Our CWSE accredited BSW and MSW programs include professional experience with community partners in a wide range of roles and settings. The following resources are available to support our students, field instructors and supervisors.
Resources
Students
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General Information
- How Field Sites and Practicum Instructors are Selected (pdf)
- How Students Are Matched with Practicum Placement Opportunities (pdf)
Application
- BSW Placement Readiness Packet (doc)
- FMSW Practicum Application (doc)
- Application for Placement within Student's Current Place of Employment (doc)
- Conversion Application for Converting Existing Unpaid Practicum to Placement at Employment (doc)
- SPMSW Practicum Application (doc)
- SPMSW AS Practicum Application (doc)
- Faculty Practicum Liaison Site Visit Prompts (doc)
- Prepping Confirmation Meeting Handout (pdf)
- Sample Agency Letter of Confirmation (doc)
Agreements and Assignments
- Learning Agreement (doc)
- Learning Agreement Addendum (doc)
- Anti-Oppressive Practice Assignment with Resources (doc)
- Process Record Assignment (doc)
Evaluations
- December Evaluation of Field Student (doc)
- BSW Ending Evaluation of Student (doc)
- FMSW Ending Evaluation of Student (doc)
- SPMSW Ending Evaluation of Student (doc)
- Student Evaluation of Field Experience (doc)
- BSW Student Evaluation of Faculty Field Liaison
- MSW Student Evaluation of Faculty Field Liaison
MSW Program Bulletins
Practicum Instructors and Supervisors
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General Information
- Application for Approval as a Practicum Site (doc)
- How Practicum Sites and Instructors are Selected (pdf)
- How Students Are Matched with Practicum Placement Opportunities (pdf)
- Faculty Field Liaison Site Visit Prompts (doc)
- Ethical Decision Making Process for Field Instructors (pdf)
- Eight Points of Field Instruction (pdf)
Roles and Responsibilities
- Field Instructor (pdf)
- Faculty Field Liaison (pdf)
- Field Student (pdf)
- Department of Social Work Responsibilities to Field Instructors (pdf)
Agreements and Assignments
- Learning Agreement (doc)
- Learning Agreement Addendum (doc)
- Learning Agreement Field Instructor Guide (doc)
- Anti-Oppressive Practice Assignment with Resources (doc)
- Process Record Assignment (doc)
Evaluations
Syllabi
Policies
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- Agency Decision to Terminate Student Placement Prior to Faculty Process (pdf)
- Agency Imposed Student Expenses (pdf)
- Agency Renumeration (pdf)
- Contractual Agreements Between UVM and Placement Agency (pdf)
- Criminal Records (pdf)
- Documented Disabilities and Accommodations Procedures (pdf)
- Grievance and Appeals and Procedures (pdf)
- Interdependence Between Field Experiences and Practice Courses (pdf)
- International Students and Field Education (pdf)
- Liability Insurance (pdf)
- Physical Restraints and Clients
- Placement Location and Distance from Campus (pdf)
- Placements Where Supervision is Provided by Off Site Supervisor (pdf)
- Placement Within Student's Current Place of Employment
- Placement Matching (pdf)
- Responding To Serious Concerns Regarding Student Progress (pdf)
- Selection of Field Site and Field Instructors (pdf)
- Social Work Student Exception to Roster Requirement
- Stipends and Paid Placements (pdf)
- Student Earning Grades (pdf)
- Student Guidelines for Professional Behavior in Placement (pdf)
- Student Hours (pdf)
- Student Inability to Confirm Match (pdf)
- Student Requested Placement Change (pdf)
- Student Safety Agreement (pdf)
- Termination of Student Employment in Placement at Employment (pdf)
- Training Onboarding Prior to Start of the Academic Year (pdf)
- Voluntary Leave of Absence (pdf)
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