On Monday, August 25th, close to 200 MSW students and field instructors came together in the North Star Ballroom at the St. Paul Student Center for training to prepare for field experiences this year. After a large group ice-breaker activity, everyone settled in and learned about important field documents and policies. After this, we had [...]
Photo with field instructor: Carol Anderson, LICSW (left) and Kristen Struss, MSW IV-E student (right) Kristen blogs about her summer internship at her place of employment, where her focus for the summer has been on learning about and gaining skill in a child protection supervisory role. In addition to her field task instructor, Kristen also [...]
Photo with field instructor: Molly Kenney, LICSW (left) and Morgan Larson, MSW IV-E student (right) Morgan blogs about interning at the Mpls Crisis Nursery. The mission of the Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery is to end child abuse and neglect and create strong, healthy families. The Nursery offers a 24 hour Crisis Helpline, Crisis Counseling, Overnight [...]
This past week, 4 of our U of MN MSW IV-E students had the opportunity to attend the Summer Institute in American Indian Child Welfare along with other IV-E child welfare students from UMD, St Cloud State and Mankato State. This year marked the 7th year of the Institute, which provides an opportunity for Tribal [...]
Photo with field supervisors: Jennifer Droneck, LSW, Task Supervisor; Tarynn Anderson, MSW IV-E student; Jessica Nelson, LICSW, Field Supervisor Tarynn blogs about interning in Child Protection in Wright County Child Protection. My internship is at Wright County Human Services in Child Protection investigations. The investigators primary role is to investigate maltreatment allegations and work with [...]
Faiza's Family Assessment Unit at Hennepin County. Faiza blogs about interning in one of the Child Protection Family Assessment units at Hennepin County. MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Student: Faiza Ali Hennepin County Field Instructor: Pauline Shimada Hayward, LICSW Field Site: Hennepin County "I am completing my summer block internship at Hennepin County Child Protection [...]
Photo taken after students charted both themselves & their field instructors within the 4 categories of learning style. Source: UMN SSW As students begin their field placements, one of the exercises they do in field seminar is completing a learning style inventory. This activity provides insight to the students to help them better understand themselves [...]
Many are familiar with the University of Minnesota's official brand message, Driven to Discover, which captures the essence of students' search for new learning, knowledge and skills. Here at CASCW, we ask our IV-E students to make a statement at the beginning of their field placements, which helps frame an intention for learning in their [...]
