number of hours worked, supervisor, method of supervision, or hours of supervision.

A licensing supervisor can be someone within your agency or employer or outside of it. Your licensing supervisor does not need to be your administrative supervisor at your job but can be someone that you contract with for the specific purpose of supervision. Utilize your professional network to find a licensing supervisor—you might consider a partner agency, a professional organization, or perhaps your academic institution as resources. You can also use the Board's Public License Lookup to search for eligible licensing supervisors, however, keep in mind this resource is only intended to provide a list of licensed social workers who have attested to meeting the requirements of a licensing supervisor and does not mean the individual is available to provide licensing supervision.

Up to 25% of your supervised practice requirement may be provided by an alternate licensing supervisor, which is a "mental health professional" as defined in Minnesota Statutes sections 245.462 and 245.4871 who is qualified to provide supervision according to their licensing board, including:

• Registered psychiatric nurse
• Licensed psychologist
• Psychiatrist
• Licensed marriage and family therapist
• Licensed professional clinical counselor

 Up to 100% of your supervised practice requirement may be completed with an alternate supervisor if one of the following applies:

• There are 5 or fewer licensed social workers in the county where the supervisee practices (go to Public License Lookup and check the 'Licensing Supervisor' option and select your county to determine the number of eligible licensing supervisors by county)
• The supervisor is an unlicensed social worker who is employed in, and provides supervision in, a setting exempt from licensure and has equivalent qualifications
• The supervisor is a social worker engaged in authorized social work practice in a state or province surrounding Minnesota
• The licensee is engaged in authorized social work practice outside of Minnesota and the supervisor meets equivalent qualifications

Noncompliance with license requirements is investigated by the Board, and the Board’s Compliance Panels may recommend disciplinary or corrective action for noncompliance with supervised practice and supervision documentation requirements.

If a licensee completes all the provisional supervised practiced hours, supervision hours, and submits a satisfactory supervisor evaluation, the licensee is eligible to submit a Provisional to Standard License Application.

Yes, you must complete all required steps in the Standard License application process which includes a licensing fee.

No, there is no application fee. Fill out the Application for Licensure: Provisional to Standard which can be done through Online Services, or by downloading the form and mailing or emailing it to the Board of Social Work.

Yes, a licensee must complete the supervised practice hours and supervision hours required for the standard license.

A supervisor must complete 30 hours of training in supervision, be competent in the activities being supervised, and have the eligible license type to provide supervision to a provisional licensee.

• Standard LSW who has completed supervised practice requirement may supervise another LSW (provisional or standard).
• Standard LGSW may supervise and LSW
• Standard LGSW who has completed their supervised practice requirement may supervise another LGSW in nonclinical practice
• Standard LISW or Standard LICSW may supervise an LSW or LGSW in nonclinical practice

• Standard LICW who has completed 2000 hours of post-LICSW social work practice, including 1000 hours in clinical practice may supervise an LGSW or LISW in clinical practice.