FIELD PRACTICUM SITES
SWK 2250
INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE
2009-2010
Last Updated May 6, 2010
American Cancer Society
Mid-South Division, Inc.
2008 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
874-2006
Angel Strange, MSW
Health Initiatives Director
Hayley Tessier, MSSW
The purpose of the Mid-South Division Social Work Internship Program is to provide the intern with hands on experience in the activities of a non-profit organization, and it provides in-depth knowledge of the Cancer Society’s efforts in health initiatives, volunteer involvement and community outreach. To
develop an understanding of social work practice at the BSW/MSW level within the context of the American cancer Society Organizational structure, including further development in the community context, assessment implementation, collaboration, and the promotion of diversity within social work relationships.
Under the supervision of a Patient-advocate, the intern will be involved in numerous activities that facilitate the development of community resources to aid cancer patients and their families. Other responsibilities of the social work student will include speaking with cancer patients and family members who contact ACS to receive resource information and assistance. The student intern will assist health care providers in identifying services and resources for cancer patients and will routinely contact patients for follow up information regarding our services and assess needs of patients for additional services they may need. They will also help ACS evaluate our programs and services through Call Back. They will learn about various cancer diagnoses and their treatments.
American Red Cross
2201 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
250-4294
Fax 250-4344
Russelle Bradbury
Casework Specialist
The American Red Cross provides programs and services to help people prevent, prepare for and avoid disaster, including natural and man-made disasters, disease and societal changes. Specific programs include crisis intervention services, disease prevention, self-help and healthy lifestyle support programs; youth leadership development; emergency communications for military personnel and families; emergency energy assistance; emergency translation services; life-saving training including CPR, first aid, water safety; HIV/AIDS prevention and education; volunteer recruitment, training and placement; health screenings for children; and blood donor recruitment and recognition.
Students interested in disaster relief will have the opportunity to observe Disaster Casework conducted by ARC to assist families affected by home fires, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. They will receive hands-on experience writing cases and training in ARC policies and procedures, and on-call duty if they so desire. They will have direct contact with clients.
Antioch Together
5560 Hickory Hollow Parkway
P.O. Box 813Antioch, TN37011
Mary Carpenter, Executive President, 399-6366
A community development corporation dedicated to improving life in Antioch, Tennessee. It is a coalition of leaders working together to enhance and develop the Antioch, TN community. We do this through creating opportunities for relationships between neighbors, working to promote and enhance business in the region, and empowering children and youth to succeed in life.
Association for Retarded Citizens
1719 West End Avenue, Suite 300 E
Nashville, TN 37203
321-5699 ext. 16
Norm Tannenba
The ARC-TN strives to improve the quality of life for all persons with mental retardation and other handicapping conditions and work to prevent mental retardation. The ARC-TN provides a variety of services, including public education and awareness, information and referral services, advocacy, family support services and legislative efforts. The ARC-TN also works for people with disabilities in the area of integration, education and residential opportunities and administrative duties.
Baby Girls Club
251 2nd Ave South
Franklin, TN37064
LaSonya Thompson, 615-720-4819
Baby Girls Club is a Christian based nonprofit and serves girls ages six to eighteen usually of a lower socioeconomic background. Their goal is to develop leadership qualities and teach the girls how to use their talents and create a place where the girls can share, resolve conflicts, practice listening and leading. The program is split into two days, Tuesdays for 15 to 18 year olds and Wednesdays for 6 to 14 year olds. They use the arts to empower. Some of the activities they do are tutoring, mentoring, singing, dancing and clothing design.
Students will have the opportunity to:
- Work with and mentor a diverse population of girls
- Learn about the workings of a nonprofit organization
- Help in planning and the behind the scenes work of a typical day
Behavioral Treatment Providers
539 Myatt Drive Suite 201, 202
Madison, TN37115
668-2229, Fax # 865-2115
Kenny Baker
BTP is an approve offender supervision provider for Davidson County General Sessions and Criminal Courts in Nashville, TN. BTP operates the MagdaleneProstitutionSolicitationSchool for MetropolitanDavidsonCounty. BTP utilizes behavioral management and behavioral contingency methods in the supervision of offender groups. Programs include domestic violence, anger management, alcohol and drug offender supervision, and DUI assessments.
Bethany Christian Services
220 Athens Way, Suite 405, Nashville, TN37228
Ph. 242-0909, Fax # 242-9440
Tammy Bass
Chris Troutt, MFT, Int’l. Adoption Coord.
Ext. 102
It provides free, professional, confidential counseling on abortion alternatives, maternity clothes, medical referral, interim infant care, housing for pregnant women and Christian adoptive families.
Students will assist in data entry, coordinating events, and providing assistance to volunteers. They will have the opportunity to shadow a master’s level worker in the field.
BethlehemCenter
1417 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203
329-9191
Fax # 329-0261
Brenda Harlan,
Through its childcare program the center provides free, reduced cost, or income-based childcare to parents for children ages six weeks to 12 years. The Community Programs Division offers a comprehensive recreation program for children, youth, and families; clubs, classes, and tutoring for development of academic and leadership skills and fostering of personal growth and development. A mobile meals program gives disabled and homebound elderly the ability to continue independent living. Second Harvest Food Bank provides for emergency needs. Employment and Training division introduces young people to the world of work. Income tax assistance and adult literacy are other programs offered which enable people to build better lives for themselves and their families.
Students will have an opportunity to work with low-income families with children between the ages of 15 months and 5 years. These families have children enrolled in the Preschool Program. Students will also be able to work with youth between the ages of 6 years and 17 years. These students are involved in the After-School Programs, generally between 3L30pm and 6pm. BSSW students also have the opportunity to observe monthly Parent Advisory Council meetings and Quarterly Parent workshops.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
One Vantage Way, C250, Nashville, TN 37228
Anne Gallo. MSSW,522-5658,
Fax: 321-5913
Mary Walker, LCSW, Program Director,
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee is the local affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. For more than 100 years, we have been fulfilling our mission to make a positive difference in the lives of children in need and to assist them in achieving their highest potential by facilitating a professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationship with a committed volunteer.
Interns will be working in our school-based mentoring program. In this program we provide mentors to children at their school or afterschool program.
The intern will have an opportunity to:
1)Interview and assess children and volunteers to determine if they are appropriate for our program.
2)Work with clients from diverse groups
3)Interact with MetroNashvillePublic School staff
4)Work with MSWs
5)Participate in BBBS sponsored training on a variety of topics—domestic violence, diversity, gangs, addiction, etc.
Campus for Human Development/Room in the Inn
532 8th Avenue South
P.O. Box 25309, Nashville, TN37202-2397
251-9791
Wendy Smotherman-
Jon Mowry, MA- ext. 115
Fax 251-3274
Provides basic needs to those that are homeless or have low incomes. These services include food (FOCUS is a Second Harvest satellite), clothing, rent, utilities, transportation costs, diapers and identifications. FOCUS also provides a hot lunch on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Caseworkers also assist with limited supportive counseling as well as budget counseling.
Students will have the opportunitiy to:
- Learn from staff about support services and how to navigate the social services system.
- Work in a faith-based organization and put their faith into action through educating others and assisting the population in actively participating in their own lives
- Build relationships with the homeless and learn about their hardships and driving factors associated with issues of homelessness.
- Learn how to care for others in a professional way through healthy boundaries, appropriate referrals, and debriefing with staff and supervisors.
Caris Health Care
1101 Kermit Dr. #501, Nashville, TN37217
366-9952
Caris , a hospice service provides support and care for patients in the last stages of incurable disease. Services provided by social workers at Caris include ; counseling and guidance to patients and family members , identifying community resources available to assist the patient and family as well as assisting with plans for nursing home placements and funeral arrangements.
Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc
30 White Bridge Rd., Nashville, TN 37205
Ph. 352-3087, Fax # 352-8591
Donna Thomas, MS- Caring Choices,
Marie Gilland-Child Welfare, 352-9520 ext. 230
Vicky Thompson, 352-9520 ext. 231, 424-3193
The mission of Catholic Charities is carried out through the work of four departments. Caring Choices offers pregnancy counseling, adoption services, and the Worth Waiting For abstinence education program. Catholic Social Services provides comprehensive family services including programs for the elderly, counseling, services to the disadvantaged and case management services on contract basis. Families First assists welfare recipients in job training and placement, training and education, and related counseling services. Refugee andImmigration Services provides resettlement, immigration processing and employment training services.
Students will:
- Be in a cooperative environment allowing students to interview/investigate within all departments to learn about the agency
- Have opportunities to participate in community events such as Child Abuse Prevention poster contest, Night Out Against Crime, and Crime Victims Rights Week
- Have opportunities to attend in-service trainings including case staffings (based upon student’s schedule)
- Shadow staff during in-home client visits and during group sessions (depending upon student’s schedule)
Catholic Charities- Adoption Support
30 White Bridge Rd.
Phone 615-352-3087, fax 615-352-8591
Jan Clifton, MSSW,
Caring Choices is a state-licensed adoption agency serving all races and religions. We place Caucasian and minority race children as well as infants with special medical needs. We also assist with many independent placements. A sliding scale helps to make adoption affordable for virtually all qualified adoptive parents. Our services are offered regardless of religious affiliation.
Students will have the opportunity to:
- Experience group preparation
- Gain direct experience working with children and parents in an adoption support group
- Participate in clinical staff meetings
- Shadow clinical staff in the field
Refugee and Immigration Services-Catholic Charities
cctenn.org/refugeeimmigration.htm
Marcheta Claus, Graphic Arts Degree, Volunteer Coordinator
Ph. 760-2790, Fax 259-2851
There are 3 possible internships with Refugee Services. 1) Refugee Resettlement – you will have the opportunity to practice case management with individuals and families who have been classified as refugees and are starting their lives over in the US. You will work closely with caseworkers. Activities may include transporting clients to various appointments, conducting home visits, etc. 2) Refugee Youth Program – you will work with groups of refugee students and parents to help them adjust successfully to life in the US, with an emphasis on the Metro Nashville School System. You may work in 1 of 3 areas – After-School/School Liaison Program, Youth Mentoring Program, or Family Workshops. You will need to be flexible with your schedule. 3) Refugee Elders Program – you will work with groups of refugees, 55 and up, to assist in their positive adjustment to the US. Activities may include following up on referrals, assistance in developing weekly lesson plans, forming community partnerships, etc.
Christian Women’s Job Corp.
128 8th Ave. S., Nashville, TN37202
Ph. 244-3669, Fax# 244-3696
Amanda Opelt
Christian Women’s Job Corps seeks to provide a Christian context in which women in need are equipped for life and employment, as well as a missions context in which women help women. CWJC seeks to empower women who are in a cycle of poverty.
DeDe Wallace Center/Centerstone
P.O. Box 40406, Nashville, TN37204-0406
1101 6th Avenue North
April Segadi (to set up) 463-6651
fax # 463-6605
The Center provides services to the chronically mentally ill, geriatric services, substance abuse treatment, therapeutic programs for children with emotional difficulties, family counseling, and accredited alternative schooling for adolescents in danger of removal from the public school system. The year-round, residential wilderness program is centered on group process and principles of re-education and therapeutic camping. DedeWallaceCenter also conducts an innovative drug abuse prevention program for elementary students called Wally's Club and an AIDS education program for middle school children. The Tennessee Home Ties Program is a behaviorally oriented, intensive, short-term in-home crisis intervention and family education program that is designed to work with families with multiple and severe problems and where at least one child is at imminent risk of an out-of-home placement. (Only Social Work majors.)
Possible settings for students are School-based Therapy, Case Management, and Therapeutic Preschool. Students will have the opportunity to understand the different roles of social workers; observe, learn and implement behavior modification in a classroom setting; have direct contact with clients; observe counseling of groups and individuals; and gain a better understanding of case management for both children and adults.
East Nashville Cooperative Ministry
807 Main St., Nashville, TN37206
Ryan Fasani, MDiv, 584-2512,
The East Nashville Cooperative Ministry is a Christian, ecumenical organization created and maintained for the purpose of improving the East Nashville community by addressing the spiritual, educational, economic, mental, physical, and emotional needs of its citizens, as individuals and as a community.We function as a “safety-net,” helping the elderly, poor, disabled, unemployed, and disadvantaged to avoid falling into homelessness. To reduce the duplication of services, we operate as a “clearing house” for services and referrals. Churches and other agencies regularly send people to us for assistance. The programs included are food distribution, clothing distribution, eye clinic, educations programs, job development, counseling referrals, weekly hot meal and worship experience, and volunteer opportunities.
Family Affair Ministries
228-0125, 10,Fax # 228-1670
Pastor Sutton, Vera Davis, ext. 22,
Family Affairs is a church-based organization focused on restoring family bonds. They also feel that rebuilding a community is a key point in this process. With God’s assistance, these goals are reached.
Family Life Center
Nashville Rescue Mission (Hope Center)
1716 8th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37208
Vicki McAnulty,(Hope Center)(w)312-1576, Fax#
Ed Grimes, 780-9474, Fax 259-3711
Elizabeth Sullivan, MSW, 312-1580, fax 780-9468
An interdenominational organization providing hot meals, shelter beds, showers, clothing, spiritual counseling and emergency food for men, women, and children. An alcohol/drug rehabilitation program for alcoholic men is held at a Middle Tennessee farm to help men understand themselves and their problems. The Mission coordinates with other agencies to assist in finding permanent living arrangements.
Fifty Forward Living at Home Services
(Senior Citizens, Inc.)
174 Rains Ave., Nashville, TN37203
Fax # 327-4554
Fran Mazzaferro
Adrienne Newman, MSSW, Living at Home Services Director, , (w) 743-3419; (c) 944-6795; (h) 248-3965
Katie Griffith
For 40 years Senior Citizen, Inc. has been Nashville’s premier agency serving persons 55 years of age and older. The organization provides group and individual activities and services to support an independent lifestyle and foster dignity and self-worth. It is committed to keeping seniors independent in their own homes as long as possible.
Students will have the opportunity to:
- Experience working with senior adults who have a variety of needs and are served in a continuum of care. Group and 1-on-1 experience can be provided in both facility and home-based interventions.
- Be exposed to and participate in administrative agency functions to include committees, board and advisory council meetings and networking in the community.
- Put classroom training into practice, using social work values and techniques. Students are encouraged to take risks and utilize supervision to hone skills and gain practical knowledge.
Free for Life Ministries
Franklin, TN
615-969-9052
Terah Little, Event and Fund Raising Coordinator
, 256-221-7322
Collette Bercu, colettewilofGod.comcast.net
Free for Life’s mission is to raise awareness and financial aid for safe houses around the world that are working tirelessly in the rescue and restoration of children from labor and sex slavery. They work to bring awareness and education to the public at large, the church, and physicians about the prevalence of human trafficking in our society, and to bring compassion, integrity and the love of Christ in all they do. Their partners include shelters in Romania, Nepal, and Nicaragua, as well as US based programs. In Nashville they reach out to the Hispanic community in particular.
Students will have the opportunity to:
- observe how the skeletal system of a nonprofit is developed
- participate and observe in the brainstorming, planning and execution of a variety of fund raising events
- complete daily office duties essential to run a nonprofit efficiently
- learn what it takes for organizations and programs, local and international, to partner together to meet an ultimate, common goal
Galaxy Star Drug Awareness