Social Work Education

Greetings,

We are an online MSW program in pre-candidacy (hoping for candidacy early 2023) and I would like to do a pulse check.

Which of the following policies does your program follow?

A. NO university or third party background or caregiver checks.  Agencies are notified students have not been screened and to follow their agency regulations, policies and procedures for student criminal background checks.

B. Some screening: Differs by state and some states require student information for state registry.  This can be done by a third party vendor.
Criminal background checks completed by agency per their regulations, policies and procedures.

C. All screenings and criminal background checks are completed by a third party vendor paid by the university.  Agencies are informed students are fully screened.

Thank you in advance!

Best,
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Cynthia Baker, EdD, LCSW, MSW
Director of Field Education
Herzing University
Milwaukee
414-212-3107
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Hi Cynthia - We do not do any background checks on our students but some of the agencies we work with do. I hope this helps. Good luck with your accreditation process!

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Patricia Sherman
NJ
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Option A, no background checks completed by the university but many of the placement agencies do require background checks.

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Lindsey Rinehart
Field Education Director & Clinical Instructor
West Virginia University
Morgantown WV
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