Integration of Course Work and Field

1. Integration of Course Work and Field Anwar Najor-Durack, Director of Field Ed., Wayne State University Martha Waite, Associate Chief, Site Manager, Supervisor VA GLAHS Sepulveda Ambulatory Care & Community Living Center, CA

2. www.socialworkleadership.org Field Work • The Signature Pedagogy • Models of Field Work • Concurrent with coursework • Block placements toward end of program • Part time students • Field Placement Assignments • Micro, mezzo and macro focus • Required hours

3. Oversee implementation of HPPAE Review applications for HPPAE participants Field Instructors volunteer a full day to visit campus and interview students for selection Participate in one or two day training during the summer to assist in preparing HPPAE students for fall placement Participate in semester meetings to support students through transition for following semester assignments

4. Recruitment and Retention of HPPAE Students Agency Partners participated in panel presentation for “Careers in Aging Week” event to publicize HPPAE and social work careers in aging Willingness to talk/meet with prospective students Provide Field Instructors to facilitate the professional and personal development of social workers interested in working with older adults

5. Evaluate the programs effectiveness and revise as needed • Field Instructors and students provide feedback at each end of term meeting • Field Instructors and students complete a written evaluation at end of each year • End of year meeting used to discuss possible program changes – (ex. Rotation models restructured)

6. www.socialworkleadership.org Role of Field Instructor • HPPAE champion! • Assists in recruiting students • Designing field practicum assignments • Orientation to field placement • Communicating with other departments/programs • Continuum of care • Supervision: Field Instructor & Task Supervisor • Evaluation

7. www.socialworkleadership.org University-Community Partnerships • Field Instructor involvement at outset of HPPAE • Hosting meetings on campus and at partner agencies • Field Instructors assisting with training of new students • Field Instructors sharing in ideas for sustaining program (and stipends)

8. Benefits of our University-Community Partnership • Strengthening overall partnership – they know us better and we see each other at least four times each year! • Field Instructors and faculty contacts – • CE Instructor • EBP workshop for agency by faculty

9. www.socialworkleadership.org Rotation Models • Inter-agency • Orientation to agency needed prior to field start • Organization of field assignment • Fast paced • Intra-agency • Requires coordination within agency • Communication with field instructors and Task Supervisors

10. Cultivate and garner resources to keep the program running • Partner with the WSUSSW Center for Social Work Practice and Policy Research for exploration of external funding sources • FIs working within their agencies to support stipends for future participants • VA and Foundation stipends • List serve used to share information on workshops, free services and other training for students and FIs

11. Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center & Community Living Center West Los Angeles Medical Center HPPAE Implementation at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System:

12. www.socialworkleadership.org University-Community Partnerships:Geriatric Social Work Education Consortium VA GLAHS UCLA Alzheimer's Association USC Motion Picture Television Fund Cal State Dominguez Hills Huntington Memorial Hospital Cal State Long Beach Senior Care Network Cal State Los Angeles Jewish Family Service Cal State Northridge SCAN

13. University-Community Partnerships: The GSWEC Model Across the Continuum of Care Aspects of the Service Spectrum Caregiver Support Services Independent and Assisted Living Centers of Excellence (CoE) Adult Day Services Mental Health Services Motion Picture & Television Fund Alzheimer’s Association Graduate Social Work Programs Acute Care Hospital VA of Greater LA Healthcare System Outpatient Geriatric Assessment Programs USC Institute CSULA Jewish Family & Children’s Service Hospice CSULB UCLA Jewish Family Service Home Health Care CSUN Hospital-Based Geriatric Case Management SCAN Health Plan Huntington Senior Care Network / Pacific Clinics / Partners in Care Foundation Rehabilitation Other Supportive Services for Older Adults Skilled Nursing Facility Community-based Geriatric Case Management Primary Experience at Center of Excellence Group Didactics Complementary Experience at Associate Site DepthBreadth

14. www.socialworkleadership.org Competency Based Education • VALUES, ETHICS AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES • ASSESSMENT • Practice & Intervention • Theory & Knowledge • Programs and Policies • Evaluation and ReseaRCH

15. www.socialworkleadership.org Competency Based Application • Pre-Test defines areas of strengths and opportunity • Action plan defines specific areas of development • Field placement operationalizes the competencies • Group supervision provides didactic and collaborative practice, case presentations with interactive discussion

16. www.socialworkleadership.org Field Rotations GSWECSepulveda Campus ● Adult Day Health Care ● Geriatric Medicine Clinic-PACT Teamlet ● Geropsychiatry ● Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) ●Community Residential Care • Community Living Center • PACT Teamlets in Primary Care and Womens’ Health • Mental Health Integration Recovery Treatment GSWEC West Los Angeles Campus ● Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit (GEM) ●Geropsychiatry & Neurobehavior ● Home Based Primary Care ● Community Living Center ●Homeless Per Diem Program with Older Adults ● Palliative Care GRECC involvement in Educational, Program Development, Evaluation activities including didactics and research/program, development for the macro projects

17. www.socialworkleadership.org Expanded Role of Field Instructors

18. www.socialworkleadership.org Elevated Field Emphasis • GSWEC Field Instructors demonstrate and offer opportunities where competence meets practice • Focus in GSWEC is Field experience and gero-rich application • University serves to complement the field • Didactic quarterly programs for all GSWEC Students at different field sites

19. www.socialworkleadership.org Targeted Student Recruitment 8 Step Process: • School Liaisons discuss GSWEC with first year students • Field Representatives from GSWEC meet with students on campus • Open House in March outlines opportunities at each Center of Excellence (last year topped 90 attendees); current GSWEC students describe their experience • VA Open House with presentations from different programs, GRECC and different field sites • Students sign up for interviews • Field Instructors select top 3 candidates • Students select top 3 placements • Match meeting with all schools, centers of excellence

20. www.socialworkleadership.org GSWEC Match Date

21. www.socialworkleadership.org GSWEC Sustainability GSWEC VA Student Graduates: 107 GSWEC VA Hires: 46 GSWEC Students Accomplishments: 99 Candidates last year at VA Continued support and development of Steering Committee: (9 Centers of Excellence, 7 University Social Work Graduate Programs)

22. www.socialworkleadership.org Leadership Macro projects examples include: • The Impact of a Brain Training Group on the Cognitive Functioning and Coping Skills of Veterans in a VA Outpatient Substance Abuse Clinic • LGBT Older Adult Health: Improving Health Disparities • Gerontological Social Work: Psychosocial Considerations • Quick References and Tip Sheet For Older Adults in Independent Living • Geriatric Social Work: What We Really Do

23. Conclusion • Interprofessional Teamwork • Cajon term meaning: Surprise! • Something extra a team offers • Don’t forget to have fun on your team!