SCWK 633 - FIELD PRACTICUM I

Institution:

Delaware State University

Subject:

Social Work

Description:

To be taken by first-year students in the field. Provides students with opportunities to employ the knowledge, values, skills and conceptual frameworks that are related to the generalist perspective in agency settings while under the supervision of an approved field instructor. Students are enable to develop and refine the skills necessary for effective advanced practice and to integrate the concepts and philosophy of empowerment, the generalist perspective to social work practice, and the Black Perspective in the helping process with all client systems. (All students must take twelve (12) credit hours of field instruction). Note: The grade "B" must be earned in all practice classes. All students in the field are required to have liability insurance before entering the field placement agency. Students enrolled in field practicum must also be enrolled in the appropriate practice course. Students must consult with their academic advisor to: (1) determine the appropriate field practice course to take, and (2) to select the appropriate course (s). Students are assigned a field placement that runs concurrently with academic course work. First and second year placements are based on the learning opportunities of the placement site and the student's learning needs. Students are not given credit for previous work experience in the field. A student requesting to use his/her work place as a field placement is not recommended and is rarely approved. However, students who are employed in a human service agency where there is an individual with a M.S.W. present must seek permission from the Director of Field Instruction first and fill out a workplace proposal form found in the field manual online. Note: Field Placements do not cater to student's schedule.Credit, two hours.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.desu.edu

Phone Number:

(302) 857-6060

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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