Licensed Clinical Social Worker

New YorkActive
Exam
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Education
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Experience
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Background check
None

Social work is a profession that helps individuals, families, and groups change behaviors, emotions, attitudes, relationships, and social conditions to restore and enhance their capacity to meet their personal and social needs. Social workers are trained to provide a variety of services, ranging from psychotherapy to the administration of health and welfare programs. They work with human development and behavior, include the social, economic, and cultural systems in which people function. The Licensed Clinical Social Worker may provide all social work services, including clinical services such as the diagnosis of mental, emotional, behavioral, developmental, and addictive disorders, the development of treatment plans, and the provision of psychotherapy.

Requirements reported by the state

Licence type
Registry
Certification
Certification required
Background check
No criminal record requirements
Physical requirement
No physical requirements

Issuing body

Department
NYS Education Department
Board
State Board for Social Work
Address
89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234
Last updated
February 14, 2023

Occupations (O*NET)

Source and verification

This record is New York's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.

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