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Prospective Field Members

Are you interested in becoming a field instructor? Would you like your agency to partner with our School of Social Work program?

Our program is always looking for new field placements for our students. Students benefit from working with dedicated professionals who can show them what it means to be a professional social worker. Our partnering social work agencies can benefit from having a student who is eager to learn and dedicated to help move the goals of your agency forward. 

Field Instructor Criteria

Professionals must be a BSW social worker with a minimum of two years post-BSW experience or an MSW social worker. In cases where a qualified field instructor is not available within the field setting, the Southern Adventist University School of Social Work program allows the opportunity for students to utilize a task supervisor as the person they are immediately responsible for in the field setting.  The School of Social Work will assign a qualified field instructor in those situations where a task supervisor is used.

To be considered as a field instructor, apply by clicking the button below.

Apply Here

Prospective Field Education Setting

In order to be eligible as a program field setting, the setting must offer adequate field education opportunities for students to engage in the full range of social work service provisions on the micro, mezzo and macro levels of practice.

To start the process of becoming an approved agency, fill out the Prospective Field Education Setting Assessment form. You will be contacted to set up a site visit appointment. During the site visit, we will meet with all prospective field instructors and task supervisors, understand the site's mission and programs/staffing, discuss student supervision, and review expectations regarding the field education learning plan. We will also review your forms and provide a mini-orientation. 

After you have submitted this form, please review the BSW Program Field Education Manual

Review Manual

New and Current Field Member Resources

For information and training for field personnel visit our field resource site. 

Field Resource Site