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IMPORTANT CHANGE TO

CERTIFIED CLINICAL SUPERVISOR (CCS) CERTIFICATION

New CCS Applications

Effective January 1, 2012, acceptance of New Applications for Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS) is on hold while the Certification Board evaluates and revises the CCS Application and Testing process.  When this process is complete, the CCS Application and instructions will be posted to the website.

 

CCS RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS

 

I.     Training and Education to include ( A TOTAL OF 24 HOURS ):

 ·     4.0 hrs - Forum on Clinical Supervision  (CCS Tips & Updates) within the 4 years prior to your expiration date

Presented by members of the Certification Board, the Forum (also known as CCS Tips & Updates) is a requirement for CCS renewal.  The Certification Board is looking to the CCS to assist and supervise individuals in the certification/recertification process to ensure continued growth and up-to-date counseling experience. Clinical supervision by a GACA-certified CCS is mandatory for new CACI and CACII counselors and for renewal for CACI counselors.  CCS networking and interaction through the Forum/CCS Tips & Updates encourages consistent services for all CCS-credentialed professionals and has proven positive for both supervisors and certification candidates.

The Forum on Clinical Supervision/CCS Tips & Updates is presented four times a year in Metro Atlanta, Middle Georgia and during the Spring (south) and Fall (north) conferences, usually In late January, April, July and October.  Watch the website at www.gaca.org for registration announcements.  Registration flyers will also be mailed directly to all CCS’s, and will be included in  the Professional Update newsletter..  The next CCS TIPS & UPDATES (Forum on Clinical Supervision) will be held April 26, 2012 during the Spring conference  at Jekyll Island.

 PLUS

·     20.0 hr  - Educational training (in-classroom, online,  home study) within the 4 years prior to your expiration date

Must be SPECIFIC TO CLINICAL SUPERVISION in subjects as it relates to enhancing your skills as a clinical supervisor. Training such as HIV/AIDS, non-specific ethics or cultural diversity, financial management of a treatment program, for example, are not acceptable to fulfill the educational requirement for this specialty certification.  The Forum on Clinical Supervision attended multiple times can only be counted once during the four year period.

 

II.         Supervision - Document a minimum of 24 hrs supervision you provided to at least one counselor within the 4 year period

The role of the CCS is critical and availability of a CCS to provide supervision to new counselors seeking certification and CACI counselors seeking recertification is extremely important for the integrity of the certification process.  NOTE:  Clinical supervision hours provided to individuals by a CCS holding an expired CCS certificate will not be honored toward the individual’s certification or certificate renewal.

If your CCS certificate is based on a CACII certificate, the certificate must remain current for your CCS to be valid and renewable.  If your CCS is based on licensure, i.e., LPC, LCSW, LMFT, PhD, or MD, a copy of your current licensure is required with your application.  Thank you for assisting us to uphold the integrity of certification for addiction counselors and clinical supervisors. 

 

III.        Fees  

·     Renewal fee is $150.00/member and $200.00/non-member. If the Recertification Application indicates expired NAADAC/GACA membership, NAADAC/GACA, you MUST provide proof of current membership to receive the member rate.

·     Late fee of $50.00 members or $75.00 nonmembers if application will arrive in the GACA office post-expiration date of CCS certificate

 

IV.       APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL RECEIVED WITHOUT ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE INCOMPLETE AND MAY BE RETURNED   WITHOUT REVIEW.  APPLICATIONS WITHOUT PAYMENT WILL NOT BE PROCESSED

 

IV.  Mail (DO NOT FAX OR E-MAIL)

Renewal Fee. Late fee if to arrive after expiration date

Application and Signed Code of Ethics

Copy of Continuing Education Certificates to include:

 4.0 hrs Forum on Clinical Supervision/CCS Tips & Updates

AND  

20.0 hrs of didactic training SPECIFIC TO CLINICAL SUPERVISION  as outlined above

 

       TO:           Georgia Addiction Counselors Association

 4015 South Cobb Drive, Suite 160

 Smyrna, GA 30080