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Where do you fit in? What should you do? These questions may seem simplistic, but they are at the root of understanding your role as an intern. That role differs from that of a licensed professional—and it differs from your role as a student, a parent, or a community member. And yet, your role can’t help but be informed by these.

Your role as a social work student intern is defined by the expectations of the agency and social work educational requirements. Social workers have many roles when they work with clients, all of which are part of being a social work practitioner. To assist clients, social workers may take on the role of a broker, advocate, educator, case manager, mediator, networker, and researcher. To help interns find their place to develop the skills necessary to someday become a licensed social worker, supervisors assign tasks that ensure you engage in social work roles. In this Discussion, you examine your practice strengths, your knowledge of social work, and the anticipated tasks at your agency to understand your role as a social work intern.

Resources

To Prepare

· Read the assigned chapter from the course text. 

· Complete the Self-Assessment of Practice Strengths on page 8 and 9 of the text. (You will not upload this assessment.)

· Consider what you have learned about social work practice to this point in your program. 

· Go to the Foundation Year Tasks page on the Field Experience site, which is linked from the Learning Resources, and review the types of tasks a foundation year student can do.

ASSIGNMENT BELOW

Post a response that addresses the following:

· Introduce yourself.

· Name your agency, type of work they do, the clients they serve, and what you hope to do there as a social work intern.

· Describe how your role as an intern aligns with the tasks associated with generalist social work practice. Be specific.

· Review the task and roles for MSW Foundation Year on this website, referenced in the Learning Resources.

· Summarize any insights you have—including strengths, areas of improvement, and how you plan to address these areas—from completing the self-assessment on page 8 and 9 of your text.

NOTE : INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCY INFORMATION BELOW:

Agency Name Still Waters Professional Counseling Inc.

Location: 3711 Executive Center Dr, Martinez Ga 30907.

We provide a variety of services
depending on the level of care needed.

Our Services:

· Psychiatric Services/Medication Management

· Individual Therapy and Group Therapy

· Intensive Family Intervention (IFI)

· Parenting Classes

· Substance Abuse Treatment

· Anger Management

· Mental Health Evaluations

· Substance Abuse Evaluations

· Parenting Evaluations

· Family Support Partner (FSP) Wrap Around

· Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) program for children who have experienced trauma and/or abuse

· DFCS Contract Services

· FVIP (Family Violence Intervention Program)

Still Waters is a Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) specialty provider for the Child and Adolescent Intensive Family Intervention

· Child and Adolescent CORE

· Adult CORE

· Intensive Family Intervention (IFI)

Treatment Approaches

Still Waters uses a variety of theoretical orientations depending on the program and the situation. Our staff is well trained in the orientation needed for them to provide the best possible quality services.

Trauma Informed Care:

For our Intensive Family Intervention program we utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
We have staff who have been trained and certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF CBT). This therapy is used for children who have been exposed to trauma and/or abuse. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and skill building is used with children with behavioral disorders and those needing skill building behavioral changes in our CSI and individual therapy services.

Special Programs

Partners Assisting Students Success

We recently launched a program where we work together with schools to identify and provide services for at-risk youths.
We call this new program P*A*S*S* and we already have our first school where we provide:

· Individual Therapy

· Skill Building

· Mentoring

· Case Management

· Family Therapy

· Psychiatric Services

· And More