Student Toolbox
Practicum Forms & Materials
BSW
Required for Application:
- BSW Field Practicum Placement Application
- BSW Field Manual Statement
- HIPPA Verification
- BSW Field Checklist
Admitted Practicum Students:
- BSW Field Manual: 2024, 2021, 2018
- BSW Learning Plan & Evaluation
- Example Tasks for Learning Plan
- Example Timesheet
- Liability Insurance: All WKU Social Work Practicum students are required to purchase a $1-5 Million Coverage Policy.
- Pre-Field Assignments
MSW
Required for Application:
- MSW Field Practicum Placement Application
- MSW Second Year Practicum Placement Application
- MSW Field Manual Statement
- HIPPA Verification
- MSW Field Checklist
Admitted Practicum Students:
- MSW Field Manual: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2018
- MSW Learning Plan & Evaluation: Generalist, Specialist
- Example Tasks for Learning Plan
- Example Timesheet
- Join the National Association of Social Workers. NASW members recieve a discount on NASW Liability Insurance plans.
- Liability Insurance: All WKU Social Work Practicum students are required to purchase a $1-5 Million Coverage Policy.
- Pre-Field Assignments
NASW Code of Ethics - Required Reading
Worksite Placements
Use of a student’s place of employment as a practicum site can be facilitated when possible as a means of meeting the program’s mission to prepare social workers to meet the needs within the WKU service area. In order to maintain quality education, such placements are carefully developed and supervised. The student, employment supervisor, agency administration, field instructor, field liaison and BSW/MSW Field Director are involved in this process. Policies have been developed that are designed to ensure new learning experiences in such situations. The program does not guarantee approval of worksite placement.
The agency must be able to meet the educational objectives of the program and requirements of CSWE. This includes the availability of a field instructor who holds a BSW (for BSW students) or MSW (for MSW students) from an accredited program and two years of post-BSW/MSW practice experience. WKU includes the additional criterion of compliance with state licensure laws. MSW Generalist students are not allowed to have the same field instructor for both years. WKU faculty or contractual community BSW/MSWs may act as external field instructors if needed. The same faculty member may not serve as the student’s field liaison and field instructor.
A student who is employed at a social service agency and requests a “worksite placement” must submit a completed Worksite Placement/ Evaluation Request form to the BSW/MSW Field Director. This form requires specificity and clarifies the distinction between employee and learner roles.
Clear separation of the student’s learner and employee roles are emphasized; students are asked to identify a minimum of three ways in which their practicum activities and responsibilities differ from their regular employment responsibilities. If a suitable arrangement cannot be reached, the student must be placed elsewhere. Each Worksite Placement must be approved by the BSW/MSW Field Director.
Worksite Placement & Paid Internship Form |
Helpful Information
Allison Gibson
BSW Field Director
Office: Academic Complex 113B
Phone: 270-745-8811
Email: allison.gibson@wku.edu
Dr. Shannon Sales
MSW Field Director
Office: Academic Complex 111B
Phone: 270-745-4263
Email: shannon.sales@wku.edu
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