MSW Practicum Information & Forms

MSW Practicum Forms

Appendix A

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2025-2026 MSW Practicum Manual

MSW Placement Process

The following steps will be followed in the order listed for all placements.
 
  1. Students submit the Practicum Education Application form for admission to the practicum education program by the stated deadline. The application requires the student to disclose anything that may affect placements including, but not limited to, requiring special needs for accommodations, having a history with potential placement sites, having motor vehicle violations other than non-moving violations, having an occupational license revocation or surrender, being registered as a sex offender, being named on Federal government debarment list, having a criminal history, and presently abusing or being dependent on substances. This information is used only for placement purposes.
  2. MSW students schedule a pre-placement interview with the MSW Practicum Education Coordinator. The purposes of this interview are to:
  • discuss placement opportunities,
  • discuss the types of placements that best meet the student鈥檚 educational needs, and
  • address individual issues related to potential placements including special accommodations, employment-based practicum, proscriptions, etc. Students are expected to read the MSW Practicum Manual section of the MSW Program Handbook prior to this interview.
 3. The MSW Practicum Education Coordinator makes referrals for placement. Students are asked not to contact agencies without prior approval by the MSW Practicum Education Coordinator. Agencies are also expected to adhere to this protocol to assure equal opportunity for all students.
 4. After receiving a referral, the student schedules a placement interview. Placement sites may require submission of a resume before scheduling the interview. The interview is viewed as a mutual assessment process addressing some or all of the following:
 
  • the student鈥檚 career goals,
  • the student鈥檚 expectations for a practicum,
  • the student鈥檚 strengths and weaknesses as pertinent to the placement,
  • the kinds of experiences the agency can offer relevant to the learning expectations of the practicum course,
  • the agency鈥檚 expectations of the student,
  • the frequency and format for supervision,work schedule, and
  • additional independent learning that will be required by the agency
 5. Following the interview, the student and the agency email the MSW Practicum Education Coordinator indicating the party鈥檚 interest in the placement. The MSW Practicum Education Coordinator notifies the parties of the decision.
 6. Students may be required to complete physical and background checks as a prerequisite of acceptance by a placement organization. For example, agencies may request immunization records, check fingerprints, review driving records, check federal debarment lists, and check child and sexual abuse registries. Some agencies may refuse to accept the student based on findings, a student鈥檚 refusal to agree to the check, or a student鈥檚 failure to obtain immunizations required by agency policy.
 7. Accepted students contact their practicum instructors to establish the date and time to begin practicum placement activities. Starting dates may begin after the MSW Practicum Orientation and Training.
 8. The Affiliation Agreement between the University and the agency must be signed before the practicum placement can begin.
 9. The student provides the practicum instructor with a copy of the course syllabus for that semester on the first day of the placement.
 10. The student and the practicum instructor begin developing the learning contract immediately by establishing a work schedule as the first element of the contract.


Potential Practicum Placements

Anchorage & Mat-Su Area

  • Akeela Treatment Services
  • Alaska Addiction Rehabilitation / Nugen's Ranch
  • , Palmer
  • Alaska Job Corps Center, Palmer
  • Alaska Native Health Board
  • All Alaska Pediatric Partnership - Help Me Grow
  • Alzheimer's Resources of Alaska
  • American Cancer Society
  • Catholic Social Services - Refugee Assistance
  • Center for Community Engagement and Learning (蘑菇视频)
  • Compassionate Directions (CoDi), Palmer
  • Cook Inlet Tribal Council - Child & Family Resource
  • Covenant House Alaska
  • Food Bank of Alaska
  • Hope Community Resources, Inc.
  • JBER Medical Center
  • Knik Tribe, Palmer
  • MatSu Health Services, Wasilla
  • Municipality of Anchorage - Libraries
  • Rasmuson Foundation
  • Summit/Northstar Residential Treatment, Palmer
  • Valley Oaks Residential Treatment Ctr, Wasilla
  • VA Healthcare System, Domiciliary
  • VA Healthcare System, Long Term Care
  • Volunteers of America

Distance

  •  Dillingham, AK:
  • Fairbanks, AK:
    • Alaska Court System - Custody Investigator's Ofc
    • Fairbanks Correctional Center
    • Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
    • Family Centered Services of Alaska
    • LEAP-Alternatives to Violence
    • Tanana Chief's Conference
    • Bassett US Army Medical Command
          (Fort Wainwright)
  • Homer, AK:
  • Juneau, AK:
    • AWARE Inc.
    • Juneau Youth Services
    • State of Alaska, Department of Corrections
  • Kenai, AK:
    • Kenaitze Indian Tribe
  • Ketchikan, AK: 
  • Kodiak, AK:
    • Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak
  • Nanwalek, AK:
  • Nome, AK:
    • Bering Sea Women's Group
    • Norton Sound Health Corporation
  • Sitka, AK:
    • Sitka School District / Baranof Elementary
  • Valdez, AK: