[humanser] Drivers license requirement

[Karen Rose]

Do you have any interest in psychiatric social work. If so you may want to consider an outpatient clinic for an inpatient clinic where the primary activity is psychotherapy. This would involve no outreach at all

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> On Oct 13, 2013, at 1:52 PM, "Alyssa Munsell" <alyssa53105 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am actually running into a similar issue as Anjelina. The issue with
> technology that I described in my last post is not the only issue I have
> with my internship for my Master of Social Work program. The internship is
> not one that is offering me substantial experience for master's level
> learning. The reason I'm able to still be at my internship without my
> accessible technology is that I am really not doing much while at the site.
> I told my field placement advisor at my college, and she agreed with me that
> the experience I'm receiving is insufficient. She is in the process of
> trying to find me a different internship. Where this relates to Anjelina's
> concern, finding a new internship is extremely difficult due to my not being
> able to drive. 
> Additionally, I am in an area where there is a very large and efficient
> public transit system, Boston, Massachusetts. I actually moved to Boston
> last year for the reason of public transportation.  A significant challenge
> for me is that the social work field is much more heavily based in outreach
> work (e.g. traveling to meet clients at their homes or in their
> communities), as someone on this list already mentioned. This is also a
> barrier to my finding a new internship. I am thinking that the barriers I am
> facing with the internship process in regards to technology and driving are
> the same barriers that will come up while trying to find employment, which
> is why I turned to you all for advice.
> 
> My concern with the law about job requirements needing to be legitimate
> requirements for the work is that it still does not ensure that employment
> discrimination will be less of an issue because hiring discrimination is
> often very covert and difficult to prove. 
> 
> Like Anjelina, I am also very passionate about the mission and values of
> social work and am feeling very discouraged when presented with the barriers
> we've been discussing. Thank you for addressing these issues.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sandy
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 1:15 PM
> To: Anjelina Cruz; Human Services Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement for employment
> 
> Angelina,