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4 Introductions Introduction to Students Welcome to the BSW Field Education Program at the University of Georgia School of Social Work. Field education is a formative and often positively memorable experience in shaping your academic and practice career as a social worker. This manual will provide both students with pertinent information about the field education curriculum, policies, and procedures. This manual contains information on field education courses, field placement policies, procedures and information regarding the various processes of the field placement experience. The manual was designed to help students, field liaisons and field instructors by addressing the necessary information to help students complete their BSW degree, as well as provide information for field instructors to help prepare them as supervisors for the student’s field experience. It is important that students read through this manual thoroughly and keep it on hand as it will be needed throughout your senior year. Introduction to Field Instructors Welcome to the BSW Field Education Program. Through your participation in BSW Field Education Program, our students are provided with the opportunity to integrate their conceptually based classroom knowledge with educationally-directed field practice. And, the students are able to bring their internship practice experiences into the classroom to further the processes of integration of knowledge, values, and skills. This manual was designed with your specific role as a field instructor in mind to help assist you with your responsibilities in coeducating our students and to help you in providing them with the very best field placement experience. With your commitment to training and to supervising our students, our students will achieve competencies in practicing generalist social work. Introduction to Faculty Field Liaisons Welcome to the BSW Field Education Program. Your interests and abilities to guide, instruct, and support students in their field placements and in their integrative seminars is well appreciated. Your commitment to social work field education as the signature pedagogy in social work education is appreciated. This manual will provide you with information, policies and procedures which will guide the process of field education and will help clarify any issues which may arise for the student and the field instructor.
5 Chapter 1 Framework and Overview Field Practicum and Organizational Structure The Field Education Office is responsible for the overall administration of the field program. The Field Education Office works under the direction of the Associate Dean and in collaboration with the M.S.W. and B.S.W. program directors for both the Athens and Gwinnett campuses. The Field Education Office coordinates agencies, faculty members, students, and Field Instructors to provide the best experiences possible. Field Education Office Role The Field Education Office is responsible for the total field education program of the School of Social Work. The Field Education Office is led by the Director of Field Education who oversees field education for both the MSW and the BSW programs. There are two Coordinators of Field Education; one who is responsible for all BSW field placements and one who is responsible for all Atlanta area placements (both foundation and concentration placements). Field Education Office Responsibilities 1. Evaluation and maintenance of a bank of agency resources to adequately meet student learning needs. 2. Identification of openings for students at practicum sites. 3. Coordination of student placements with agency openings. 4. Coordinating student interviews at agency and conduct follow-up confirmations of placements. 5. In collaboration with the Associate Dean, the M.S.W. Program Director, the BSW program director and faculty, assign Faculty Liaisons to agencies. 6. Provision of agency and student information to Faculty Liaison. 7. Training and orientation of Field Instructors. 8. Orientation of students to practicum process. 9. Maintenance of legal documents necessary for Agency-University affiliations. 10. Provision of information to Academic Advisors and students about the variety, quantity, quality and nature of practicum offerings. 11. Provision and distribution of necessary field placement educational materials (for example, application forms, informational resources, syllabi, evaluation forms, teaching/learning materials, practicum calendars, etc.) to appropriate persons. 12. Provision of consultation to Faculty Liaisons, Academic Advisors, students, Field Instructors, and Administrators concerning a variety of issues impacting the School- Agency relationship and the quality of the individual student’s learning experiences. 13. Recruit new agencies, conduct agency evaluations for potential practicum sites. 14. Maintenance of file of professional student liability insurance policies to ensure insurance is current. 15. Sponsor field education conferences.
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