Many school social workers are licensed and participate in TRS.
If a school does not require a license for a social worker and the employee does not have a school social work license, the social worker must participate in IMRF if he or she is required to work at least 600 hours a year.
If a social worker intern is working in what would be a licensed position in order to complete the requirements necessary for a license, that intern will not participate in IMRF. This is true if he or she works the minimum hourly standard or not.