Terms of Conditions

For Clinical Supervisees

THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS govern the relationship between Black Girls in Social Work, LLC (hereinafter “BGSW”) a South Carolina Limited Liability Company and Clinical Supervisee (hereinafter “Supervisee”). By using the BGSW’s website and services, Supervisee agrees to be bound by the Terms and Conditions listed below.

1. Services. BGSW provides the following services:
A Clinical Supervisor Directory for connecting individuals who have earned a post-graduate degree in Social Work with a Clinical Social Work Supervisor to obtain clinical supervision hours required for a Social Work Clinical Professional License (hereinafter “Services”).

2. Acceptance. By using BGSW’s Website, www.blackgirlsinsocialwork.com (hereinafter “Website”) and Services, Supervisee acknowledges and agrees that Supervisee is at least eighteen (18) years of age, has read and understood these Terms and Conditions and are voluntarily bound by these Terms and Conditions. If Supervisee accesses or makes use of the Website or Services on behalf of a User, Supervisee acknowledges and agrees that Supervisee has discussed these Terms and Conditions with the user and has the authority to bind, and is actually binding, the User to these Terms and Conditions in addition to binding Supervisee. If Supervisee does not agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, Supervisee is to cease accessing or otherwise using BGSW’s Website or Services.

3. Grant of License. So long as Supervisee is in compliance with these Terms and Conditions, BGSW grants Supervisee a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Website and related services. The Website may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, modified, sold, resold, distributed, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose.

4. Intellectual Property. All texts, pictures, graphics, logos, images, documents, and other content unless otherwise stated, which may have accessed through the Website or Services, is owned by, or licensed to BGSW or its designated owner and is protected by U.S. and/or international copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws. The Website, Services, all software related thereto content provided by us, all processes, designs, techniques, concepts, improvements, modification, all trademarks, copyrights, service marks, patents, applications therefore, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights, appurtenant thereto and any derivate works thereof related to the Website and Services are and shall remain the exclusive property of BGSW or its designated owner.

5. Supervisee Responsibilities. When using the Services to obtain clinical supervision hours required by the state in which Supervisee is seeking a professional license, Supervisee agrees to be solely responsible for the following:

  1. Having and maintaining a thorough understanding of the licensing state’s requirements as they pertain to clinical supervision; and

  2. Verifying the Clinical Supervisor selected by Supervisee meets the requirements of the licensing state, are otherwise qualified to serve as a clinical supervisor and may serve in that capacity; and

  3. Each state’s requirements for Clinical Supervision have hours that may vary and change periodically. Supervisee acknowledges and agrees that BGSW is not responsible for tracking each state’s requirements for clinical supervision hours or advising Supervisee of the same, nor is BGSW responsible for verifying the eligibility of any Clinical Supervisor to serve in such capacity.

6. No Employment Status. BGSW does not have an employer/employee relationship with any users of its Website or Services including Supervisee.

7. Non-Solicitation/ Non-Compete. BGSW understands that some of the Clinical Supervisors listed on the Supervisor Directory may be in private practice and already serve as clinical supervisors in their own individual capacity. This paragraph applies only to Clinical-Supervisor-Supervisee relationships which are established through use of BGSW’s website and or services. This paragraph in no way prohibits or restricts clinical supervisors from working with supervisees which the Clinical Supervisor obtained outside of BGSW’s Supervisor Directory.

8. Indemnification. Supervisee agrees to forever indemnify, defend, and hold harmless BGSW from and against any and all claims, causes of action , demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, losses, judgments, damages or expenses (including, without limitation, court costs, filing fees and reasonable attorney’s fees) whatsoever, whether known or unknown, intentional or negligent, and regardless of whether such liability arises out of Tort, Contract, Strict Liability, in law or equity, or otherwise to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law related in any manner to (a) Supervisee’s access to the website or use of the services or (b) Supervisee’s violation of these Terms and Conditions.

9. Warranty Disclaimer. Supervisee’s use of the Services and Website are at Supervisee’s sole discretion and risk. The Services and the Website are provided “As is”, with allfaults and without warranties of any kind, express or implied. As such, BGSW expressly disclaims any and all warranties of any kind, express, implied, or statutory or otherwise to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, relating to the services, website, and terms. The warranties disclaimed include without limitation, the warranties of fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, title, non-infringement of proprietary rights, course of dealing, course of performance, security, accuracy, reliability timeliness and performance of the services. No representations are made concerning the adequacy or accuracy of the Website or Services.

10. Headings. The headings used at the beginning of each numbered paragraph in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience purposes only and, in no way, restrict or otherwise limit the content detailed therein. Additionally, the headings shall have no legal or contractual effect.

11. Entire Agreement. The parties further agree that this Agreement expresses the entire agreement between Parties, and shall be enforceable by either Party, by specific performance and that there is no other agreement, oral or otherwise, modifying the term hereunder.

12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The signatures of this Agreement by each Party forwarded to the other by facsimile or electronic mail shall be treated as an original signature and binding on the Party to be charged.

13. Governing Law. Jurisdiction and Venue. This Agreement shall, in all respects, be governed, construed, applied, and enforced in accordance with the law of the state where the Property is located. Any litigation, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement may be instituted in a state or federal court in Greenville County, South Carolina, and each Party does hereby submit to the personal jurisdiction thereof and further waives any existing or future objection to any such litigation, action, or proceeding based upon improper venue, inconvenient forum, or lack of personal jurisdiction.

EXECUTED, these Terms and Conditions to be effective as of April 3, 2021.