Field Education

Policy: The School of Social Work students will adhere to professional standards in the face-to-face, virtual, and field environments. Professional behavior is defined by the following guidelines:

Field Education:

1. Relating well to clients and establishing sensitive and professional relationships with clients.
2. Exhibiting grooming, dress, and hygiene standards commensurate with responsibilities.
3. Being punctual and dependable.
4. Demonstrating maturity and a positive attitude.
5. Interacting effectively and consistently with faculty, staff, and clients.
6. Responding to feedback and constructive criticism with appropriate modification of behavior. 7.Demonstrating honesty, courtesy, and integrity in all aspects of interaction with faculty, staff, and clients (public and private) and including social media platforms.
7. Consistently taking responsibility for own learning and showing motivation for self-learning.
8. Consistently demonstrating flexibility and initiative.
9. Consistently presenting a professional demeanor and attitude for field education, classroom education and events.
10. Demonstrating knowledge of the NASW Code of Ethics and HIPAA policies.

Classroom and Online Education:

1. Attendance at regularly scheduled instruction.
2. Participating actively, respectfully, and consistently in classroom discussions and assignments.
3. Clear, concise writing with appropriate APA documentation, correct grammar, spelling, and utilization of accurate social work concepts and terminology.
4. Responding to feedback and constructive criticism with appropriate modification of behavior.
5. Demonstrating maturity and a positive attitude.
6. Consistently demonstrating flexibility and initiative.
7. Consistently taking responsibility for own learning and showing motivation for self-learning.
8. Interacting effectively and consistently with faculty, staff, and clients.
9. Demonstrating honesty, courtesy, and integrity in all aspects of interaction with faculty, staff, and clients both public and private, and including social media platforms.
10. Being punctual and dependable.
11. Consistently presenting a professional demeanor and attitude for field, class, and events.
12. Exhibiting grooming, dress, and hygiene standards commensurate with responsibilities.
13. Demonstrating knowledge of the NASW Code of Ethics and HIPAA policies.

is a generalist field placement for undergraduate students. It enables students to achieve the following learning outcomes:

1. assessing people and resource systems
2. providing services and resources for people in need
3. obtaining services and resources for people in need and
4. improving services and resources for people in need.

is a generalist field placement for first-year graduate students. It enables students to achieve the following learning outcomes:

1. Assessing people and resource systems
2. Providing services and resources for people in need
3. Obtaining services and resources for people in need and
4. Improving services and resources for people in need

is a clinical field placement for advanced standing and second-year graduate students. It enables students to achieve the following learning outcomes: clinical practice with individuals, families, groups, communities and organizations.

There are basic requirements for each field placement depending on the specific academic program in which a student is enrolled. These requirements relate to the total number of hours served as well as the frequency and nature of supervision. Click below to download an overview of these basic requirements.

	BSW	Generalist MSW	Clinical MSW
Learning Competencies	1. Assessing needs and resources 2. Providing resources 3. Obtaining resources (case management) 4. Developing/Improving resources	1. Assessing needs and resources 2. Providing resources 3. Obtaining resources (case management) 4. Developing/Improving resources	1. Clinical practice with individuals 2. Clinical practice with families 3. Clinical practice with groups
Expectations	Entry-level practice	Entry-level practice	Community-based clinical practice
Type of Internship	Spring Semester Only	Concurrent with course work	Concurrent with course work
Total Internship Hours	420 Total Field Hours	400 Total Field Hours	600 Total Field Hours
Hours/Semesters in Field (Full Time Students)	28 hours/week during Spring semester	Average 14 hours/week Fall and Spring semester (200 hours each semester) Start 2nd week of Class.	Average 20 hours/week Fall and Spring semester (300 hours each semester)
Hours/Semesters in Field (Part-Time Students)	17 hours/week Spring semester (250 hours) 14 hours/week Summer semester (170 hours)	Average 10 hours/week Fall and Spring (150 hours each semester) Average 8 hours/week Summer semester (100 hours)	Average 13 hours/week Fall and Spring (200 hours each semester) Average 16 hours/week Summer semester (200 hours)
Supervision Required	1 hour/week with BSW or MSW	1 hour/week with MSW or LCSW	1 hour/week with MSW or LCSW
Field Seminar Class	FT – 3 hours/week during Spring semester PT – 2 hours/week Spring semester and 1 hour/week Summer semester	FT – 1.5 hours every other week during Fall and Spring semesters PT – 1 hour every other week during Fall, Spring and Summer semesters	FT – 1.5 hours every other week during Fall and Spring semesters PT – 1 hour every other week during Fall, Spring and Summer semesters
Field Documents Submitted to:	UCF Field Seminar Instructor	UCF Field Seminar Instructor	UCF Field Seminar Instructor