BSW Field
Internships
Field Experience Structure
Prerequisites for Field Experience
The Placement Process
Educational Objectives of Field
Experience
BSW students participate in field internships
the last semester of their undergraduate program. The purpose of
the internship is to help students integrate classroom knowledge
and skills in a community setting.
The field experience for BSW interns should
include:
- Psychosocial assessments, interviewing, problem-solving, and supportive counseling with individuals, families and/or groups as well as completing the associated paperwork
- Indirect client work
- Professional or educational meetings/workshops
- Evaluation (i.e. data collection, outcomes development)
- Case management (resource allocation and referral) - Advocacy and planned social change work
Supervision at the internship must be
provided by a BSW with at least two years post-BSW work
experience. This person is the Field Instructor and is an
extension of our social work faculty, responsible for instructing
and role modeling. The Field Instructor must meet with the
student for a minimum of one hour per week. The Office of Field
Education staff provides orientation for the Field Instructors,
providing them with information necessary to facilitate a
successful internship.
The student may be under the direct daily
supervision of a person without a social work degree. This person
is called the Task Supervisor. We would expect that the Task
Supervisor hold a degree and several years experience in a human
service position. Although the Field Instructor will take the
lead role in coordinating the instruction of the student, the
Task Supervisor will work closely with the student to achieve
learning objectives.
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions about our field education program.
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Karen A. Martin, MSW
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