State Board of Social Work Examiners

General Information

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• All applications are to be completed online.  Application payments will be made online at the completion of the online application. 
• Any additional documents can be uploaded to your online profile through the Upload License Documents tab
• If you cannot remember your username/password, you can enter the online portal or change your login credentials through the Registers a Person tab

Applying for the Certified Social Worker (CSW) Certification

An applicant for certification as a social worker shall submit the following:

1. A completed application form:  Start Online Application
2. The application fee set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:44G-14.1; (this is assessed when you have completed the online application form).
3. An official transcript indicating that that the applicant has received a baccalaureate degree in social work from an educational program accredited, or in candidacy for accreditation, by the Council on Social Work Education; sent directly from your school to: DCA_Social_Work_No_Reply@dca.njoag.gov

or

4. An official transcript indicating that the applicant acquired a baccalaureate degree prior to April 6, 1995, from an accredited institution of higher education in one of the following fields: Guidance and Counseling, Human Services, Marriage and Family Counseling, Psychology, Sociology, Vocational/Disability Rehabilitation, and Social Work (from institutions not accredited, or in candidacy for accreditation, by the Council on Social Work Education) and an affidavit or other form as the Board may require attesting to the applicant having acquired one year of full-time social work experience (1,600 hours in any consecutive 18-month period) prior to April 6, 1995 sent directly from your school to: DCA_Social_Work_No_Reply@dca.njoag.gov

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