SOCIAL WORK LICENSING RENEWAL IN 2020
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020 is a licensure renewal year for social workers, which means that all social work licenses and certifications in the State of New Jersey will expire on August 31, 2020 unless they are renewed. Many of you will have already received information via U.S. Mail from the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs regarding the renewal of your social work certification/license. If you have not yet received your renewal notification, you can expect to receive it via U.S. Mail soon. Renewal is online only, and your renewal notice will provide you with instructions on how to renew your license or certification. The deadline to renew your license without incurring any additional penalty fees is August 31, 2020. If you renew after August 31, 2020, a late fee of $100 will be added 24 July 2020 | www.naswnj.org
to your renewal fee. After September 30, 2020, you will not be able to renew online and will need to contact the Board of Social Work Examiners directly for reinstatement procedures and associated fees. If you have not renewed your license or certificate by October 1, 2020, you will not be able to practice social work in the State of New Jersey until you have reinstated your license. Members have reported that the Board’s website would not allow them to renew their license online in the first several days after notifications were mailed out. Since notifying the Board, social workers have been able to successfully renew their licenses online. If you were previously having trouble, we encourage you to try again using the instructions on your renewal notice.
At the time of this publication, there are no announced extensions for licensure renewal or changes to the current continuing education requirements. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS To renew your license or certification, you must complete the required number of continuing education credits outlined below during the current biennial period: September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2020. As a reminder, you will NOT be sending your CE certificates to the Board of Social Work Examiners when you renew your license. Rather, you will be asked to confirm that you have completed or will complete your CE requirements by August 31st. The BSWE requires you to keep certificates
