Authority, credentials, and scope
Regulator, governing authority, credential names, regulated titles, scope boundaries, exemptions, and prohibited activities.
Three credential levels
Published research · ConfirmedThe Board issues CSW, LSW, and LCSW credentials with different education, scope, supervision, and independent-practice implications.
- Applies to
- Use for CSW, LSW, LCSW research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Application and practice status
Application, education, examination, background check, fees, temporary authority, endorsement, and supervised versus independent practice.
Clinical independence
Published research · ConfirmedThe LCSW is the independent clinical credential; an LSW providing clinical services remains subject to qualifying supervision.
- Applies to
- Use for CSW, LSW, LCSW research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Supervision and workforce evidence
Supervisor qualifications, written agreements, settings, hours, reporting, license verification, and hiring or credentialing evidence.
LCSW experience
Published research · ConfirmedLCSW eligibility includes 3,000 supervised hours completed over at least two and no more than four years, with specified face-to-face and psychotherapeutic-service components.
- Applies to
- Use for CSW, LSW, LCSW research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Cross-border and practice structure
Telehealth location rules, registration, compact privileges, ownership, entity naming, fee sharing, and multidisciplinary practice.
Compact enacted but not operational
Enacted, not operational · QualifiedNew Jersey enacted the Social Work Licensure Compact, but the Compact Commission is not yet issuing multistate licenses.
- Applies to
- Use for CSW, LSW, LCSW research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Client-facing operations and records
Disclosure, consent, telehealth, emergencies, advertising, confidentiality, access, retention, minors, subpoenas, closure, fees, billing, and termination.
Three credential levels
Published research · ConfirmedThe Board issues CSW, LSW, and LCSW credentials with different education, scope, supervision, and independent-practice implications.
- Applies to
- Use for CSW, LSW, LCSW research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11
Maintenance, complaints, and monitoring
Renewal, continuing education, audits, inactive status, reinstatement, complaints, discipline, effective dates, exclusions, and unresolved interpretations.
Clinical independence
Published research · ConfirmedThe LCSW is the independent clinical credential; an LSW providing clinical services remains subject to qualifying supervision.
- Applies to
- Use for CSW, LSW, LCSW research in NJ.
- Known exclusions
- A payer, facility, employer, local government, or another professional board may impose additional requirements.
- Effective date
- No separate future date recorded
- Fact checked
- 2026-08-11