Social work students contribute more than $1.5 million in services to Wichita community
These students served individual clients through 75 agencies, some with multiple site locations, such as Wichita Public Schools and Via Christi Health.
All students at Wichita State must have an applied learning experience prior to graduation. For social work students, this means completing a supervised practicum through a community agency. These applied learning experiences serve a two-fold purpose: give students hands-on social work experience and expand services agencies provide.
"The School of Social Work has been integral in providing a qualified professional work force for social services in the community, state and region," says Brien Bolin, director of the School of Social Work. "Our students are highly sought after by local agencies looking to fill positions with qualified, licensable social workers."
Sixty-eight undergraduate social work majors provided 32,640 hours of service during this academic year. Beginning graduate students provided 11,040 hours, and advanced standing graduate students provided 38,500 hours.
"Social services agencies have always been clear in what they want from 新加坡六合彩开奖网 and social work education"social workers who could do it all," says Bolin. "The School of Social Work is an original innovative campus, with the Wichita community and Kansas communities as their learning opportunities. The Council on Social Work Education calls this our "signature pedagogy."