[HumanSer] Request for feedback

Thu Aug 8 18:25:53 UTC 2024

In my internships I chose various populations so that I would be seen as more marketable. It took me 11 months post graduation to locate employment. But, during that time I chose to volunteer with community organizations to keep my skills fresh and make connections.
Lori

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It helps also to know which population you want to work with.

Justin

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I am very happy to hear that you had a great experience. This is great advice. Things have definitely changed over the years and I am happy for that. In the 90s, my school did not allow us to independently look for our placements. I had to take what they found for me without my input. I don’t know if they did that because of my disability, or because that’s how they did it with all students. I didn’t know that you had more power when you were getting your graduate degree. I am glad that everything went well for you and I hope , this becomes the norm not the lucky situation. 

I enjoyed working as an activity assistant in a nursing home and later and assisted-living center. However, I didn’t need the credentials. I had to do it. I did not have the support from the school or the Disabled students or will rehab to come up with solutions to issues or with people in general with their attitudes. I am so grateful you guys have so many more options like mentors. They were harder to find back then. 

Ericka Nelson

> On Aug 7, 2024, at 4:02 PM, Lori Scharff via HumanSer <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Anny,
> I worked as a social worker from 2002 until 2019.
> 
> I have both my under grad and graduate degrees in social work. My 
> undergrad field supervisor thought that I was just going to intern at 
> the local blind agency. I told her I would not be doing that! So, I 
> began researching various community organizations who might employ a 
> social worker. I then also looked at my transportation restrictions; 
> since the paratransit in my county was still young! I got the list 
> down to 5 programs and called each of them and spoke with someone to 
> further figure out the best match. I ended up interviewing with 2 of 
> them and one of them took me. It was a fantastic experience.
> 
> When I did my graduate degree, I interned in a partial hospitalization 
> program. I only stayed at that internship for 3 months. It was 
> supposed to be 21 hours per week with a clinical focus; since it was 
> an advanced standing degree. The number of employees was grater than 
> the number of clients for 12 weeks. So, I only had one individual 
> client and I ran 2 groups. The rest of the time she wanted me to just observe.
> I went to my field supervisor and she told me to stick it out. I told 
> her that I had already begun looking for community organizations who 
> would be happy to use my skills. I interned in a drug and alcohol 
> program that went into the schools. Again it was a fantastic experience.
> 
> My supervisor from the partial hospitalization program called my field 
> supervisor in April to ask if I wanted to work as a paid intern one 
> day a week since they now had 25 clients and not enough staff.
> 
> I would recommend looking at all of the organizations that you can get 
> to as possible options. You also may want to check with programs like 
> food assistance programs who may not have a social worker onsite. But, 
> I am wondering if you and your school could come up with some kind of 
> supervision arrangement?
> 
> If you wish to reach me directly, I can be reached at 
> lorischarff at gmail.com Lori
> 
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> Hello, my name is Anny Safier and I am an incoming MSW student at 
> Binghamton University. I was recently informed by the field department 
> in my school that because I have had three interviews without success 
> in finding an internship for this year, I will not be able to start 
> field instruction in the fall. Out of the three interviews I had, one 
> did not get back to me for months which wasted time for me and another 
> place ended up not having enough room for interns. Timing is 
> unfortunate, with the term beginning in two weeks. While I was 
> applying to different internships, I received no feedback from the 
> department who was setting up the interviews, until they explained to 
> me that I would have to wait either until the spring to start field or 
> another year. My internship last year was significantly impacted by 
> issues within the agency, causing me to have between three and five 
> months worth of practical experience instead of a full year. If anyone 
> has had similar experiences and/or could give ideas about how to move 
> forward in applying to internships for the spring or figuring other 
> ways of approaching these kinds of issues, I would appreciate it.
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