Field Practicum Fact Sheet for Agencies:
Thank you for taking the time to consider providing a field placement for a Chicago State University Master of Social Work student.
• Our program prepares students for advanced social work practice that uses strength-based and family-centered principles in their approach to client systems. Students may specialize in Direct Practice with Families and Children, Program Planning and Administration, or school social work.
• Agencies that serve as practicum sites serve populations that have traditionally been undeserved and considered vulnerable and oppressed such as women, ethnic minorities, the poor, children, people of color, the elderly and persons of diverse religious and sexual orientations.
• First year MSW students complete two semesters and a total of 400 clock hours in the field while second year students complete two semesters and a total of 550 clock hours in the field. Placements average two days a week, begin in August at the beginning of the academic year and end in May. School Social Work students complete 600 clock hours may remain in placement through june.
• Foundation placements provide students the opportunity to apply the generalist model to practice as they assess and develop or enhance their beginning level practice skills with individuals, families, groups communities and organizations. Advanced placements allow students to work within their area of concentration where they are expected to take on more complex practice task, function more independently and demonstrate advanced skills e.g. multi-system assessments and multi-modal interventions or program develpment.
• The majority of our students have several years of experience in social services and are employed during their educational experience. As a result agencies providing quality learning experiences during evenings and weekends are very much needed.
• Agencies that would like to provide field placements should identify a Field Instructor who has two years of post-MSW experience and interest in providing educational opportunities for students.
If your agency would like to be added to our directory of field practicum sites or to request further information on our program please contact:
Nadine Harris Clark
Director of Field Education
9501 South King Drive
Science # 315,
Chicago, IL 60628
773-995-2843
NH-Clark @ csu.edu
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