
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) are both organizations that support social work, but they have different roles.
CSWE's Commission on Accreditation is the sole accrediting body for social work education in the United States. NASW represents over 110,000 professional social workers, who are the largest provider of mental, behavioral and social care services in the nation.
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Nicole Paul, LCSW
Associate Director of Practicum Education
Carlos Galarza, LMSW
Interim Assistant Director of Practicum Education
Emma Scanlon, BA
University Assistant of Practicum Education Office
(203) 392-6575
Ashley Lowe, MS
Administrative Assistant of Practicum Education & Graduate Admissions
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) has adopted a competency-based education framework for its EPAS. A competency-based approach identifies and assesses what students demonstrate in practice. In social work, this approach involves assessing students’ ability to demonstrate the competencies identified in the educational policy.
Professional ethics are at the core of social work. The profession has an obligation to articulate its basic values, ethical principles, and ethical standards. The NASW Code of Ethics sets forth these values, principles, and standards to guide social workers’ conduct. The Code is relevant to all social workers and social work students, regardless of their professional functions, the settings in which they work, or the populations they serve.
The NASW Code of Ethics serves six purposes:
The Code offers a set of values, principles, and standards to guide decision making and conduct when ethical issues arise. It does not provide a set of rules that prescribe how social workers should act in all situations. Specific applications of the Code must take into account the context in which it is being considered and the possibility of conflicts among the Code’s values, principles, and standards. Ethical responsibilities flow from all human relationships, from the personal and familial to the social and professional.
Required to complete a minimum of 400 internship hours for the academic year at the same agency for two semesters. The internship is approximately 14 hours per week where students will be engaged in a generalist practice internship through various agency tasks and experiences to meet the CSWE competencies.
Required to complete a minimum of 400 internship hours for the academic year at the same agency for two semesters. The internship is approximately 14 hours per week where students will be engaged in a generalist practice internship through various agency tasks and experiences to meet the CSWE competencies.
Required to complete a minimum of 550 internship hours for the academic year at the same agency for two semesters. The internship is approximately 18 hours per week where students will be engaged in a clinical or community practice internship through various tasks and experiences to meet the CSWE competencies and behaviors.
Students who wish to use their place of employment as a field placement site must apply to the Field Education office for an employment-based field placement. An employment-based field placement may be approved for one of the student’s two field placements. For Advanced Standing students, an employment-based field placement may be approved either for their BSW or MSW field practice. Students may only apply for employment-based field placements if they have been at the job a minimum of 90 days and are in good standing with the employing agency.
The Department of Social Work partners with a number of agencies including, but not limited to Yale, New Haven Public Schools, Elm City Community Housing Authority, Cheshire Senor Center, Hartford Health Hospital, The Village, Boy and Girls Club, Wellmore.