Community Agency Counseling Practicum and Internship

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2) Complete Appendix A. This worksheet will help you to consider what you are looking for in a placement and will assist you and your advisor in locating a rewarding field placement for you. 3) Establish a list of placement sites of interest to you. The list of agencies in Appendix B should help you to accomplish this. 4) Visit at least two placements for informational interviews. Consider carefully what your needs are and what questions you should ask before making your visit. Then, schedule an appointment with the potential site supervisor, the volunteer coordinator, or the director of the counseling program. Evaluate both the nature of the agency and the type of supervision you will receive before deciding on your placement. a) In order to receive approval, an agency must meet the following criteria: i) On-Site Supervisor. There must be a qualified and interested On-Site Supervisor at the agency. The supervisor must have a graduate degree in a helping profession (e.g., counseling, social work, psychology, psychiatry) and be a licensed mental health professional (e.g., LPC, LCSW, Licensed Psychologist, etc.). The On-Site Supervisor must have at least two years of licensed counseling experience. The On-Site Supervisor should provide a resume to the George Mason student to give to his/her advisor to facilitate the planning of the field experience. (Note: Students hoping to use up to 600 hours of field experience toward the Virginia LPC 4,000 hour experience requirement must have a supervisor licensed in the jurisdiction in which the site is located.) ii) Site Experiences. Students must be offered a broad range of counseling experiences including a significant amount of individual counseling and access to a multicultural clientele. Your site should be aware of your need to infuse the multicultural competencies into your clinical work, which entails providing culturally sensitive modes of service delivery and working with diverse populations. Home visits are allowed only when the student is accompanied by the site supervisor. iii) Supervision Time.The On-Site Supervisor must be willing to spend a minimum of one hour per week in individual supervision with the Student Counselor. There is to be no fee charged for this supervision. The supervision should include planning for the internship, discussion of cases and projects, and reviewing tape recorded counseling sessions. iv) Taping Requirements. You should choose a site that will allow you to tape your counseling sessions since you will be required to submit tapes to your University Supervisor and your On-Site Supervisor. v) Supervisor Must Be On Site. On-Site Supervisors should be aware that s/he must be on site when the Student Counselor is on-site. It is permissible to designate another qualified site employee as a temporary supervisor for brief periods of time, provided that the University Instructor is aware of this temporary change in on-site supervision. vi) C&D’s Mission Statement. When meeting with your site personnel, they should be made aware of the C&D program’s mission statement. vii)Stipend. Advise the On-Site Supervisor that s/he will be offered a stipend ($150) for each field placement experience (practicum and internship). If your On-Site Supervisor 4
decides to accept the stipend by filling out the required paperwork, s/he will receive payment after the end of each field placement semester. viii) Possible Interim Hours. Students beginning their practicum in the fall/spring may be expected by the site to work during the winter/summer semester break. Although your site may expect you to work regular hours, you only will be permitted to accrue 10% of your GMU necessary hours during the semester break. Students may continue practicum duties during the term break between Practicum (EDCD 755) and Internship (EDCD 791) under the following conditions: (1) The field placement site and the On-Site Supervisor are the same for both EDCD 755 and EDCD 791. (2) The nature and complexity of the work remains the same as performed during EDCD 755. (3) A maximum of 20 clock hours (10%) are credited toward the GMU 200-hour requirement in EDCD 791. If you are completing the 300-hour requirement required by the state of Virginia, then you well be able to complete a maximum of 30 clock hours. Additional hours should be reflected in the internship log of hours. (4) All parties understand that GMU students enrolled in EDCD 755 and EDCD 791 are strongly encouraged to purchase professional liability insurance. (5) The GMU instructors for EDCD 755 and EDCD 791 approve the continuance, as indicated by the signatures on the Post-Practicum Term Break Agreement (Community Agency Counseling: Practicum/Internship Manual, Appendix A). (6) The site acknowledges that no university supervision is available during this period and assumes full responsibility for student performance, as indicated by the signature on the Post-Practicum Term Break Agreement (Community Agency Counseling: Practicum/Internship Manual, Appendix A). (7) The Student Counselor agrees to abide by the conditions of the agreement, as indicated by the signature on the Post-Practicum Term Break Agreement (Community Agency Counseling: Practicum/Internship Manual, Appendix A). (8) It is the Student Counselor’s responsible to provide a signed copy of this document to the following people: On-Site Supervisor and both the GMU practicum and internship instructors. 5) Discuss the results of your interviews with your advisor. When a final decision has been made, access the field experience application forms and instructions at: http://gse.gmu.edu/programs/counseling/internship/index.htm 6) Complete this form and obtain attachments as described in the instructions. Bring originals and required copies of these documents to your advisor by the deadlines listed above. Since some agencies do not hold their interviews until after the March deadline, you should still notify your advisor of your decision to enroll in the practicum class in the following semester and must hand in one copy of your application. Once you have obtained a site, your advisor can sign off on your application and you must then submit the two additional copies with updated site information. After obtaining your advisor’s signature approving your placement, take your documents to the Field Placement Coordinator in Robinson A307. If you are planning to remain at the same location for both practicum and 5
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