The materials on this page should give you all of the information you need to determine whether your agency is interested in serving as a field placement (internship) site for students in the Social Work Department at the Metropolitan State College of Denver. The Field Placement (internship) is 16 hours per week for the entire academic year, which begins the third week in August and goes through the first week in May. Placements are generally set up during the months of February through April of the previous year. Students who graduate from our accredited undergraduate program are eligible to apply for advanced standing in MSW programs throughout the country. If accepted, they are able to complete the MSW degree in one year. With this in mind, expectations of our students in their placements should be similar to those for students in the first year of masters level studies.

The section on Field: The Basic Structure will take you through the structure and requirements of the placement for you and the student. Then please review the Criteria For Selection As A Field Agency. You may want to review the Policy Regarding Employment if you have positions available or if you have employees who are approaching their senior year in Social Work. All of Metro's students focus on Generalist Social Work Practice. Excellent Supervision which integrates classroom learning with practice is an essential aspect of a good Field Experience. The students are covered under MSCD's Liaibility Insurance only while officially enrolled in classes. Please review the Mission, Goals and Objectives of the college and program, so we can make an informed decision as to whether our programs are a good fit. I look forward to working with many of you on my Field Advisory Board, which has been instrumental in structuring the field program.

When you have completed reviewing the materials mentioned above, please complete the Application to be a Field Agency and submit it either on line or through the mail. The Affiliation Agreement should be downloaded so that appropriate signatures may be obtained, and then mailed to the Social Work Department. I will contact you when I receive your materials, so that we can finalize our partnership. I look forward to working with you on behalf of our social work students.

If there are any difficulties involved in using this on line process, please feel free to contact me by phone or email:

Lynn Kaersvang 303 556-4663, kaersval@mscd.edu

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