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VBSW APPROVED SUPERVISOR REGISTRY

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 Approved Supervisor for LCSW

The Virginia Board of Social Work (VBSW) has established requirements in the regulations for LCSWs to become an  approved supervisor (See below).

B. Requirements for supervisors.

1. The supervisor shall hold an active, unrestricted license as a licensed clinical social worker in the jurisdiction in which the clinical services are being rendered with at least two years of post-licensure clinical social work experience. The board may consider supervisors with commensurate qualifications if the applicant can demonstrate an undue burden due to geography or disability or if supervision was obtained in another United States jurisdiction.

2. The supervisor shall have received professional training in supervision, consisting of a three credit-hour graduate course in supervision or at least 14 hours of continuing education offered by a provider approved under 18VAC140-20-105. The graduate course or hours of continuing education in supervision shall be obtained by a supervisor within five years immediately preceding registration of supervision.

REGULATIONS GOVERNING  THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL WORK, Virginia Board of Social Work, Title of Regulations:  18 VAC 140-20-10 et seq., Statutory Authority:  §§  54.1-2400 and  Chapter 37 of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia, Revised Date:  March 18, 2021   https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/social/ 

In 2021 The VBSW established on their website a page called Approved Supervisor Registry.  https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/social/social_supervisors.htm    You may search by City, Zip Code or First or Last Name of  Supervisor.  For example, if you typed in my last name “Lynch” then you would get the below information:


I am a VBSW approved supervisor for MSWs seeking the LCSW license.  The VBSW changed their definition of "Face-to-Face" to include the option for supervision to be virtual (See Definition below)

This allows me to provide supervision to a MSW located anywhere in Virginia.  If you would like to discuss contracting for supervision please contact me at joelynchlcsw@gmail.com

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