La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXV-301
Board Approved Supervision Workshop- this workshop shall be pre-approved by the board. At least 6 1/2 clock hours required for workshop to be acceptable and shall deal with supervision models, the theory and techniques of supervision, record keeping, ethics and multicultural issues.
Client-the individual, couple, family, group, organization, or community that seeks or receives social work services.
Clinical Social Work Practice-the practice of clinical social work requires the application of specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the areas of prevention, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral and addiction disorders. Treatment methods include the provision of individual, marital, couple, family, and group psychotherapy. The practice of clinical social work may include, but is not limited to, private practice, employee assistance and addiction services.
Continuing Education-education and training, which are oriented to maintain, improve or enhance social work practice.
Continuing Education Contact Hour-a 60-minute clock hour of instruction, not including breaks or meals.
Conviction-conviction of a crime by a court of competent jurisdiction and shall include a finding or verdict of guilt, whether or not the adjudication of guilt is withheld or not entered on admission of guilt, a no contest plea, a plea of nolo contendere, and a guilty plea.
Counseling-a method used by social workers to assist individuals, couples, families, and groups in learning how to solve problems and make decisions about personal, health, social, educational, vocational, financial, and other interpersonal concerns.
Credential-can be the registration (RSW), certification (CSW) or license (LMSW) and (LCSW) regulated by the Louisiana Social Work Practice Act.
Detrimental to the Client-an act or omission of a professional responsibility that is damaging to the physical, mental, social or financial status of the client.
Electronic Social Work Practice-use of computers (including the internet, social media, on line chat, text, and email) and other electronic means (such as smart phones, landline telephones and video technology) to:
1. provide information to the public;
2. deliver social work services to clients;
3. communicate with clients;
4. manage confidential information and case records;
5. store and access information about clients; and
6. arrange payment for professional services.
Examination-a standardized test or examination of social work knowledge, skills, and abilities, which has been approved by the board.
Exploitation-an unequal power balance is inherent in the client/social worker relationship. This power imbalance is weighted toward the social worker. To use this power imbalance for the good of the social worker at the expense of the client is exploitation. Exploitation may take financial, business, emotional, sexual, verbal, religious and/or relational forms.
Felony-criminal conduct punishable by imprisonment at hard labor or as otherwise defined as a felony by this state or any other state or by federal law.
Good Moral Character-the aggregate of qualities evidenced by past conduct, social relations, or life habits, which actually provide persons acquainted with the applicant a basis to form a common favorable opinion regarding the social worker's ethics and responsibility to duty.
Gross Negligence-in the practice of social work, means conduct by either act or omission involving a legal or professional duty about which the social worker displays conscious indifference and where the consequences of such conduct could adversely affect the rights or welfare of those persons to whom the social worker owes the duty.
Independent Practice-practice of social work outside of an organized setting, such as a social, medical, or governmental agency, after completion of all applicable supervision requirements, in which the social worker assumes responsibility and accountability for services provided. LCSWs also engage in independent practice within an agency setting.
In-Person-interactions in which the social worker and the client are in the same physical space and does not include interactions that may occur through the use of technology.
Private Practice-an activity characterized by contracting directly and receiving direct payment from clients or agencies to provide clinical services, educational services, consultation, research or supervision, as an autonomous practitioner solely responsible for the welfare of the client and for the services rendered.
Psychotherapy-the use of treatment methods utilizing a specialized, formal interaction between a social worker and an individual, couple, family, or group in which a therapeutic relationship is established, maintained and sustained to understand unconscious processes, intra- personal, interpersonal and psychosocial dynamics. Psychotherapy requires the application of diagnosis and treatment to mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, conditions and addictions.
Remote-provision of social work services where the social worker is not physically located at the site where the services are received. The distance between the social worker and the recipient of services is not a consideration.
Sexual Harassment-sexual advances, sexual solicitation, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.
Social Work Employee-such status requires that the social worker provide direct or indirect social work services, receive remuneration from an employer for these services, and that the social worker's employer deduct federal withholding tax, FICA or other retirement benefits from the salary or wages.
Supervisee-any person under the supervision of a credentialed social worker. The supervisee may be an applicant for social work credentials, an employee under the supervision of the LCSW, LMSW, CSW or RSW, or a person who contracts with the licensed clinical social worker for supervision.
Supervision within an Agency-the professional relationship between a supervisor and a social worker that provides evaluation and direction over the services provided by the social worker and promotes continued development of the social worker's knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide social work services in an ethical and competent manner.
Supportive Counseling-the methods used by social workers to help individuals create and maintain adaptive patterns. Such methods may include building community resources and networks, linking clients with services and resources, educating clients and informing the public, helping clients identify and build strengths, leading client and community groups, and providing reassurance and support.
La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXV-301