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Placement Procedure for First Year MSW Students

1. Field Instruction Student Data sheets are sent to the students after they have accepted admittance into the program. After the Field Instruction Student Data Sheet is completed, the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field, begins the placement process.

2. Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field review the student's Field Instruction Student Data Sheet and determine the student's needs and interests with respect to a field placement.

3. The Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field for Field contacts an appropriate agency and discusses the availability of placements within that agency. S/he provides brief background information on the student. On the basis of this discussion, the agency decides whether it wishes to interview the student.

4. The student is informed that a placement is available at the agency.

5. It is the responsibility of the student to arrange for an interview appointment with the prospective agency as directed by the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field for Field.

6. The student contacts the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field for Field after the agency interview to report that the interview was completed.

7. On the basis of the interview, the field instructor decides whether s/he wishes to accept the student for placement.

8. Following the interview, the field instructor contacts the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field for Field and confirms the availability of the placement and the match between the agency and the student.

9. If the field instructor does not accept the student for field education, the student is informed and the procedure for placement is repeated. Students are given only one interview unless the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field for Field determines that a second is necessary. If the student is not accepted after a third interview, the student is dismissed from the social work program. The student may not reject the agency without consultation with the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field.

10. Final assignment confirmation is made by the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field, and a letter of confirmation is sent to the student and the field Instructor after the field instructor agrees to accept the student for placement.

There are no evening and / or weekend placements available. Placements for two year full-time students are expected to be during the work week, (Monday through Friday) approximately 9:00am- 5:00pm. It is expected that all other obligations or responsibilities in the student’s life will be scheduled to meet the time/needs of his/her classes and field placement.

Placement Procedure for Second Year MSW Students:

1. An information/orientation meeting may be held at the end of the fall semester or the beginning of the spring semester prior to taking Field Experience III. Field Instruction Student Data Sheets are distributed at this time and the students fill them out and return them to the field office with a week.

2. Appointments are made for personal interviews with the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field. It is the responsibility of the student to arrange for the interview appointment. During this appointment, the student's learning needs and areas of professional interest are identified 3. The Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field contacts an appropriate agency and discuss the

availability of placements within that agency. S/he provides brief background information with respect to the student. On the basis of this discussion, the agency decides whether they wish to interview the student.

4. The student is informed that a placement is available at the agency.

5. It is the responsibility of the student to arrange for an interview appointment with the prospective agency as directed by the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field.

6. The student contacts the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field after the agency interview to report that the interview was completed.

7. On the basis of the interview, the field instructor will decide whether they wish to accept the student for placement.

8. Following the interview, the field instructor contacts the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field and confirms the availability of the placement and the match between the agency and the student. 9. If the field instructor does not accept the student for field education, the student is informed and the procedure for placement is repeated. Students are given only one interview unless the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field determines that a second is necessary. If the student is not accepted after a third interview, the student is dismissed from the social work program. The student may not reject an agency without first discussing it with the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field.

10. Final assignment confirmation is made by the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field, and a letter of confirmation is sent to students and field instructors after the field instructor agrees to accept the student for placement.

The Accountability System: School-Agency and Student

This section describes the system of reciprocal accountability in the field practicum. It specifies the areas for which the school, agency and student are each responsible, and thus what each can expect from the other.

The School: MSW Field Education Office

The school's basic responsibility is the organization, implementation and oversight of the field education program. The responsibility is delegated to a staff member who serves as the Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field for Field. The Clinical Instructor Coordinator for Field and clerical staff constitute the MSW Field Education Office. The MSW Field Education Office can be expected to carry out the following responsibilities:

1. Establish criteria for the selection of qualified field agencies 2. Establish criteria for the selection of qualified field Instructors 3. Match students with available field agencies

4. Provide background information on the student prior to placement

5. Provide a faculty member to serve as liaison between the school and each field agency 6. Provide orientation and a training program for new field Instructors

7. Provide a continuing program of field education for field Instructors 8. Provide a written guide to field education for practicum participants 9. Provide opportunities for assessment of the field education program

10. Provide advance notice of meetings where field Instructor presence is warranted

11. Establish and maintain a continuing interchange of information with practicum participants on programs and issues affecting field education

12. Provide practicum participants with opportunities to participate in relevant school committees and task forces

13. Issue continuing education credits for attendance at school-sponsored field education programs and for the practice of field instruction