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A hallmark of our Social Work Program is the extensive field internships completed
by our students. Our social work majors complete over 600 field internship hours
which prepares them for generalist social work practice and/or graduate studies
in social work.
In their first social work course, Introduction to Social Work (SWK 160), students
engage in a 40-hour volunteer service learning experience at a local human service
agency. During the Human Behavior and Social Environment courses (SWK 280 and SWK
281), students participate in service- learning opportunities that assist them
in integrating course material and in observing first hand how theory learned
in the classroom impacts social work practice with clients. Students complete
their volunteer and service-learning experiences in a variety of settings including
after-school programs, soup kitchens, hospitals, nursing homes, day care centers
and other social service agencies.
The formal field internships occur in the second semester of junior year, when
students complete 200 hours of fieldwork and in both semesters of the senior year
when students complete a total of 400 hours of fieldwork. Students typically work
in their field internships two days per week each semester. Students are supervised
by a professional social worker and work directly with clients and the staff of
the agency in which they are placed. The Field Practicum Coordinator meets with
students to facilitate the process of securing an appropriate field internship
site.
The following is a partial list of social service agencies that provide field
opportunities for our students:
- Albert Einstein Medical Center
- Frankford Hospital
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters
- Lutheran Children & Family Service
- Bucks County Juvenile Probation
- Mercy Vocational High School
- Cardinal Bevilacqua Community Center
- Moss Rehabilitation Center
- Casa del Carmen
- Philadelphia Juvenile Probation
- Cheltenham-York Nursing Center
- Resources for Human Development
- Congreso
- Women's Christian Alliance
- Holy Redeemer Health System
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