Continuing Education for Kentucky Social Workers

Attention: Several states and disciplines have relaxed requirements regarding live / in person Continuing Education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please check with your board to see the most current requirements.

CE requirements for social workers (LCSW, CSW, LSW) in Kentucky:

  • 30 hours of continuing education every 3 years for LCSW, CSW (certified social worker)
  • 15 hours of CE every 3 years for LSW
  • Must take 3 hours of social work ethics – ethics courses must be pre-approved by the Board. Our ethics courses have not been pre-approved by the KY Board and therefore do not meet this requirement.
  • Must take 6 hours of continuing education in suicide assessment, treatment, and management within the first year of licensure and every six (6) years thereafter.
  • Must take 3 hours of CE on domestic violence and elder abuse during the three year cycle following initial licensure
  • Must take 1.5 hours of CE on pediatric abusive head trauma once every six (6) years
  • There is no limit to the number of  CE hours that can be earned via home study, distance learning, or teleconference courses.

CE Approvals

The Kentucky Board of Social Work accepts courses from ASWB approved sponsors.

At Health, LLC, Provider #1707, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. At Health, LLC, maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 5/3/2023-5/3/2026.

Kentucky social workers can earn all of their CE credits online.

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State laws can change. Practitioners are responsible for determining their state’s licensure requirements. To view the Kentucky continuing education regulations, click the button below.

CE Regulations for Kentucky Social Workers

Page last modified or reviewed by athealth.com on Jul 28, 2023.

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