[humanser] Drivers license requirement

[Alyssa Munsell]

Yes, I'm actually in a clinical social work program. I'm not able to get an
internship in that kind of setting because only 2nd year MSW students are
eligible for those spots. As far as employment goes, I really wanted to stay
away from the medical model of mental health care; however, I'm honestly not
sure if I'll have much of a choice as far as jobs go. 

-----Original Message-----
From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Karen Rose
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 2:00 PM
To: Human Services Mailing List
Cc: <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Drivers license requirement

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,

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