{"id":7791,"date":"2023-01-04T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T22:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/?page_id=7791"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:10:40","slug":"professional-licensure-disclosure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/student-resources\/distance-learning-resources-for-students\/professional-licensure-disclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Licensure Disclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>GENERAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Professional Licensure and Certification Requirements &#8211; Social Work<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professional licensure and certification requirements vary from state to state. Licensure and certification in one state do not guarantee automatic licensure in another state. Westfield State University offers courses and programs that may lead to professional licensure or certification in states outside of Massachusetts. Westfield State University has not made a determination that its curriculum meets State educational requirements for licensure or certification in states outside of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Social Work program<\/strong> at Westfield State University leads to professional licensure.<\/p>\n<p>New England does not have a reciprocity agreement for Social Work professional licensure.<\/p>\n<p>For social work professional licensure in states other than Massachusetts, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social-Work-Reciprocity-by-State.pdf\">Social Work Licensing Reciprocity by State<\/a> to find contact information to determine whether Westfield State\u2019s program meets your state\u2019s requirements for licensure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-content\/uploads\/Direct-Disclosures.pdf\">Program Advisor and Director Resources\/Templates for Student Disclosure<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENERAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Professional Licensure and Certification Requirements &#8211; Social Work Professional licensure and certification requirements vary from state to state. Licensure and certification in one state do not guarantee automatic licensure in another state. Westfield State University offers courses and programs that may lead to professional licensure or certification in states outside of Massachusetts. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5555,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7791","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7791"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8586,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7791\/revisions\/8586"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfield.ma.edu\/plato\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}