Caitlin blogs about interning in the adoption unit at Hennepin County. MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Student: Caitlin Franko Field Instructor: Angie Marks Task Supervisor: Renee Gasner Field Site: Hennepin County "My internship was with Hennepin County Adoptions. Prior to interning, adoption was something that interested me but I did not know much about. I [...]
G. Lee blogs about her internship in child protection. MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Student: G Lee Xiong Field Instructor: Mark Muellerleile Task Supervisor: Becky Hilderman Field Site: Ramsey County Community Human Services Working with Becky, Mark and the Child Protection Intake Staff has truly been an amazing learning experience for me. Becky has been [...]
Rachel blogs about taking what she's learned in her MSW coursework and field training to her work with families in the child protection system. My name is Rachel, and I am an MSW IV-E student interning within a child protection unit in the metro area. This past year has been my first experience working in [...]
The SPPS Student Placement Center. Source: SPPS In this Field Notes post, Margaret writes about her field placement working with youth in St. Paul Public Schools who are currently in foster care. My field experience at the Fostering Connections office in St. Paul Public Schools has given me an excellent introduction to child welfare policy, [...]
Sara, an intern in a child protection unit at a county here in Minnesota, writes about issues pertaining to caseload management, worker turnover, and client outcomes, specifically in terms of foster care re-entry, based on her observations in her field placement. As a child protection intern in a large County, I have seen how difficult [...]
In this Field Notes post, Shavon writes about her field placement working with youth at Family Alternatives, a local foster care and adoption agency. I am a IV-E Child Welfare scholar in the MSW program at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, and I am completing my first field placement at Family Alternatives. Family [...]
The intent of Field Notes is to provide a venue for MSW child welfare students to write about their field placement experiences while also providing the public with some insight into what MSW child welfare field placements are like. I am a IV-E scholar this year and am interning at a school as my first [...]
