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Katharina Werner

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RE: Rolling Practicum

Posted By Katharina Werner Feb 16, 2024 15:49
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BSW students start practicum fall only after meeting all pre-res. Students are admitted to our in person MSW campus and advanced standing program only in the fall and they start their practicum that same fall. Students are admitted on a rolling bases for our online program but do not start practicum ...

Call for Heart of Social Work Nominations - deadline extended to 2/23

Posted By Katharina Werner Feb 16, 2024 15:49
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Hello Field Education and Practicum Learning Community, The North American Network of Field Educators and Directors (NANFED) invites nominations for the 2023 Heart of Social Work Award which recognizes and honors excellence in social work field instruction. Please consider nominating a field instructor/ ...

RE: Rolling Practicum

Posted By Katharina Werner Feb 16, 2024 12:04
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Hi Desiree, Here at the University of Montana we developed and implemented our new online MSW program a few years ago. Although we were somewhat pushed to consider rolling admissions for practicum, we researched various models and after talking to various field ed programs consciously decided AGAINST ...

RE: Helping Students Cope with Secondary Trauma

Posted By Katharina Werner Feb 09, 2024 15:05
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Hi, This is a critical issue that we discuss across various classes and build into our learning agreements. I would highly recommend the following resources: The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While ...

RE: Staffing Resource

Posted By Katharina Werner Feb 06, 2024 11:41
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Hi Tiffany, We closely reviewed our HR information and position scales because we wanted to ensure a position that included data collection and analysis would receive decent pay. We landed on the position and title of Field Education Program Analyst which includes data collection for field ed, accreditation ...

RE: Staffing Resource

Posted By Katharina Werner Feb 06, 2024 11:41
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Virtual Drop-In Consultation Sessions for Field Faculty - Hosted by NANFED!

Posted By Katharina Werner Jan 29, 2024 14:36
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Are you new to your Field/Practicum Education role? Need additional support? NANFED is here to help! Please join NANFED Board Members for bi-monthly (every other month) virtual drop-in consultation sessions addressing a wide array of topics, questions and concerns. e.g. EPAS, policies, practices, ...

RE: 2022 Learning Agreements and Evaluations

Posted By Katharina Werner Oct 30, 2023 18:12
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Michelle, I just posted a new thread as a response to your question with helpful resources. Best KAT ------------------------------ Katharina Werner Director of Field Education University of Montana Missoula MT ------------------------------

RE: 2022 Learning Agreements and Evaluations

Posted By Katharina Werner Oct 30, 2023 18:11
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Karen, I just posted a new thread as a response to your question with helpful resources. Best KAT ------------------------------ Katharina Werner Director of Field Education University of Montana Missoula MT ------------------------------

2022 EPAS sample learning agreements & evals

Posted By Katharina Werner Oct 30, 2023 18:07
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Hi Michelle and Karen, We are in our re-accreditation cycle and one of the first schools going up under the 2022 EPAS. Thus, we updated our learning agreements and evaluations since practicum for BSW and MSW students is one of our main data points. I am attaching the learning agreement templates ...

2022 EPAS sample learning agreements & evals

Posted By Katharina Werner Oct 30, 2023 18:06
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RE: Hire/pay for external field supervisors

Posted By Katharina Werner Oct 05, 2023 15:14
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Hi, To clarify - we do not pay field instructors at agencies and simply do not have the means to do that for hundreds of folks. However, to ensure placements for students often residing in areas without AFIs on site that meet the CSWE accreditation requirements, including rural or indigenous communities ...

RE: Hire/pay for external field supervisors

Posted By Katharina Werner Oct 04, 2023 14:14
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Hi Leigh, we pay outside supervisors $50/hour and offer a group supervision model for students that do not have a BSW/MSW AFI on site. Outside supervisors, most of them are LCSWs and program alumni, meet with students 1-1.5 hours every other week via Zoom. I am including the intro email below and am ...

RE: Hire/pay for external field supervisors

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RE: Licensure for Field Instructors in different states

Posted By Katharina Werner Oct 02, 2023 10:56
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Hi Penny, as you said, since licensure is not required per CSWE accreditation standards, we ask that all of our AFIs have an MSW from a CSWE accredited program and at least 2 years of post-degree experience. If that is not the case, we support the student in finding alternative MSW supervision on site ...

RE: Practicum hours over school breaks

Posted By Katharina Werner Sep 12, 2023 13:28
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Hello from Montana, we allow students to continue and count practicum hours over school breaks, including winter and spring break. Our winter break is 5 weeks+ and some folks use that time to make up hours and, as stated by somebody else, especially students with their own caseload or ones in employment ...

Online Field Liaison - full position at UMSSW - please share with your networks

Posted By Katharina Werner Feb 15, 2023 10:49
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Hi all, The University of Montana School of Social Work is inviting applications for a full-time Field Liaison for our online MSW Program. This role is dynamic and focuses on student and agency support throughout the overall practicum process. The Field Liaison can be located anywhere in the U.S. and ...

RE: SONIA

Posted By Katharina Werner Feb 03, 2023 12:21
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Hi Tonya, we have been using Sonia for 6 years now and have been happy with it. The initial training and conceptualization of processes, forms, workflows etc. is a bit cumbersome but once all that is in place it's much easier. Some say it is not as user friendly as Tevera for example and that might be ...

RE: Veterinary Social Work Practicum

Posted By Katharina Werner Jan 24, 2023 14:28
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Thanks Sara for that info - I really appreciate it. We had a great meeting with the potential site and therapist who is excited to bring on a student. Hope this will work out! ------------------------------ Katharina Werner Director of Field Education University of Montana Missoula MT ------------- ...

RE: Site Visit Requirements

Posted By Katharina Werner Jan 18, 2023 11:03
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Hi Mandy, We also give the option of zoom and in person for our campus based students and all of our distance students (BSW and MSW) do zoom site visits. Zoom works really well for us and is becoming the preferred method. My understanding is that CSWE does not have restrictions or requirements about ...