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If you want to be a clinical social worker, you need to get licensed. The Association of Social Work Boards\u00ae<\/sup> (ASWB\u00ae<\/sup>) administers the Bachelors Social Work licensing exam. Professionals who pass the exam show they have the knowledge and skills to succeed in the field.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the test like? How can I get a study guide that will help me pass?<\/p>\n

The information on this page will help! Click the \u201cStart Test\u201d button above to take a free ASWB Bachelors exam practice test.<\/p>\n

\nASWB Bachelors Course<\/a>
\nASWB Bachelors Study Guide<\/a>
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<\/span>ASWB Bachelors Exam Contents<\/h2>\n

The ASWB Bachelors Exam includes 122 questions spanning three core aspects of a career in social work.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>I. Values and Ethics (35%)<\/h3>\n
\nEthical Principles and Responsibilities:<\/strong> This includes ethical social work practice, including informed consent, confidentiality, professional values, resolving dilemmas, self-care, and maintaining competence through ongoing development.<\/p>\n

Ethical Service Delivery:<\/strong> This includes ethical service delivery, including boundaries, client autonomy, reporting, documentation, policy, supervision, billing, electronic practice, end-of-life issues, and termination.<\/p>\n

Diversity and Social Justice:<\/strong> This includes culturally responsive, anti-oppressive practice, including social justice, accessibility, identity, bias, privilege, power, exploitation, and immigration\u2019s effects on clients and services.\n<\/div>\n

<\/span>II. Assessment and Planning (33%)<\/h3>\n
\nAssessment Concepts:<\/strong> This tests biopsychosocial assessment across the lifespan, including poverty, trauma, abuse, addiction, mental health, relationships, development, displacement, caregiving, exploitation, disability, aging, technology, environmental pressures, and clients\u2019 capacity for self-determination and decision-making.<\/p>\n

Assessment Methods and Techniques:<\/strong> This covers practical assessment skills, including risk evaluation, interviewing, client engagement, strengths and needs assessment, mental status exams, readiness for change, and record review.<\/p>\n

Assessment Practices:<\/strong> This covers assessment-based service planning, including resource selection, culturally responsive treatment plans, intervention choices, medication awareness, and determining when clients are ready for termination.\n<\/div>\n

<\/span>III. Intervention and Practice (32%)<\/h3>\n
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Practice Concepts:<\/strong> This covers core social work practice concepts, including helping relationships, problem-solving, empowerment, teamwork, end-of-life care, parenting, permanency planning, policy, and community engagement.<\/p>\n

Intervention Methods and Techniques:<\/strong> This covers practical intervention skills, including communication, trauma-informed and evidence-based care, crisis and addiction treatment, case management, advocacy, goal setting, coping strategies, group work, and community-based practice.<\/p>\n

Practice Evaluation and Research:<\/strong> This tests how social workers evaluate client progress, intervention effectiveness, agency programs, outcomes, costs, and the overall quality of professional practice.<\/p>\n

Supervision and Administration:<\/strong> This covers organizational structure, supervisee responsibilities, consultation methods, and managing transference and countertransference in supervisory relationships.\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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<\/span>ASWB Bachelors Online Prep Course<\/h2>\n

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Here’s what you’ll find in the ASWB Bachelors course:<\/p>\n