Becoming a Community Partner
Thank you for your interest in becoming a community partner with us! Your partnership will assist students with their development into competent professional social workers in the workforce.
Our practicum program prioritizes a strong relationship between our students, faculty, and communities. We offer training and support to you and your staff to ensure you feel comfortable and competent in helping prepare students for their careers. The Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) curriculums prepare students to work as generalist and advanced generalist professionals. The Department of Social Work is nationally accredited, and we work together to ensure our future social workers meet the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) nine competencies by the time they graduate. Partnerships with agencies like yours help us achieve this.
To learn more about what a community partnership might look like for your agency, or to start the process of becoming one of our partner agencies, please use the form below to connect with us today!
Practicum Instructors
Agency and Social Work Practicum Instructors assist students as they develop into successful professionals. They help teach students to identify with and take responsibility for the profession, value and affirm diversity and culturally responsive practice, and implement the goals of the profession through contributions of scholarship and service.
The practicum education program will provide orientation and offer ongoing access to discounted CEU training.
Minimum Requirements
- Social Work Practicum Instructors for BSSW students must have a Bachelors or Master of Social Work degree from a CSWE-accredited program with a minimum of two years postgraduate social work experience.
- Social Work Practicum Instructors for MSW students must have a Master of Social Work degree from a CSWE-accredited program with a minimum of two years postgraduate professional social work experience.
- Both BSSW and MSW prefer practicum instructors have a minimum of one year at the current agency.
