SOWK 570 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY
GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● What Do social workers Do???
Answer: Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals,
groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social
functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal.
It is a profession, which focuses on the interactions between persons and
their social environment.
It is one of the professions that operate as part of the welfare system and
is influenced by social welfare policy and agency policy.
●● Five Themes Permeate the Profession
Answer: Helping individuals, groups or communities
Entails a solid foundation of values and principles that guide what
practitioners should and should not do
A firm basis of techniques and skills provides directions for how social
workers should provide treatment and accomplish goals
Help people get the services they need by linking them to available
resources
Participate in the legislative process to promote positive social change
●● Professional Social Work in texas must..
,Answer: MUST BE LICENSED
IN ORDER TO CALL YOURSELF A
SOCIAL WORKER!!!
MUST HAVE A SOCIAL WORK DEGREE
IN ORDER TO BE LICENSED
●● How do you become licensed?
In Texas...
Answer: Graduate with a BSW or MSW from CSWE- accredited School
of Social Work
CSWE = Council on Social Work education
All programs must go through re-accreditation process every 8 years
Must comply with standards including curriculum content and course
structure, staffing, adherence to nondiscrimination policies, adequate
financial support from university or institution, and other variables
Pass state license exam
In Texas, this is administered by the Texas State Board of Social Work
Examiners (TSBSWE)
Pass criminal history check
Pay fee
●● Type of Social Work Licenses
Answer: Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker
, Licensed Master Social Worker
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
●● Types of Specialty Recognition
Answer: Licensed Master Social Worker-Advanced Practitioner (AP)
Independent Non-Clinical Practitioner (IPR)
●● What licensed is need for Private Practice social worker
Answer: LCSW
●● Requirements for a LCSW
Answer: Must be licensed as an LMSW and obtain 3000 hours of board
approved supervised professional employment experience over a
minimum two-year period, but within a maximum four-year period or its
equivalent if the experience was completed in another state.
Must have a passing score on the clinical exam administered nationally
by the ASWB.
Must have completed a minimum of 100 hours of face-to-face
supervision over the course of the 3000 hours of experience, with a
board approved supervisor.
Supervised experience must have occurred within the five previous
calendar years occurring from the date of application.
●● Social Policy
GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● What Do social workers Do???
Answer: Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals,
groups, or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social
functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal.
It is a profession, which focuses on the interactions between persons and
their social environment.
It is one of the professions that operate as part of the welfare system and
is influenced by social welfare policy and agency policy.
●● Five Themes Permeate the Profession
Answer: Helping individuals, groups or communities
Entails a solid foundation of values and principles that guide what
practitioners should and should not do
A firm basis of techniques and skills provides directions for how social
workers should provide treatment and accomplish goals
Help people get the services they need by linking them to available
resources
Participate in the legislative process to promote positive social change
●● Professional Social Work in texas must..
,Answer: MUST BE LICENSED
IN ORDER TO CALL YOURSELF A
SOCIAL WORKER!!!
MUST HAVE A SOCIAL WORK DEGREE
IN ORDER TO BE LICENSED
●● How do you become licensed?
In Texas...
Answer: Graduate with a BSW or MSW from CSWE- accredited School
of Social Work
CSWE = Council on Social Work education
All programs must go through re-accreditation process every 8 years
Must comply with standards including curriculum content and course
structure, staffing, adherence to nondiscrimination policies, adequate
financial support from university or institution, and other variables
Pass state license exam
In Texas, this is administered by the Texas State Board of Social Work
Examiners (TSBSWE)
Pass criminal history check
Pay fee
●● Type of Social Work Licenses
Answer: Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker
, Licensed Master Social Worker
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
●● Types of Specialty Recognition
Answer: Licensed Master Social Worker-Advanced Practitioner (AP)
Independent Non-Clinical Practitioner (IPR)
●● What licensed is need for Private Practice social worker
Answer: LCSW
●● Requirements for a LCSW
Answer: Must be licensed as an LMSW and obtain 3000 hours of board
approved supervised professional employment experience over a
minimum two-year period, but within a maximum four-year period or its
equivalent if the experience was completed in another state.
Must have a passing score on the clinical exam administered nationally
by the ASWB.
Must have completed a minimum of 100 hours of face-to-face
supervision over the course of the 3000 hours of experience, with a
board approved supervisor.
Supervised experience must have occurred within the five previous
calendar years occurring from the date of application.
●● Social Policy
