(614) 466-0912 - (614) 728-7790 FAX - cswmft.info@cswb.state.oh.us
CSWMFT Board - 50 West Broad Street, Suite 1075
Columbus, Ohio 43215-5919

a. Social Work Practice
b. General Licensure Information

a. Social Worker Assistant Instructions
b. SWA Application - Online
c. SWA Application - Paper
d. Link to check status of Application online
e. SWA Professional Disclosure Statement
f. Essential Information for the New SWA

a. Social Worker Trainee Application and Renewal Instructions
b. SW-Trainee Application - Online
c. Link to check status of Application online

a. Licensed Social Worker Instructions
b. LSW Application - Online
c. LSW Application - Paper
d. Link to check status of Application online
e. LSW Exam Preapproval Application & Instructions - a LSW application must be submitted before requesting exam pre-approval
f. LSW after taking the Exam Instructions - instructions to follow after taking the exam
g. LSW Professional Disclosure Statement
h. LSW Temporary Application - Online - Please contact the board at 614-466-5465 before you complete a temporary license application.
i. LSW Temporary Application - Paper - Please contact the board at 614-466-5465 before you complete a temporary license application.
j. Essential Information for the New LSW

a. Licensed Independent Social Worker Instructions
b. LISW Exam Preapproval Application & Instructions - for Pre-Approval for licensure exam
c. LISW Application - Online
d. LISW Application - Paper
e. Link to check status of Application online
f. LISW after taking the Exam Instructions - instructions to follow after taking the exam
g. LISW Professional Disclosure Statement - sample PDS
h. Supervision Documentation - For applicant to document supervised experience (applicant fills in top and gives to supervisor to complete)
i. Essential Information for the New LISW

a. Supervision Training for LISW Instructions
b. Supervision Hardship Request
c. Sample Supervision Log
d. Supervision Documentation Form and Instruction

a. LISW Supervision Designation Instructions
b. LISW-S Application - Online
c. Link to check status of Application online
d. LISW-S Professional Disclosure Statement
e. Essential Information for the New LISW-S

a. Related Degree Social Worker Instructions/Worksheet - For applicant to document meeting course requirements (must submit for Board review with application)

a. Out-of-State Applicants Instructions

a. BSW applicants take the Bachelors exam through ASWB
b. MSW or MSSA applicants take the Bachelors, Advanced Genralist or Clinical through ASWB
c. The Clinical and Advanced Generalist exams qualify an applicant for both the LSW and the LISW
d. ASWB Exam Handbook
e. ASWB Study Guides
f. ASWB Online Practice Exams
g. If you have a degree in social work, either a bachelors or masters, you will need to submit:

1. Exam Preapproval Application
2. LSW Application - Online
3. Copy of your driver's license or state ID
4. Academic proof of degree or letter of good standing

h. If you have a LSW with a BACH exam and a MSW on file with the Board, you will need to submit:

1. Exam Preapproval Application
2. Copy of your driver's license or state ID

i. If you have a LSW without MSW on file with the Board, you will need to submit:

1. Exam Preapproval Application
2. Copy of your driver's license or state ID
3. Academic proof of degree or letter of good standing

a. BCI & FBI Criminal Records Check Information
b. Past Criminal Issues
c. Send a copy of a prior BCI report to this board
d. Request a copy of a BCI report to the Board to be sent elsewhere

a. Laws & Rules Exam Link
b. After completing the exam:

1. LSW & LISW applicants forward the certificate of completion to: douglas.warne@cswb.state.oh.us
2. SWA applicants forward the certificate of completion to: andy.miller@cswb.state.oh.us

a. Social Workers are now able to take all thirty hours of their CEUs through distance learning. In addition, any CEU approved through the NASW or the ASWB are acceptable for renewal of your social work license without Board approval.
b. General Renewal Information
c. Continuing Education Requirements
d. Renew online here
e. CEU Post Program approval form for Social Workers

a. Laws & Rules Adobe PDF File
b. Ethics & Investigations
c. Laws & Rules Web Page
d. Disciplined Licensees

a. Information about the Board
b. Full Board Minutes
c. Social Worker Professional Standards Committee Minutes

a. Criminal Records Requirements

a. Address Change
b. Name Change
c. New Wall Certificate

18. Ethics Questions:

a. Ethics Pages
b. Contact the Board with ethics Questions

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19. License Verification:

a. Out-of-State License Verification to Another Board
b. Ohio License Online Verification

20. Professional Disclosure Statement:

a. Required by statute
b. LISW-S Sample Professional Disclosure Statement
c. LISW Sample Professional Disclosure Statement
d. LSW Sample Professional Disclosure Statement
e. SWA Sample Professional Disclosure Statement