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UNCW BSW Field Instructor Orientation 2015-2016

Welcome to the UNCW Field Office! This orientation provides information on creating a supportive learning environment and agency orientation, as well as covering topics such as supervision, learning contracts, and evaluations.

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UNCW BSW Field Instructor Orientation 2015-2016

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  1. UNCW BSW Field Instructor Orientation Academic Year: 2015-2016 • Field Office: • Angie Vandenberg, LCSW • Lori Dugan, LCSW

  2. Welcome and Introductions

  3. UNCW Field Office • Field Office • Field Coordinator • Angie Vandenberg, LCSW • Interim Assistant Field Coordinator • Lori Dugan, LCSW • Faculty Liaisons: • Onslow Ext Site: • Jessica Strong, PhD • Debbie Wyse, LCSW • Main Campus Site: • Lori Dugan, LCSW-C • Karen Sandell, PhD • Yvette Gosline, MSW • Lauren Williams, MSW • Brian Williamson, LCSW, LCAS • Field Website • Field Newsletter

  4. Creating a Supportive Learning Environment • What characteristics would you use to describe the “good” or “preferred” intern? • Share your experience as an intern. What do you remember? What was your supervisor/field instructor like? • How can you create an environment to assists you in nurturing your intern(s)? • What do you need from the field faculty to assist you in your role as a field instructor?

  5. UNCW School of Social Work: strengths based approach tpractice • Student centered: start where the student is in their learning development! • Developmental Stages of field • Being mindful of learning styles • Both student and field instructor!

  6. Shared Learning Model • “Who’s who in the field program?” • Field Instructor • Student • Faculty Liaison • Task Supervisor • Problems in the internship? There are several options! • Talk with the student, your faculty liaison, or field faculty admin • Field faculty are here to support you! • Students are encouraged to talk with their field instructors first when there are concerns and not to abruptly “quit” the internship • Meetings with field faculty can be arranged and a learning plan can be developed

  7. Agency Orientation • Agency Orientation • What is everyone doing to orient students to the agency? • Shadowing vs. “jumping in” and seeing clients

  8. Time sheets and Schedules • Hours and Schedule • Part Time MSW: 180 each semester (spread out over 5 semesters)-total of 900 hours • Averages out to be 12-16 hours a week • Please note the part time students have TWO placements • 1st Placement: Fall and Spring of the MSW students’ second year • Laying foundation of social work • 2nd Placement: Summer, Fall, and Spring of their second year • Focus is clinical

  9. Time sheets and Schedules • BSW Hours and Schedule: • 225 hours each semester • Total of 450 hours for both fall and spring • Averages out to 16-20 hours a week

  10. Time sheets and Schedules • Make sure to develop a schedule with intern • BSW Students: MWF designated intern days • MSW Part Time Students: flexible with work schedule • Timesheet: sign off on a weekly basis so there is no confusion • 2015 Timesheet for SWK 496 510 511.doc • http://www.uncw.edu/swk/FieldEducation.html

  11. Supervision • Requirements are 1 hour each week • What is supervision and why is it so important? • What does successful supervision look like to you? • What are your expectations for supervision? • Some things to think about: • Does the student need to have an agenda? • Does the student need to fill a supervision form to document?

  12. Learning Contract • What is the purpose of the Learning Contract? • What is the field instructor’s role in helping the student design the learning contact? • How does the field instructor use the learning contract as a tool of evaluation? • Student and Field Instructor both rate the student on their progress in meeting the learning tasks

  13. Evaluation • Students are evaluated mid-semester and at the end of the semester • Mid-semester Evaluation: students and faculty will receive a mid-semester evaluation form that they fill out together and submit back to the faculty liaison • http://www.uncw.edu/swk/MSWField.html • End of semester Evaluation: the faculty liaison will do a site visit towards the end of the semester • The LC is used to evaluate students’ progress in field • Site visits: late November-early December • Need to be completed before grades are due in December • Semester ends December 11th and grades are due on the 14th • How is the final grade assigned?

  14. Announcements: • Field Office Important Dates for Fall 2015 • Located on field website: http://www.uncw.edu/swk/FieldEducation.html • Please send field office: • Agency agreement forms/MSW MOUs • Updated Field Instructor Resumes • UNCW Events/Programs: • Solution Focused Brief Therapy Conference in November • http://www.sfbta.org/ • Panel on “Safety in the Field” TBD • Substance Use Disorders and Addictions Certificate Program • Prepares for LCAS credential • For more information contact Noell Rowan at: rowann@uncw.edu

  15. Questions? • Field Faculty Admin Contact Information: • Angie Vandenberg, LCSW • vandenberga@uncw.edu • 910-962-2585 • Lori Dugan, LCSW • duganl@uncw.edu • 910-962-7416

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