BASW Senior Field Internship During the final year of the BASW program, students complete a 450-hour internship (in total for the Fall and Spring semesters). Students are in the agency for 16 hours per week, either two days of 8 hours or a full day of eight hours and two days of 4 hours. Students receive 1 hour of supervision per week by a social worker with a BASW or MSW degree. Students are enrolled in parallel practice courses as well as a field seminar on campus. For seniors, the focus is on working with individuals, small groups and families. The focus is on improving students` skills in solving value dilemmas, developing and exploiting professional relationships, interviewing, problem-defining and collecting data, conducting initial assessments, recording, prioritizing their practice, learning from the agency, and finding resources on behalf of client systems. Students also learn to work with larger systems, i.e. large groups, communities and organizations. MSW Program The mSW Field Education sequence is designed to provide new and challenging experiences for social work graduates with maximum learning opportunities.

The programme engages students in supervised activities at the micro and macro levels and provides practical experience in applying the theory and skills acquired in all fundamental areas. Students are ready to enter a specialized area of practice concentration, with the ability to apply a variety of intervention techniques in a range of environments with different populations. Susan Salas, EdD, LCSW Director of Field Education 562.985.8178Susan.Salas@csulb.edu The field education experience is designed to provide the student with new and challenging experiences and maximize learning opportunities. The program includes experiences that involve students in supervised direct service activities that provide practical experience in applying theory and skills in all fundamental areas, and produce a competent and developing generalist social worker. These forms apply to applications for financial support for the 2021-2022 academic year. Please visit each Beach Central window or call 562.985.5471. Please read and consult the Dropping and Withdrawaling website for detailed information before submitting deposit/withdrawal forms. California State University, Long Beach School of Social Work1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, Califonria 90840-4602 Browse by topic below. Each form contains information about why you should use the form and how to complete and submit it.

Depending on the form, it is available in PDF format, eForm, in DocuSign or in the MyCSULB Student Center. The program emphasizes an ecological perspective and a person/system approach in the environment. Doctoral students have a field internship of the year from the Generalist Foundation. They choose a concentration for their advanced year from one of the following: child and family well-being, integrated health, or adults and aging. Their experience in higher education must be in the range of their concentration. Practical issues from the perspective of micro, mezzo and macrosystems are addressed throughout the programme and focus on individual, family, group and community areas of study/treatment. PDF files can be downloaded with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Due to possible compatibility issues with different operating systems, we strongly recommend that you install Adobe Acrobat Reader to use our PDF forms. I look forward to hearing from you and starting a joint effort to provide our communities with outstanding social workers. In the meantime, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Academic Year Model This is our traditional program for MSW students who need to complete a 500-hour internship for a total of 1000 hours in two academic years. Internships start in early September and end in mid-May.

Students are in the agency 16 hours a week, either two days of 8 hours or a full day of eight hours and two days of 4 hours. Students are enrolled in practical courses and field seminars at the same time as their internship. All our students are covered by professional misconduct/liability insurance. During the second year of the field, students build on the core competencies developed during their first year. Students are expected to handle a greater number of cases or assignments, develop a better understanding and understanding of the agency`s and/or client`s systems and skills, and begin practicing independently. Students can apply for a macro internship for their second-year internship. Macro-internship students should experience a wide range of experiences in administration, planning, program development/evaluation, and community organizing. They are expected to develop the ability to transfer basic practical skills into macro-practice. Place of work: Students who are employed in social welfare offices can request an assessment from their agencies to determine if they are suitable for their second-year internship location.

The agency must be able to provide a qualified field teacher and experience different from the student`s usual responsibilities. These applications are evaluated individually by the Director of Education in the field. Our graduate program welcomes 2-year full-time students and 3-year part-time students in the September-May model of the academic year. We also offer a permanent advanced program that allows students with a BASW degree to complete the MSW program in 12 calendar months, using the same field internship from June to May of the following year. The program includes – practice (individual, group and macro courses), politics, human behavior, research methods, applied social work projects and field education courses. First-year field internships offer students the opportunity to develop a foundation of skills that are fundamental to the practice of social work. These core competencies include a range of treatment questions and theoretical models, as well as a number of different cases. .