Daniel Harkness, PhD, ACSW
Consultation and Supervision in Clinical Social Work
208.426.3148 (Voice) 208.426.4291 (Fax) 208.871.1528 (Cell) dharkne@boisestate.edu (email)
Idaho Licensure for Clinical Social Work Practice
The Rules of the Idaho State Board of Social Work Examiners define clinical social work in this language:
- •[C]linical social work is the professional application of social work theory and methods to the treatment and
prevention of psychosocial dysfunction, disability or impairment, including emotional and mental disorders. It is based
on knowledge and theory of psychosocial development, behavior, psychopathology, motivation, interpersonal
relationships, environmental stress, social systems, and cultural diversity, with particular attention to
person-in-environment.
- •Clinical social work encompasses interventions directed to interpersonal interactions, intrapsychic dynamics, and
life-support and management issues. It includes but is not limited to individual, couples, family and group
psychotherapy.
- •Clinical social work services consist of assessment, treatment and evaluation.
The Rules define appropriate supervision for clinical social work practice as meaning:
- •[T]hat type of consultive-teaching supervision aimed at enhancing the professional development of supervisees in
providing services which focus on the evaluation and treatment of emotional disorders and mental illness as related to
the total health of the individual, and on helping with problems of living and activities designed to stimulate growth and
development.
- •Supervision shall come from a licensed clinical social worker, licensed psychologist or a person licensed to practice
medicine and surgery who practices in the area of psychiatry, working in the same area of practice.
- •Supervision must occur on a regular and on-going basis, consisting of a minimum of one hundred (100) hours equally
distributed throughout the qualifying period.
- •See http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa24/1401.pdf for the Rules of the State Board of Social Work
Examiners.