Put Your Values Into Action with Social Work Field Internships

Welcome to Field Education at NCSSS!  Field Education is a key part of our students' Social Work education, providing invaluable agency-based opportunities for what our students are learning in the classroom. Direct engagement in service activities in a wide range of agencies and organizations provides students the opportunity to build their skill-set in agencies in their communities.

Goals of Field Education

At the National Catholic School of Social Service, we are committed to helping our students:

• learn to provide social services across fields of practice;
• acquire the knowledge, values and skills for intervention with individuals, groups, families, communities and other systems;
• develop a professional identity consistent with social work values;
• develop the skills necessary to evaluate their social work practice;
• gain experience with various client populations including diverse racial and ethnic groups, and at-risk populations;
• develop a professional commitment to social work practice;
• evolve a practice style consistent with the student's personal strengths;
• develop the ability to work within a social welfare agency or organization.

Field Experiences to Fit Each Student

 

Generalist Year Field Placements are designed to develop the knowledge and skills that comprise the professional base of social work practice. In this generalist practice internship, students are exposed to the full range of social work practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.

Specialized Practice Field Placements build on the generalist practice knowledge and skills acquired in student's first field placement. Students will complete a placement that aligns with their academic specialization (Clinical or CAPP).  In this advanced placement, students will continue to integrate theory and practice in a field setting.