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practicum placement sites (B-C)
The following is an alphabetical list and description of practicum sites available to students at the School of Social Work.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids and East Central Iowa
Address: 206 Collins Rd NE Ste 202
Phone: 319-377-8993
Contact: Katie Lyon, Program Director
Field: Child Welfare, Children and Family or Youth Services
Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids and East Central Iowa is a professional mentoring organization passionately committed to enhancing children’s lives through life-changing relationships that impact our children and community. Practicum students can expect to provide case management to volunteers, clients, and families participating in the mentoring services of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Key focuses include helping children develop essential personal assets and helping to ensure child safety on a continual basis. Possible job responsibilities include: interviewing and screening volunteer and client candidates, making assessments/referrals based on observed child or family needs, and creating/maintaining match relationships. Other duties may involve planning and promoting agency activities, school or other youth-serving organization partnership development, and other activities as assigned. Must have valid drivers license and transportation. Hours are flexible but some early evening hours requested.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County
Address: 4265 Oakcrest Hill Road, S.E., Iowa City, IA 52246
Phone: 319-337-2145
Contact: Jill Kromminga
Field: Child Welfare; Admin;
Description:
Big Brothers/Big Sisters is a prevention service for children from primarily single parent families. It provides one-to-one matching between adult volunteers and children (6-14 years of age). It also provides a group program for children on the waiting list and an out reach program for children in under served areas of the county. Practicum students can expect to be involved in all areas of interviewing and screening of potential volunteers, interviewing children and parents and making the matches between the child and volunteer. Students can also participate in special projects such as the Focus on Girls Group and the Youth and Elderly in Service programs as well as with the group programming.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Muscatine County
Address: 1823 Logan, Muscatine, Iowa 52761
Phone: 563-263-9996
Email: kregennitter@muscatiney.org
Contact: Krista Regennitter, Program Director
Field: Child Welfare, Administrative, Children and Family or Youth Services.
Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Muscatine County is a program of the Muscatine Community Y. Our mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships with measurable impact. We serve youth ages 5-15 years of age in both school and community settings. We are specifically looking for practicum students to be involved in supporting matches of Big Brothers or Sisters and Little Brothers and Sisters. This would include contacts on the phone and in-person and possibly planning events for groups of matches. Candidates would be working towards a Bachelors degree in social services, human resources or related field preferred. Preferred skills are assessment and relationship development experience with child and adult populations and an understanding of child development and family dynamics. Must have car, valid driver’s license, and meet state required automobile insurance minimums.
Black Hawk-Grundy Mental Health Center, Inc.
Address: 3251 W. Ninth Street, Waterloo, IA 50702-5399 (Main Office)
907 Independence Street, Waterloo, IA 50703-4299 (Center)
Phone: 319-234-2893 (Main) and 319-232-7317 (Center)
Contact: Thomas Eachus
Description:
A full range of mental health services are offered through our mental health center. These include outpatient, inpatient, consultation and education, day treatment, COMPEER, outreach and others. Populations range from at-risk children to geriatrics, working with people with adjustment disorders as well as a serious and persistent mental illnesses.
Correctional Services, 6th Judicial District Department of
Address: William G. Faches Center
951 29th Avenue S.W.
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-3414
Phone: (319)398-3675
Contact: Victory Peterson, LMSW, PPO III
Contact: Heidi Soethout - Email: heidi.soethout@iowa.gov
Field: Clinical Social Work
Description:
6th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services offers a practicum rich with experience and variety. As Correctional Institutions around the country focus more intensely on prevention and rehabilitation, the opportunity for therapeutic interventions becomes significantly more important to our field. 6th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services is one of the most forward looking Correctional Departments in the United States. We offer specific programming for Youthful Offenders, Sex Offenders, Female Offenders, victim services, community service, residential treatment, etc. We offer ongoing classes in Anger Management, Substance Abuse, Workforce/Job Development, Women's Issues, and Batterer's Education, among others.
For BASW students seeking an internship with DCS in the Coralville office, the contact information is as follows:
Agency Address:
Dept. of Correctional Services
2501 Holiday Road
Coralville, IA 52241
Contact: Lori Traeger, Community Program Monitor
Phone: 319-625-2141
Crisis Center
Address: 1121 S. Gilbert Ct. Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: 319-351-2726 or 351-0140
Contact: Carol Campbell Yack
Description:
Crisis intervention counseling via telephone and walk in. Provision of basic material needs via non-judgmental (Hull House) tradition, information and referral services, community education as related to Crisis Center services. A 60-hour training course for crisis intervention is provided. Food Bank/Emergency Assistance Program - 12-hour training.
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