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Please feel free to ask questions as we proceed You can use the chat or if you have a head set you can ask questions verbally Welcome

Practicums: SWRK 3150 SWRK 4120

Field Application Form Field Application form can be found on our website. It MUST be completed and sent in by the deadline.JUNE 1 st /2013 The form lets the Field Coordinator know you are interested in field. This form goes to Louise who will check to see if you meet the requirements.

Indicate your intention to do Field By completing a Field Application form found on our website Submit to Joan Churley 90 days prior to the start of term IMPORTANT

Send applications to: Distance Delivery Field Instruction Student Field Application Form PLEASE this document to PLEASE NOTE APPLICATION DEADLINES FOR PREFERRED PROGRAMS. LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED (Field Practicum placement is dependent on all agreements being in place prior to registering and entering Field)

Please Include: Name of Agency of Practicum placement Address of Agency of Agency Telephone Number of Agency Name of Director or associate director of agency. Name of Field Instructor Credentials of Field Instructor (minimum B.S.W. plus 3 years post graduate experience) Date of graduation/degree obtained Name of University Degree was received Field instructor may be requested to submit copy of degree

You cannot register for Field until you have been approved: Telephone number of Field Instructor of Field instructor Telephone number of Field instructor (please note if all fields are not filled in, your form will be returned to you) Once an agreement has been returned to the department, you will receive a letter advising you that you have met requirements and have been approved for Field. Once you have received the approval you will be advised when and how to register for Field and Field Focus courses.

What are the Pre requisites? You may enter field once you have completed the necessary pre-requisite courses, which include SWRK1310; SWRK2080; SWRK2090 and SWRK3140 and a GPA of 2.5 While you are in SWRK 3140 you should start planning for field

What are the requirements for Accelerated Field? Prerequisites: for accelerated field only offered in fall/winter term Sept-April 75 credit hours of courses including the following: SWRK 1310,SWRK 2080,SWRK 2090 and SWRK 3140 (formerly , , ,047,314) GPA. 3 If you have not met the above criteria you will not be admitted into accelerated but could be admitted into the 3150.

Requirements of BSW Program You are required to successfully complete 2 Field Practicums that you are responsible for finding SWRK 3150 SWRK 4120 Each is 420 hours in length Each is 12 credit hours

Once you have secured your field placement………….. All of the Field information has been received and approved You will receive a letter that states where and when to Register for your Focus Course AND your Field Practicum.

Whose responsibility is it to locate a Field Practicum? It is the student’s responsibility. If you are already working at a social service agency you may choose to do your practicum in your place of employment. Or you may choose a community social service agency where you are not employed but which is of interest to you.

Field Practicums are the “doing” The purpose of field instruction is to ensure that students successfully complete two social work practice experiences in community agency settings. We want our students to apply the knowledge and theories from their academic courses to the field setting.

Field Practicum Possibilities... Child and Family Services Corrections/Justice School Social Work Mental health services Aging (community and institutional) Disability services ( emotional/cognitive/physical) Women’s shelters and resource agencies Health Authorities/Hospitals Non government organizations

Where are you thinking of doing your practicum? Use the chat to identify your interests Is there any agency that we might have missed?

Criminal Record checks and Child abuse registry checks Ensure that your criminal record checks and child abuse registry checks are up to date. When you go for your interview ask if they are a requirement, prior to entering placement If required apply now…………………

Immunization Most health Authorities require you to have your immunization records up to date. Please ensure that you ask if you are working in a medical/school setting or a setting where immunization is driven by policies in the agency.

How do I get there from here? In general students have 2 options: Doing your Practicum at your place of employment Doing your practicum at a new/alternate community site

If you Choose to do your Practicum at your place of employment: Discuss your plan with the Agency Director Your Practicum has to be in a program different than your day to day employment Your Field Instructor must be someone other than your day to day supervisor Your Field Instructor must have a degree in Social Work

If you Choose to do your Practicum at an alternate community site : You should treat your search for a Practicum site as you would a job search Identify a Field of interest Research the Agency/Organization of interest Update your resume and covering letter Covering letter should identify your passion/interest in the agency Make personal contact with the agency Be prepared to go for a personal interview We are prepared to intervene at any point in this process

While in Field the student is expected to demonstrate: The ability to take a comprehensive approach to the practice of social work. A grasp of knowledge for practice, and the theories and principles that guide it. Commitment to carry out social work activities in accordance with ethical value based practice and continued professional development. Use of a range of assessment and relationship skills needed to plan and to intervene effectively; and Commitment to social inquiry that includes a critical approach to theory and practice.

Links to Career and employment services at the Umanitoba Site: This link will take you to the Career and employment services site: Resume and Cover letter Interview Preparation Webshops

Students have options: 1. Choice of term: Summer session (May-Aug) 4 days per week, apply by February 1st Fall/Winter Term (Sept-April) 2 days per week, apply by June 1st Winter Term (Jan-July) 2 days per week, apply by October 1st

2 nd Option 2. Choice of Field Regular Field 2 days per week for 28 weeks Fall/Winter and Winter terms Summer session 4 days per week May to August Accelerated Field 4 days per week September to December and 4 days per week January to April Accelerated is only offered once per year

SWRK a first educationally directed field experience in which the student will have the opportunity to assume responsibility for social work engagement,assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation as well as integrating theory and research knowledge acquired in the classroom, 28 weeks x 2 days per week x 7.5 hours or a total of 420 hours. Students in the Accelerated Program are looking at 14 weeks in each field x 4 days a week x 7.5 hours or a total of 840 hours

SWRK3150 Your hours include involvement with the agency in planning for and engaging in, practice activity and evaluation of performance. It also includes educational contact time with the field instructor in individual and or group sessions. Any conferences or courses that you are able to enrol in as a student can also count Students will have a minimum of 1-1/2 hours face to face contact with supervisors. This supervision is counted as practicum hours.

SWRK3150 During the first practicum students in the field will have: Achieved a working understanding of the social work process Be able to articulate an anti-oppressive framework Used contracting in a mutual way in the beginning phases of relationships with clients and other participants; Begun to link classroom knowledge with the field placement

SWRK4120 A second educationally directed practice experience building on 3150 in which the student will have opportunity to carry a sustained professional role in situations that require the integration of values, knowledge and skill at the level of a beginning professional generalist social worker. Second year students will have more responsibility and engage clients at a higher level. Moving towards more independence in practice Your field instructor will be given your 3150 evaluation and any areas for development that have been identified can be addressed in your second placement

4120 The student will; Intervene in more complex situations which require assessment and planning skills Provide relevant information and service to clients Demonstrate increasing awareness of his/her emotional responses and deal with these feelings in a professional manner Have progressed with assessment and intervention skills and be able to articulate and justify decisions.

Concurrent with the Field Practicum You will be required to complete a Field Focus Course SWRK 4200 (with SWRK 3150) SWRK 4300 (with SWRK 4120) Each course is 6 credit hours You have a choice of 3 subjects Child and Family Services, Mental Health and Aging Field Focus course does NOT have to be congruent with your agency Practicum site

Field Process Within the first month you and your Field Instructor will agree upon a learning contract which is a “road map” that identifies your interests, goals and activities that will define your direction while in field. You will become part of the agency team and meet face to face with your Field instructor 1 to 1 ½ hours per week. He/she will be assigning, monitoring and evaluating performance of activities as identified in your learning contract. You will be evaluated on your performance of activities as identified in your learning contract at Mid term and Final. Your final grade will be Pass/Fail

Do we need a text book No, but texts and articles will be accessible through Adobe which give information on various aspects of the practicum placement. These will be available to you and your field instructor

How do we document our activities? Student will complete assignments for field instructors as requested Students will complete monthly journals that will be read by (Joan Churley) Students will complete logs that document hours and activities Students will be evaluated at mid term and at final

Who will support us ? Joan Churley Distance Field Louise and Laurie are also available to work with you. Ensure you contact Louise if you are not sure about course requirements for field.

Thank-you We know you will have a wonderful field experience and look forward to working with you. questions Joan Churley at or call me at

I will be visiting the Maritimes May 14 th St Johns Newfoundland p.m. CornerBrook May 16 th May 15 th traveling will stop in Clarinville a.m.and Grand falls p.m.May 21 st Halifax p.m. May 22 nd Truro p.m. May 23 rd Kentville p.m. I may travel to Sydney if there are students interested in me visiting.

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