Field Education: Social Work | Department of Social Work | The University of Vermont(title)

Apply your learning and gain experience through assignments in a professional social service setting.

Gaining Experience, Skills and Connections in the Field

Our nationally accredited programs offer experience with a wide range of roles and settings, including schools, medical centers, mental health centers, government agencies, and community-based organizations. 

The breadth and depth of experience you’ll gain will well prepare you to become an effective professional. It will also develop your collaborative skills and give you a chance to explore different interests before choosing a particular path within the profession.

These credit-bearing practicum experiences with our community partners include impactful field-based learning through the following:

  • Profound and relational practice opportunities across multiple settings and multiple fields of practice
  • Collaborative approaches to professional social work consultation, supervision, and mentorship
  • Contributions to the work, commitments, and mission of the organization where you are placed
  • Personal development of deep and meaningful areas of interest and concerns upon which to focus their own entrance into professional practice, advocacy, and/or activism

Resources for Current Students, Field Instructors and Supervisors

Contact

Jean Sienkewicz

Field Education Coordinator and Senior Lecturer of Social Work

jsienkew@uvm.edu