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Overview for Planning Foundation Year Field Placement – SW 650 Fall 2017

MSW I Placement Planning Orientation

(Students in 3year or 4 Year MSW Program) Tuesday, February 14, 2017 11:00 am to 11:50 am GMCS 309 Candy Elson LCSW, Director of Field Education

Announcements

Who needs to be here! Three and Four Year Students

• Sign-In Please!
• Apologies if we are missing your name
• Joint degree students / 4 year students
• Excited to be planning for field?
• Fasten your seat belts for the next big transition in

graduate school!

• Opportunity for questions at the end – I hope to answer

most questions in the presentation

• FAQ also on web site & Field Manual

http://socialwork.sdsu.edu/field/student-resources/faq/sw- undergraduate-and-graduate/

Please Review Additional Docs

• MSW I Field Practicum Application Materials
• Please review before or after this meeting
• This is a short meeting & these documents on the web

site outlines policies and procedures in more detail

• http://socialwork.sdsu.edu/field/student-forms
• Review these 2 documents: Background Info for

Incoming 2 year MSW Students

• Memo for Incoming MSW Students entering 2017 Fall

Semester (doc, posted 2/3/2017)

• MSW I (650) Explanation of Policies and Field Application

Process (doc, posted2/3/2017)

Field Manual – quite comprehensive

• http://socialwork.sdsu.edu/fie

ld/student-resources/field- manual/

Overview of Field in MSW Curriculum

• Foundation (first year MSW)
• 16 hours a week – usually 2-3 days a week
• Two semesters long – one academic year same agency
• Foundation Year – Generalist Model (Total 7 units)
• Advanced: (Concentration) Year will be
• 20 hours a week (Total 8 units)
• Field constitutes 15 units in MSW program
• It is a major time commitment and in many ways more

demanding than academic classes

• Professional internship – key to employment post grad
• Concurrent model vs. Block Model – i.e. Taking Classes a

the same time as internship, plus Field Seminars

Structure of Field Practicum

• 16 hours a week in your agency
• Field Integration Seminars Friday’s 8:00 am or 10:00 am
• Pass / Fail Credit / No Credit
• Evaluation by Field Instructor at the Agency
• Completes COMPREHENSIVE SKILLS EVALUATION
• Evaluation by field faculty from seminar attendance and

participation, site visit to the agency

• Educationally based recordings / written assignments
• Site visit and feedback from field instructor

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Competencies & Practice Behaviors- Nine EPAS - Educational Policy Accreditation Standards

• Student Evaluated on each of these areas
• Professional & Ethical Behavior
• Diversity & Difference in Practice
• Advance Human Rights & Social, Economic &

Environmental Justice

• Practice informed research & research informed Practice
• Policy Practice
• Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations &

communities

• Assess ….
• Intervene ….
• Evaluate ……

CSWE Council of SW Education

• Field education is described as the

“Signature Pedagogy” of the profession

• Through field education students are

socialized into the field of professional social work

Foundation Year is a Generalist Model

• Generalist means
• Micro
• Mezzo
• Macro
• Students are placed in a wide variety of agencies
• First year students do not choose their agency
• Please do not approach agencies independently
• Field Faculty Committee chooses and matches student to

agency based on Field Application

• Therefore tells us as much about yourself in your field

application

Process for choosing – assigning Agency

• Faculty Placement Committee places students giving

consideration to

• Student’s prior experience
• Professional interests – future goals and objectives
• Students’ individual needs
• A placement to challenge and expand students prior

experience

• Geographic preference as feasible
• Note – we live in a big County – be prepared to drive 45 mins

plus

• Have a reliable car
• Any academic / disability accommodations verified by Student

Disability Services

Time Line for Field Placement Process

• Tuesday Feb. 14th - Orientation Meeting
• Review additional “Placement Planning Materials”

available on the web site

• Complete your IPT (Internship Placement Tracking)

Face Sheet by TODAY Tuesday February 14th

• Turn IPT Face Sheet into SW Office by the end of

business today, if you have forgotten to bring to the meeting

Time Line continued:

• Field Application will be available via your IPT web based

account today or the next day or two

• Field Application is available under “Forms” tab.
• Friday February 24th - Completed Field Application due
• Please review IPT Tutorial
• http://socialwork.sdsu.edu/field/student-resources/ipt-

tutorial/

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IPT Tutorial – Note IPT is separate platform from any SDSU accounts, like Blackboard or Web-Portal

• Intern Placement Tracking (IPT) system – is a web-

enabled database to handle many functions of the field program that used to be done on paper

• Please review the tutorial
• Upload your photo and complete CSWE Stats
• You should have received your user name – log in

information - sent to you via email on Monday 15th Feb.

• Field Instructors also log in to the same account
• DEMO OF IPT IPT log in
• https://www.alceasoftware.com/web/login.php

IPT Getting Started

• Your account information & password will be sent to you by

email – once your IPT account has been set up. We need your accurate, typed IPT Face Sheet hard copy turned in to SW Office

• IPT website is located at

https://www.alceasoftware.com/web/login.php. Please bookmark this page for easy reference.

• There are three fields required for login: organization ID, user

name, password. All information entered in these fields is upper/lower case sensitive.

• The Organization ID for anyone using the SDSU IPT system is:

sdsu

• The School of Social Work will supply all students with a unique

default user name & password. If you did not receive this information please contact Maria: swfield@mail.sdsu.edu

Next steps: Referral & Interview Process

• Expect an email from field faculty, with a referral

to set up an interview any time after March 6th – March 30th

• Be prepared for a professional interview
• Be mindful of dress, phone & email etiquette
• Some employers / agencies search Social Media

accounts

• Be as flexible as possible when scheduling the

interview

• Be ready to email your resume prior to interview

Anticipate Live Scan / Health Screenings

• Most agencies will also have Live Scan and

various other background screenings after initial offer (offer is contingent on passing these additional steps)

• Immunizations, drug screen etc.
• Some agencies pay for these – many do

not

• Be aware that you may have to pay for

additional screenings

Student Must Pass Additional Steps

• Agency field instructor will notify SDSU if you have been
• ffered the internship
• Background and health screenings come after
• Be aware that your internship is not considered final and

confirmed until you have passed additional screenings

• If you have any criminal background issues
• Please disclose on your field application
• Disclose when sent to HR or to field instructor after being
• ffered the internship
• Full disclose recommended – students get in trouble

when they do not disclose and issues are exposed during Live Scan

Additional Policies: FAQ’s – Evening or week end hours at internship?

• Internship Schedule of 16 hours a

week will be during business hours - week days – Monday to Friday

• We do not have any agencies with

exclusively evening and week end hours

• A handful that may have some

evening or week end hours

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• Can I intern at my employment site?
• Answer: “It depends”
• Various criteria need to be met and approved by agency

supervisor and school of social work field director

• There is an additional application to complete
• Ex. Agency must have MSW on site to supervise you
• Field instructor / supervisor is different person than your

immediate work supervisor

• Agency is able to meet school of social work curriculum

requirements

• Has an existing contract with SDSU as an approved site

(you can check in IPT)

INTERNSHIP AT EMPLOYMENT?

• CSWE allows this option for one of the two years of field

practicum only & under strict guide lines

• MSW I or II (650/750/755) Application Form for Internship at

Employment Site

• The agency must meet criteria for SSW guidelines, employer

must be willing to support student – there must be a clear division of student and employee responsibilities and different individual who is the MSW field instructor vs. employer supervisor (SEE APPLICATION FOR FULL DETAILS)

• All internships at employment site must be reviewed and

approved by the Director of Field Education – if you are thinking about this option – check out the application form & schedule appointment with Candy Elson. Employment application later, March 1st.

• You MUST also complete a SW 650 Field Application via IPT

in case internship at employment site does not work out

Policies and FAQ’s continued

• Avoid conflict of interest or dual relationships
• i.e. please let us know if we unintentionally refer you to an

agency where you or a family member has been a client

• r employee in the recent past
• Please do not approach or recruit agencies on your own
• Can I recruit an agency I’m interested in?
• We cannot recruit specific agencies for specific students –

but we are open to referrals from interested agencies

• See procedure for new agencies (It can take several

months to approve a new agency)

• http://socialwork.sdsu.edu/field/instructor-

resources/application-process/

Summary – Preparing for Field

• Start thinking and planning ahead NOW
• Review Life Schedule and Logistics of 16 hours of Internship

Commitment

• Plan around other commitments – job, child care etc.
• If it seems impossible now – consider switching to the 4 year

program

• You will need a reliable car – be aware of commute
• Let us know if you do not have a car & need to rely on public

transport

• If you need special accommodations of any sort – now is the

time to be in touch with SDS and contact field director

• Review NASW Code of Ethics and application in field agency

setting working with clients

Due Dates

• Tues. Feb 14th – IPT Face Sheet due to SW Office or

hand in, at today’s meeting

• Friday Feb 24nd – Completed Field Application via IPT
• Early March to end of April – Interviews – Confirmations
• August – Field Orientation Meeting after General MSW

Orientation (week before classes start)

• August – Classes, Field Hours & Field Seminars begin
• 10 Hours first 2 weeks – then begin 16 hours
• Additional field orientations / trainings first 2 weeks during

seminar time

• Good luck – we look forward to reviewing your

applications and matching you with field agency

Contact Info for Field Faculty

• Candy Elson (Director) Candy.Elson@mail.sdsu.edu
• Silvia Barragan (IVE) Silvia.Barragan@mail.sdsu.edu
• Amalia B. Hernandez (PPS) Amalia.Hernandez@mail.sdsu.edu
• Kathleen Phelps Kathleen.Phelps@mail.sdsu.edu

You will receive an email referral for an interview to your agency from

• ne of the field faculty above.
• Additional field faculty – undergrad or 2nd year field
• Michael Jones Michael.Jones@mail.sdsu.edu
• Kim Archuletta karch@mail.sdsu.edu (Undergrad Director)
• Jen Cosio jcosio@mail.sdsu.edu

(undergrad)

• Marci Siegel msiegel@mail.sdsu.edu (Advanced Admin/Community

Development)