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Lindsey Rinehart

West Virginia University

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RE: return to field placement hours question

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Aug 16, 2023 09:00
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I would echo what Warren says here. A lot of this really comes down to program policies. CSWE does not say that placements need to be completed all at once in one location, there are some schools who intentionally break the placements up. We generally intend for student to complete their entire placements ...

RE: Starting Practicum Early

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Jun 20, 2023 10:10
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We do not allow students to begin early. Both for liability, as our students are covered under our university's insurance which stipulates their activities are related to a course, but also from the pedagogical perspective. They don't complete a learning contract until the semester begins, and we also ...

RE: 100% Remote internship experiences?

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Jun 16, 2023 09:19
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We just talked about this yesterday in our SWDE Field Consortium meeting. We have offered fully remote placements to some students. If the placement site is setup for remote work and they are able to operate this way and have solid plans for onboarding, supervision, mentorship, and appropriate levels ...

RE: Field Director Assigned to both BSW and MSW programs?

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Jun 06, 2023 08:54
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Hi Katharine, I think this is a great question and it is really interesting to see the wide range of how different schools structure the staffing of their field offices. I am the field director at West Virginia University. We have a BSW program and an MSW online and on campus program. As the director, ...

RE: Vehicle Policy for Student interns

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Feb 20, 2023 10:56
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Our handbook states "Students shall not transport clients in their personal automobile as a requirement of their field placement, unless the agency can provide insurance coverage to them for this activity. University insurance does not include any coverage for the student should an accident occur while ...

RE: Paid Internships

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Feb 20, 2023 10:50
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We usually have a few placements that provide stipends or payment and we typically distribute an announcement to all of our students going into placement within the timeline that matches the agency's need. We let student know this may be a competitive opportunity and provide instructions as to how to ...

RE: Dual roles of Faculty and Agency Field Instructor

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Feb 17, 2023 09:10
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Hi Rhonda, we do sometimes have faculty in the role of field instructor, most often as an external field instructor where there is no social worker in the agency, but sometimes if the faculty member is more involved in the placement setting they may be the field instructor. We do not allow the faculty ...

RE: Site Visit Requirements

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Jan 18, 2023 12:38
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We do many of our visits via zoom. This is also necessary for online students who live in other geographic areas. CSWE does not specify how this happens, they simply say that programs must have a process for engaging with field education settings, a process for monitoring student learning in placements, ...

RE: Foundation Year MSW learning agreement with 2022 EPAs

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Dec 15, 2022 08:53
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Hi Meg, we have been discussing ours but have not made the changes yet. The way this has been explained to me is that for the foundation learn contract, you will use the new EPAS competencies and then include the practice behaviors listed under each of them. For the advanced specialized placement contract, ...

RE: Examples of ways to meet practice behaviors

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Dec 12, 2022 08:55
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We provide this document as a resource for students and let them know that they can tailor these activities to fit their field sites if they like. This is still in conjunction with the 2015 EPAS, we will need to develop a new one but haven't done that yet. https://socialwork.wvu.edu/files/d/d7309ef0 ...

RE: *how do you identify practicum sites for MSW online students?*

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Nov 28, 2022 10:02
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Hi Wendy, in our online program, we meet with students to give them an overview of what is expected of their internship sites and then encourage them to reach out in their own communities to identify a potential site. Occasionally students need more help with this but most are able to find an option. ...

RE: Employment Based Practicum Question

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Oct 27, 2022 08:59
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Hi Robyn, I don't interpret anything in the CSWE standards as indicating that only one placement my be completed at a place of employment. We have allowed students to complete both generalized and specialized placements at an agency of employment when it was appropriate. Meaning that there are appropriate ...

RE: Employment Based Practicum Question

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Oct 27, 2022 08:58
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RE: Field course syllabi

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Oct 17, 2022 08:55
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Hi Traci, I am attaching syllabi from last year for both advanced and foundation year field seminars for our MSW students. These syllabi are specific to online sections that I taught but are fairly similar to our on campus versions. Our seminars are graded pass/fail but we structure them so that assignments, ...

RE: Field course syllabi

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Oct 17, 2022 08:54
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RE: Placement ideas for student in Walla Walla, WA

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Oct 14, 2022 08:38
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Hi Amanda, I've had a student complete placement at Trilogy Recovery Community https://www.trilogyrecovery.org/ in Walla Walla. The program director has been the field instructor. Best of luck! ------------------------------ Lindsey Rinehart Field Education Director & Clinical Instructor West Virginia ...

Student field assessment benchmarks

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Oct 12, 2022 08:59
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Good morning, I am looking at how we conduct our student field assessments. Currently our syllabi for field state that for students to pass their field placement experience, they must achieve a rating of 3 or higher for each practice behavior in each competency. As we are completing program assessments, ...

RE: Online Field Program

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Sep 28, 2022 13:20
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Kat, I appreciate you sharing your form, that's really useful to see. Our process is not quite as automated through our software (Tevera) but I may give that some thought. We do a field overview with students 6-9 months before they enter field and give them a lot of info about the types of places they ...

RE: MSW Programs: Pulse Check Student Screening

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Sep 28, 2022 08:50
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Option A, no background checks completed by the university but many of the placement agencies do require background checks. ------------------------------ Lindsey Rinehart Field Education Director & Clinical Instructor West Virginia University Morgantown WV ------------------------------ ---------- ...

How do you address poor writing skills?

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Sep 08, 2022 12:51
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I would love to hear how other schools support students whose writing skills are not up to par. We have come up with a writing support requirement that we assign to some students at admission, generally if their application is good in content but we are concerned they will struggle with the academic ...