Indiana Application and Instructions

Indiana Application and Instructions

Recommended Course Titles That May Be Used for the Application for Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

• Courses may only be used once to meet each educational requirement
• It is the ultimate responsibility of the applicant for course selection
• For older courses, please contact Curtis Williamson at willcurt@iu.edu?

Indiana Application and Intructions

Recommended Course Titles That May Be Used for Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor (LCAC) for MSW Students

Disclaimer: It is the ultimate responsibility of the applicant for course selection

Complete Twenty-seven (27) semester hours or forty-one (41) quarter hours of graduate course work that must include graduate level course credits with material in at least the following content areas (see associated MSW courses that include the necessary content-courses may be listed for more than one area):

The following requirements are met with S651 & S652 (please note that students must complete 700 field hours to qualify for the LCAC):

PRACTICUM, INTERNSHIP, and ADVANCED INTERNSHIP Applicants must complete not less than one (1) supervised practicum, internship, or field experience in a counseling setting, which must include a minimum of seven hundred (700) clock hours with a minimum of two hundred eighty (280) face-to-face client contact hours of addiction counseling services with a minimum of one hundred five (105) hours of supervision from a LCAC who has at least five (5) years’ experience as a qualified supervisor. A "qualified supervisor" means an individual who is supervising within his or her scope of experience and training and holds an active license at the time of supervision as: (1) A clinical addiction counselor; Page 5 of 9 (2) A clinical social worker; (3) A marriage and family therapist; (4) A physician with training in psychiatric medicine; (5) A psychologist; (6) A clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric or mental health nursing; or (7) Another state-regulated addiction counseling professional or, if the experience was gained in a state where no regulation exists, by an addictions or behavioral health professional of equivalent status; who has at least five (5) years of experience in providing addiction services.

Note: It is the responsibility of the student to document the above for the purpose of LCAC licensure.

POST GRADUATION REQUIREMENT

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE/SUPERVISION Applicants must have at least two (2) years of clinical addiction counseling experience that must include at least two hundred (200) hours under supervision, one hundred (100) hours of which must be under individual supervision and one hundred (100) hours of which must be under group supervision. The supervision required must be provided by a qualified supervisor, as determined by the board. The experience requirement may not be performed away from the qualified supervisor’s premises if: (1) The work is the independent private practice of addiction therapy; and (2) The work is not performed at a place that has the supervision of a qualified supervisor. As used in IC 25-23.6-10.5-8, "qualified supervisor" means an individual who is supervising within his or her scope of experience and training and holds an active license at the time of supervision as: (1) A clinical addiction counselor; (2) A clinical social worker; (3) A marriage and family therapist; (4) A physician who has training in psychiatric medicine; (5) A psychologist; (6) A clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric or mental health nursing; or (7) Another state-regulated addiction counseling professional or, if the experience was gained in a state where no regulation exists, by an addictions or behavioral health professional of equivalent status; with at least five (5) years of experience in addictions counseling. The verification of clinical experience and supervision forms must come directly to our office from the individual(s) verifying the clinical experience and supervision hours.

Note:  It is your responsibility to keep records of your clinical supervision post-graduation. 

Indiana Application and Instructions

School social work is defined as a specialty by a number of national and local organizations. Indiana, along with several other states, requires individuals to be dually licensed to practice as a school social worker. In order to qualify for licensure, individuals must receive their training through higher education programs approved by the Indiana Department of Education. Indiana University and its School of Social Work in collaboration with the School of Education provide the required training for the school social work licensure.

IDOE Requirements

Requirements

Master of Social Work Students (MSW) choose a Practice Area as part of their education plan. Indiana University School of Social Work offers the School Social Work Practice Area as part of the Master of Social Work (MSW) program on two campuses, IUPUI and IU Northwest. The Schools Focus Area Curriculum incorporates the IDOE School Services and the School Social Work Standards. 

Curriculum requirements by campus

• IUPUI Curriculum Requirements
• IU Northwest Curriculum Requirements

Post-MSW Degree Applicants

IU MSW graduates who did not do the Schools Practice Area (formerly “Concentration”) may request a review of their MSW coursework and post-MSW degree school-based experiences.* Credit toward the MSW Schools Practice Area endorsement is available for MSW graduates who can demonstrate substantive evidence of MSW school-based practice experience. In exceptional cases where IU MSW graduates can demonstrate substantive school-based experience where they are employed directly by a school corporation, the Schools Practice Area License Review Committee may provide the Schools Practice Area endorsement without requiring additional coursework.

In most cases, including MSW graduates with school-based community mental health experience, MSW graduates who did not do the Schools Practice Area as part of their educational plan will be required to take additional MSW coursework to qualify for the IDOE MSW school social work endorsement.

Inquiries about having MSW coursework assessed for the MSW Schools Practice Area, should be directed to Kyle Walke at kwalke@iu.edu.

Applying for Licensure

MSW graduates who have obtained the LSW/LCSW license and who have done the MSW Schools Practice Area coursework may proceed with applying for the IDOE School PEL School Social Work license.

IDOE License next steps