A Multisite Field Placement Approach for Social Work Interns in the Antitrafficking Arena: An Innovative Model at a Midwestern University

Social work field placements are considered the signature pedagogy of the social work profession. Traditionally, students are placed in a single agency for the academic year. Given that antitrafficking intervention is fairly new to the social work profession, interns may not be able to get the most...

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Published inJournal of social work education Vol. 57; no. 4; pp. 720 - 730
Main Authors Lynch, Raven E., Meshelemiah, Jacquelyn C. A., Casassa, Kaitlin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Routledge 02.10.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Colleges & universities
Counselor Training
Employees
Fieldwork
Geriatric social work
Geriatrics
Internship programs
Internships
Intervention
Kidnapping
Laws
Practice placements
Practicums
Public Agencies
Sexuality
Slavery
Social Services
Social Work
Social work education
Student Placement
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Trafficking
Universities
Victims
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Summary:Social work field placements are considered the signature pedagogy of the social work profession. Traditionally, students are placed in a single agency for the academic year. Given that antitrafficking intervention is fairly new to the social work profession, interns may not be able to get the most out of an experience in a single agency. Using support from the literature on the most satisfying and beneficial aspects of internships and a rotational field model for geriatric social work students, a multiagency internship model for interns interested in human trafficking is proposed for other universities after it was implemented at a large Midwestern university.
ISSN:1043-7797
2163-5811
DOI:10.1080/10437797.2020.1714520