BSW Field Practicum Resources
BSW Student Handbook & Field Manual: This manual includes information about the BSW program and the BSW Field Program and requirements.
Clearances: For your field practicum, you will need to submit certain clearances. For help with completing clearances for field practicum, click here
MSW Field Practicum Resources
MSW Student Field Manual: This manual includes information about the MSW Field Program and its requirements.
Child Welfare Education for Leadership (CWEL)
Child Welfare Education for Leadership (CWEL) and this program is also administered by the University of Pittsburgh's School of Social Work. The CWEL program is a cooperative effort among the United States Administration for Children and Families, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, the Pennsylvania Child and Youth Administrators and eleven accredited schools of social work in Pennsylvania. Its goal is to strengthen public child welfare services in Pennsylvania by providing educational opportunities at the graduate level for public child welfare personnel. Qualified persons who are admitted to any of the approved schools on either a full-time or part-time basis may receive substantial financial support in return for a contractual obligation to continue employment with the sponsoring agency following their studies.
Any employee of a Pennsylvania county child welfare agency may apply provided the applicant has the prerequisite academic degree from an accredited institution of higher education; has been employed by the same agency for at least one year; has at least satisfactory performance evaluations; and (if applying for full-time study) is granted an educational leave by the employing agency for the purpose of enrolling in the CWEL program. Those who have already started a graduate Social Work program in a CWEL school may also apply, so long as they are in good academic standing and they do not have any outstanding debts to school in which they are enrolled. Persons in default of federal educational loans are ineligible. Caseworkers, supervisors, and administrative personnel are all eligible to participate.
For more information about how Shippensburg University participates in the CWEL program, please contact Dr. Jen Clements at jaclem@ship.edu
Child Welfare Education for Baccalaureates (CWEB)
Child Welfare Education for Baccalaureates (CWEB) is a program administered by the University of Pittsburgh's School of Social Work. The CWEB program is a cooperative effort among the United States Administration for Children and Families, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, and fourteen undergraduate social work degree programs in Pennsylvania accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Its goal is to strengthen public child welfare services in Pennsylvania by providing educational opportunities for undergraduate social work majors preparing for employment in one of Pennsylvania's 67 public child welfare agencies. Qualified persons who are enrolled as social work majors in any of the approved schools on either a full-time or part-time basis may receive substantial financial support in return for a contractual obligation to accept employment in a Pennsylvania public child welfare agency following their studies.
For more information about how Shippensburg University participates in the CWEB program, please contact Dr. Michael Lyman by emailing mjlyma@ship.edu.
CWEB Internship Application
Retrieve the application for County Social Casework Intern (Local Government) to begin the civil service process when you are seeking a position with the county child welfare agencies.