Office of Field Education:
PLEASE RETURN THE FORM BELOW BY EMAIL ATTACHMENT TO BY 7/11/16
TO :Agency Practicum Contact
FROM:Practicum Coordinating Committee:
Leon Preston, Director of Field Education, 206/543-3881,
Stan de Mello, Associate Director, 206/616-5983,
J'May Rivara, MSW Field Faculty, 206/616-5792,
Michelle Bagshaw, BASW/MSW FieldFaculty, 206/616-1561,
Jennifer Brower, MSW FieldFaculty, 206/616-8551,
Stacey De Fries, MSW Field Faculty, 206/221-5017,
Aida Wells, MSW Field Faculty, 206/221-2694,
Ebasa Sarka, MSW Field Faculty, 206/221-1348,
Saul Tran Cornwall, MSW Field Faculty,
Cynthia Dickman, CWTAP Field Advisor, 206/897-1835,
Kathy Taylor, CTAP Field Advisor, 206/543-6319,
Cheryl Yates, Program Coordinator, 206/543-8618,
Tracey Coleman, Program Coordinator, 206/221-6171,
DATE:June 27, 2016
RE :Please update attached Practicum Placement Request form for the 2016-2017 Academic Year ALERT: We are in need of more Foundation MSW placements
Earlier this year you submitted a Practicum Placement Description on STAR requesting University of Washington Social Work students for placement in the 2016-2017 academic year. We have now finished placing advanced MSW students and have been informed that we will have 120 Foundation Day students who’ve indicated they will be attending this Autumn quarter.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!! If you requested but have not received an advanced student, pleaseconsider adapting yourplacement to meet the requirements for an MSW Foundation student. We do not have enough foundation placements to offer incoming students this fall. Each year we receive about three times more requests for Advanced MSW students than for Foundation MSW students. We are encouraging agencies to be creative and flexible in structuring placements to meet the foundation requirements for micro, mezzo, and macro level practice. We will be glad to assist you in redefining your placement opportunities and writing practicum descriptions to meet foundation requirements.
We are beginning to review the questionnaires from the incoming FoundationMSW Day students and will make referrals for their Foundation placements the week of August 15. Those students will interview for placement and spend some time at their practicum sites during Autumn quarter for orientation purposes and will be onsite starting their hours two days a week by the week of November 14.This is a new change in the placement process for Foundation Practicum from prior years.
What are the key features of the Foundation curriculum?
Foundation content on Human Behavior in the Social Environment and cultural diversity are wrapped into two major practice sequences over two quarters: Micro/Mezzo Practice: Individuals, Families, Groups; Macro Practice: Organizations, Community, and Policy Practice. These sequences are offered in the Autumn and Winter quarters. Students will have a choice of one elective course Spring Quarter. Other Foundation courses include: Intellectual and Historical Foundations of Professional Practice; Social Work for Social Justice course; Poverty and Inequality; and a two-quarter Research sequence organized around an applied research project in addition to the Foundation practicum.
PLEASE COMPLETE THE BRIEF FORM BELOW IF YOU HAVE FOUNDATION STUDENT PLACEMENTS AVAILABLE TO START THIS AUTUMN QUARTER 2016.
2016-2017 MSW FOUNDATION PLACEMENTS UPDATE
PLEASE RETURN THIS UPDATE BY JULY 11, 2016: Email:
Students in Foundation placements are required to have a range of learning experiences from micro to macro practice. To assist us in our meetings with the new students, we would appreciate an update of your placement information.
Agency Contact: ______
Agency Name/Division______
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO ACCEPT MSW FOUNDATION (FIRST-YEAR) STUDENTS FOR PLACEMENT?
YES ______NO______UNCERTAIN (See below) ______
If YES, how many Foundation placements are available? ______
In which unit or program? ______
______
Can this placement provide Micro____ Mezzo_____ Macro_____ activities? (Please check all that apply)
Practicum Instructor’s Name:______Email:______Phone:______
Are there any changes from the information submitted earlier this year on STAR? (e.g., placement descriptions, practicum instructors, financial assistance, other special requirements)? Other anticipated changes affecting your placements?
______
IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT TAKING A FOUNDATION STUDENT,
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SPEAK WITH ONE OF OUR FIELD FACULTY ABOUT CREATING OR INCREASING FOUNDATION LEVEL PLACEMENTS?
YES______NO______Contact information:
Name______Phone ______Email ______
NOTE: If you recently received a referral from us for possible placement of Advanced Standing students, please wait to return this placement update until you have made final decisions about the placement of the Advanced Standing student(s).
PLEASE RETURN BY JULY 11, 2016 To: Office of Field Education:
H:\Forms\2016 PPD Update Memo and Form.doc 6/2016