Saginaw Valley State University·Lexington, Massachusetts
Provide weekly supervision and professional guidance to BSW and MSW students during their field practicums. Collaborate with task supervisors and faculty to monitor student performance and ensure adherence to CSWE requirements.
Job Title: Clinical Instructor, Social Work & Youth Services
Full or Part Time: Part time
Hours: 20
Supervisory Org: Social Work (JM-AJ) (Lisa Krissoff Boehm
The Clinical Instructor supports social work students during their field/practicum by providing supervision, professional guidance, and reinforcement of the social work perspective. This role is essential when practicum sites do not have an on-site field/practicum instructor who meets the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) requirements, or when placements require supplemental supervision due to staffing or other circumstances.
The Clinical Instructor must meet CSWE field/practicum instructor qualifications. This position requires collaboration with field/practicum sites, task supervisors, and faculty liaisons to ensure a successful learning environment for BSW and MSW students.
Clinical Instructor assignments are made by the Social Work & Youth Services Department each semester on an as-needed basis.
Assignments may be declined, but repeated declines may affect future opportunities.
Duties are generally performed inside and not exposed to adverse conditions.
All work associated with this role must be performed within the state of Michigan.
The above reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job. It shall not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements that may be inherent in the job. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.
Saginaw Valley State University is a comprehensive university with more than 100 programs of study for its roughly 7,000 students. Located on a suburban campus in Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region, SVSU is committed to a supportive and empowering environment for students, faculty and staff. SVSU was recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for 9 consecutive years (2016-2024).
SVSU emphasizes undergraduate teaching and learning, and community-based research. SVSU earned the Community Engagement classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a distinction achieved by only 7 percent of U.S. colleges and universities. By their senior year, 84 percent of students have engaged with community employers and agencies in internships, field placements or some other component of their academic preparation.
SVSU is establishing itself as a leader in STEAM education for the Great Lakes Bay Region, partnering with businesses, foundations and school districts to improve students’ performance in math, science and the arts at the middle school, high school and university levels.
SVSU is constructing the first university research facility on Lake Huron to improve public health and the economy in the Saginaw Bay watershed.
More than 70 percent of SVSU freshmen live on campus in student housing that has been rated No.
1 among public universities in the U.S. (2018-2025).
SVSU fields 20 varsity sports at the NCAA Division II level.
The average class size is 23 students.
For more information, please visit our website, http://www.svsu.edu [http://www.svsu.edu/].
Must have a degree from a CSWE-accredited social work program (BSW or MSW) and at least two years of post-degree practice experience. Adherence to the NASW Code of Ethics is required.
Market context
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