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The Field Office cannot guarantee an internship in the evenings and weekends only. Evening and weekend internship hours are extremely limited and in some geographic areas are not available at all.
You must have enough flexibility to complete at least 8-10 hours of internship during the weekdays.
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- Student’s personal circumstances interfere with their ability to meet field placement expectations:
- Student Action: meet with field liaison to determine if a request for an incomplete may be appropriate.
- Irreconcilable differences between the agency and student.
- Student action: The request for termination is then taken to the OFI for determination. The Director of Field Instruction, field liaison and agency representative will cooperatively decide if the student will be reassigned to a different field instructor within the agency or if the placement will be terminated and the student re-placed at a different agency.
Office of Field Instruction Initiated Termination
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A:The School of Social Work uses a cooperative placement planning process to match a student with an appropriate field placement. The process begins with the completion of the Field Placement Application and submission of a resume to the Field Office. Students are assigned to a field placement coordinator who works with them to determine appropriate field placement choices. Students may not contact potential field placement agencies without the approval of their Internship Placement Coordinator.
Q: I am already employed at a social work agency. Can I do my field placement there?
A:Students who are currently working or have a potential job opportunity within a human service agency may be able to negotiate an employed placement with their employer. The Employment-Based Placement Policy and the Employment-Based Placement Application is available on the School of Social Work Field Instruction webpage. It is the student’s responsibility to have a preliminary discussion with their employer to ascertain their willingness to work with the school and the student to create an employment based-placement opportunity before the student meets with their Internship Placement Coordinator. To be approved, an employment-based placement proposal must demonstrate that the student can take on tasks that differ from what their previous responsibilities in the agency have been as well as meet the requirements of the curriculum. In addition, the agency must provide a qualified field instructor who is not the student’s regular supervisor. Many students are able to successfully negotiate a field placement within their agency.
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