SWK-666 Advanced Field Placement and Seminar I

This course is a clinical social work field placement in a social service agency accompanied by a seminar designed to apply learning to clinical social work practice. Placement in an agency is arranged collaboratively with the field director. Synchronous seminars provide opportunities for students to discuss and demonstrate application of knowledge, values, skills, critical thinking, and management of emotions in the context of clinical social work practice. Students teach one another about the variety of settings in which clinical practice occurs and provide a support system for one another. Required time spent in the agency is an average of 16 hours per week for eight weeks. The clinical field experience requires a total of 500 hours accumulated over the course of four field and seminar courses. A minimum of 125 hours must be completed in this first advanced field placement course. Exceptions must be approved by the Director of Field Experiences. In addition to course work, students must also pass an evaluation of professional behavior as completed by the field instructor to pass this course. Prerequisite: SWK-650,SWK-655, SWK-672, completion of application and all required field documents, and acceptance into the MSW Field Program

Credits

3