Pathway to Professionalism for Social Work Interns: A Comprehensive Guide for your Program
Ashley Adams, LCSW Sandra Blackburn, MSW, LSW
January 22, 2020
About this Webinar Recording
This webinar is designed for both new and experienced social work field supervisors. We will share our comprehensive social work intern curriculum that covers orientation to social work career topics. Various learning module topics include assessment, referrals, documentation, and practice approaches. We created this program for our academic medical center to standardize intern orientation and field education. This program is designed to enhance, not replace individual supervision and teaching.We share our complete intern field program in digital format and offer attendees a digital customizable template format. Whether you have one student or ten in your department, this intern field program can be modified to fit your needs and provides a standardized orientation and field education.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the presentation, the participant will be able to:
- Participants will be able to define elements of a comprehensive student curriculum.
- Participants will be able to analyze their current program needs and identify areas of potential development.
- Participants will be able to construct an optimal student intern program using a customizable template.
Presenter
Sandy Blackburn, MSW, LSW, is currently a social worker assigned to the neuro-oncology program at the Abramson Cancer Center.Sandy is a field supervisor and co-founder and facilitator of the Writing a Life patient writing workshops, the Scanxiety Workshop, and the Social Work Intern program. She serves on the Patient Experience Committee of the ACC’s Patient and Family Advisory Council.
Sandy has presented at national conferences such as the AOSW and APOS on diverse topics including VIP patients, mentorship, and group ethics. She was named the 2019 Social Worker of the Year by the Association of Oncology Social Work.
Presenter
Ashley Adams, MSS, LCSW is an oncology social worker and patient navigator at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center. Ashley works primarily with individuals in treatment for breast cancer.Ashley is the co-founder of the Abramson Cancer Center social work intern program and has been a field supervisor for 10 years. She is also the co-founder of the Abramson Cancer Center’s patient support program, Chemo Companions. Ashley has presented locally and nationally on topics such as speaking with children regarding diagnosis and developing a student curriculum.
Continuing Education Credits
Level - Intermediate
Participants will earn 1.5 CE credits upon successful completion of a quiz and a post-webinar evaluation.
Course Designation
This course has been approved for 1.5 clinical continuing education clock hours.
Outline
12:00 p.m. - 12:25 p.m.: Participants will be able to define elements of a comprehensive student curriculum
12:26 p.m. - 12:48 p.m.: Participants will be able to analyze their current program needs and identify areas of potential development
12:49 p.m.-1:09 p.m.: Participants will be able to construct an optimal student intern program using a customizable template
1:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.: Questions and Answers
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORK BOARDS (ASWB): This organization, Association of Oncology Social Workers, ACE Approval #1351, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. AOSW maintains responsibility for the program. ACE provider approval period: 11/11/22 - 11/11/25. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 clinical continuing education credits.
NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S STATE BOARD FOR SOCIAL WORK:
Association of Oncology Social Work, Inc., SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0320.
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