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Lindsey Rinehart

West Virginia University

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RE: What if a student cannot locate or be matched to an agency?

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Apr 23, 2024 09:24
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We have language in our field handbook that says: Unable to Secure Placement: Students having interviewed and been rejected from three agencies for placement due to documented concerns regarding the student's presentation or readiness will be required to meet with their academic advisor, the FED and ...

RE: Deadline to start field applications

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Feb 23, 2024 08:50
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We have a deadline for finalizing placements that is usually at least a week before the semester starts. We have been experimenting with this over the past couple of years, first adding the deadline and then determining how rigid to be about it. We have made exceptions on case by case scenarios where ...

West Virginia University School of Social Work - Available Faculty Positions

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Feb 15, 2024 08:14
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The School of Social Work at West Virginia University invites applications for two non-tenure track renewable 12-month positions starting July 1, 2024. Both positions are campus-based (not fully remote). Field Coordinator and Teaching Instructor/Teaching Assistant Professor. In addition to teaching, ...

RE: Student Terminated from Internship - Process Question

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Feb 01, 2024 08:00
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Hi Sarah, we used a phased problem solving process in the hopes of avoiding termination, and also so that ideally, by the time we would get to a termination, we have been involved and tried to mitigate along the way. This process involves first the faculty field liaison providing additional support, ...

RE: Form to document reason for a placement termination?

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Dec 19, 2023 21:12
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Thanks Warren, this is quite helpful. I'm going to compile some of this information to build a form into Tevera for our use, I think this will cut down on our back and forth to ensure we have adequate documentation! Best, ------------------------------ Lindsey Rinehart Field Education Director & ...

RE: Form to document reason for a placement termination?

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Dec 11, 2023 12:52
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Thanks Dana, these policies are helpful as we are reassessing some of ours! ------------------------------ Lindsey Rinehart Field Education Director & Clinical Instructor West Virginia University Morgantown WV ------------------------------

Form to document reason for a placement termination?

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Dec 08, 2023 14:00
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Hi all, I'm wondering if any one has a form they ask field supervisors to complete if they are terminating a student from placement? Or any other documentation or policies that help you gather appropriate info in writing? We have a problem solving process we work through and this typically involves a ...

RE: Employment Based Placements

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Dec 05, 2023 09:29
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Hi Natalie, we've dealt with this a few times over the past couple of years. Our policy is pretty generalized as we find it best to deal with these on a case by case scenario. The language in our field handbook reads: "If a student is an employer-based placement and their employment ends for reasons ...

RE: Work proposals for internships

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Dec 04, 2023 09:12
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It looks like my link didn't hyperlink, hopefully this one will. https://www.cswe.org/getmedia/012705e9-9325-4a85-a790-cae16006bd5e/Accreditation-FAQs.pdf ------------------------------ Lindsey Rinehart Field Education Director & Clinical Instructor West Virginia University Morgantown WV -------- ...

RE: Work proposals for internships

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Dec 04, 2023 09:11
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Hi Meredith, page 9 of these accreditation FAQs includes language about the updated status allowing employment hours to count towards internship hours. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cswe.org/getmedia/012705e9-9325-4a85-a790-cae16006bd5e/Accreditation-FAQs.pdf Best, ...

RE: Learning Plan - Employment Based Field Placements

Posted By Lindsey Rinehart Oct 16, 2023 11:01
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Hi Sarah, we have all of our students complete the same learning contract for their placement, but we do have students who wish to do an employer-based placement complete an employer based proposal as a part of the placement process. These are completed by the student, and signed by their employment ...

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, ...