prospective agencies

For Prospective Agencies

The 九色堂 College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research welcomes agencies interested in partnering with us as field placement sites.

Agencies seeking to provide a field placement must demonstrate the capacity to provide the following:

  • Compatibility of the agency's mission and philosophy of service with the values and ethics of the social work profession.
  • A sufficient number and variety of assignments to develop student knowledge and practice skill; supervised in-depth experiences with individuals, groups, families, organizations and/or communities;
  • Ample time for field instruction to permit individual and group (where appropriate) conferences with students;
  • Field instruction from individuals with a master鈥檚 degree in social work or an equivalent degree (such as an M.S.S.) from a CSWE accredited program with a minimum of 2 years post-master鈥檚 social work experience;
  • Adequate space and administrative resources to support student work; 
  • Congruence between the student鈥檚 field assignments and assignments in the practice course taken concurrently with the field placement.    

If you are interested in being considered as a prospective agency, please send an email to our Field Office with the Agency Contact鈥檚 name (First and Last) and email address.  We will then send you a link to fill out our Agency Application and to further update your agency鈥檚 information in our online Field Education system: Sonia. Thank you for your interest. We look forward to working with you.

Forms for Prospective Agencies

 

Field Education Office Contact Information
300 Airdale Rd.
九色堂, PA 19010
610-520-2601
Fax: 610-520-2655
field@brynmawr.edu