Getting licensed as a social worker in Nebraska

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Your first license

Provisional Certification as a Master Social Worker (held while the 3,000 CMSW hours accrue; expires at 5 years)

PCMSW

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Nebraska: the PCMSW is not checked yet. See the board's page for its steps.

Known fees

Fees the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Licensure Unit (Mental Health Practice Act / Uniform Credentialing Act) publishes for the PCMSW
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What else it takes

Supervised hours
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ASWB exam level
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Member jurisdictionMultistate licenses are not yet being issued. Last checked against the compact's own site.
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Next step

Not checked yet. See Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Licensure Unit (Mental Health Practice Act / Uniform Credentialing Act)'s page for the PCMSW steps.

The ladder

Nebraska has 4 rungs. 2 need an ASWB exam, 1 is not checked yet.

  1. bachelors

    CSW

    No ASWB exam

    Certified Social Worker (baccalaureate or master's degree in social work plus an application; the Department lists it as 'no exam required') (whether practice is supervised was not read on a primary page).

  2. supervisee

    PCMSW

    Not checked yet

    Provisional Certification as a Master Social Worker (held while the 3,000 CMSW hours accrue; expires at 5 years). Practice is supervised at this rung.

  3. masters

    CMSW

    ASWB Masters, Advanced Generalist, or Clinical

    Certified Master Social Worker (3,000 supervised hours; ASWB Masters, Advanced Generalist, or Clinical exam at the applicant's choice; social work title only, no mental health therapy without an MHP license).

  4. clinical

    LIMHP + CMSW

    ASWB Clinical

    Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner with the Certified Master Social Worker certificate (Nebraska has no LCSW license).

Requirements change

Nothing on our law calendar changes Nebraska's exam requirement today. The change that does touch you is national: ASWB launched the 2026 exams on August 3, 2026 with three content areas and 122 items, and held fees at $230 Masters and $260 Clinical. ASWB's announcement.

Law calendar read . If Nebraska moves, this page moves with it.

Already passed? Track your supervised hours toward your clinical license.

Nebraska asks for 3,000 hours of supervised experience. The board sets no total for supervision hours (1 hour per week).

Checked against the published rule. Last checked September 27, 2026.

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Programs in Nebraska

How first-timers from each accredited program here did on the ASWB exam. A rate built on fewer than 10 first-time exams is one or two people, so those programs show how close they are to that floor instead of a percent. Source: ASWB, 2025 report.

See all 7 programs in Nebraska

Sources

We read the board's own pages. Nothing here is a guess.

SWTPA is not affiliated with any state board or with ASWB. Requirements change; the board's page is the source of record. This record is also available as JSON.

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