Judy Ratliff

IMPORTANT:  VIRGINIA BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK'S CURRENT LICENSURE CHANGES AND REQUIREMENTS 

Here is the most recent update on requirements for Continuing Education for social workers in Virginia.  We still need 15 hours of continuing education per year, but even though you will have to renew your license  on June 30, 2019, CEs will not be due until 2020.  That means that you do not submit your CEs for 2019 and 2020 until 2020.  No CEs are due when you renew your license in June, 2019.  That includes 2 hours of Ethics due every two years, also in 2020.

Please note that in the future the number of Ethics CEs will increase to 6 hours, but it is not yet in the regulations.  However, the Board of Social Work anticipates that it will be there by the next renewal date.

.Judy Ratliff, LCSW, is Chair of the Society’s Legislative Committee for Virginia. In addition to her years of GWSCSW service, Judy has served on the Fairfax County Long Term Care Coordinating Council and in Leadership Fairfax. She began her professional life as a medical social worker, has taught medical and social work students for the University of Maryland, and is currently in private practice in Fairfax.