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practicum placement sites (E-F)
The following is an alphabetical list and description of practicum sites available to students at the School of Social Work.
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Elder Services Agency
Address: 1556 1st Ave., Suite 1 #C 52240
Phone: 319-356-5217
Contact: David Purdy
Field: Aged; Public Assistance; Welfare, Admin;
Description:
The mission of the agency is to keep people over 60 in their homes as long and as safely as possible. Programs: 1) Case Management: Advanced students could work with the program coordinator to perform formal assessments, visit clients recently discharged from the hospital or who have serious illness, and attend case management (coordinated in-home care) meetings of service providers and representatives from local hospitals. 2) Subsidized Chore Program: the Health Department’s subsidized chore program requires face-to-face assessments and home evaluations, help with paper work required by funders, seasonal help organizing volunteers. 3) Housing: opportunities to help coordinator administer a shared housing program (interviews with prospective tenants and homeowners, negotiation on lease arrangements, monitoring relationships) and a housing repair program involving assessment (which requires some knowledge of work done by general contractors) and referral (under the direction of the construction project’s coordinator). 4) Administration: updating brochures, objectives, working on agency publicity program, fund raising plans and associated paper work with director. 5) Volunteer Program: assisting volunteers in an administrative capacity by working with RSVP/volunteer coordinator.
Emma Goldman Clinic for Women
Address: 227 N. Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA 52245
Phone: 319-337-2112
Contact: Francine Thompson
Field: Health
Description:
Students will participate in various facets of a non-profit, women-owned health clinic. Depending on student interests, skills, time commitment and the Clinic’s needs, practicum students may: provide direct patient services in our gynecology and/or birth control education and options counseling. Students may work in areas of community relations, supporting educational programs and community organizing activities. Students attend on-going clinic and community meetings, as scheduled.
Family Resource Center
Address: Coralville Central Elementary School, 501 6th St., Coralville, IA 52241
Phone: 319-688-1104
Contact: Susanna Strode
Family Solutions, Inc.
Address: 101 S. Market St. Suite 308, P.O. Box 572, Ottumwa, IA 52501
Phone: 515/684-4251
Contact: Mary E. Lee, ACSW, LISW
Field: Family
Description:
Family Solutions is a small, family centered service agency which provides in-home treatment services within a 10 county area. The area served is a rural area with few available resources. Services provided are in-home family therapy, individual therapy, and parent skill development. The majority of services are provided within the family's home. The agency's treatment methodology uses brief, solution-focused therapy, in combination with educational tools and crisis intervention as needed. Psychosocial evaluations are provided by the two family therapists on staff. Additional services in court ordered custody studies and marital counseling are provided.
Foundation 2, Inc.
Address: 3015 12th Avenue S.W., Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Phone: 319-366-8797
Contact: Jan Albright
Field: Family; Minorities; Groups;
Description:
The agency’s purpose is to provide prevention and intervention services to the community as a whole, and temporary emergency shelter to troubled youth. There are several groups for youth and parents. Programs include: 1) Family Services: short (up to 12 sessions) and long-term family therapy (usually 6 months under DHS contract) for troubled youth and their families. We serve approximately 200 families per year, plus 300 youth, ages 11-17, are sheltered per year. We do Crisis Intervention counseling for the purpose of reuniting youth with their families and long-term family therapy, some mediation, client-centered brief therapy strategies. 2) Group Services: a) Parenting education workshops for parents using "Active Parenting" video tapes during 6 week sessions. b) peer support groups for teens ages 11-17; peer counseling/youth issues, c) ages 11-13; learn coping skills including assertiveness, values clarification. d) parent support groups. e) dating violence prevention groups. All groups receive information about substance abuse and AIDS.
Four Oaks, Inc.
Address: 5400 Kirkwood Blvd. S.E., Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Phone: 319-364-0259
Contact: Marti Gray
Contact Email: mgray@fouroaks.org
Field: Family; Group; Mental Health; Public Assistance/Welfare;
Description:
Provide family-centered programs which help individuals resolve family issues, rebuild or maintain family relationships, and structure community support systems to help children mature. Programs offer a wide range of services to families, foster care children, teen mothers, children in residential settings, adolescent male perpetrators of sexual abuse, and young children (through therapeutic day care). Individual, family, and group counseling are provided in homes and residential settings. Transitional living arrangements provided for children who have difficulty living in family situation.
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