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The following is an alphabetical list and description of practicum sites available to students at the School of Social Work.
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Iowa City Community School District
Coralville Elementary and Kirkwood Elementary in Coralville
Address:
Phone: 319-688-1104 or strode.susanna@iccsd.k12.ia.us
Contact: Susanna Strode
Job Description for Practicum Students:
- Provide basic resources and service referrals to families and children
- Build positive relationships with parents
- Consult with school staff regarding student behavior and family situations
- Serve as liaison between staff and parents
- Help with fundraising
- Help with program planning
- Help with program planningCoordinate parent workshop, based on expressed needs of parents at Hills
Hours: mostly during the school day, some afternoons and evenings
Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD)
Hills Family Resource Center
Address: 301 West Main St., Hills, IA 52235
Phone: 319-688-1108
Contact: Kris Mowatt
Job Description for Practicum Students:
- (1) Assist in the implementation of Thursday night Family Nights and Wednesday night Teen Nights at Regency Community Center, 5:30-7:30
- (2) Attend weekly meetings with the Hills Principal, School Counselor and the HLC/FRC Director
- (3) Assist in family outreach and support
- (4) Assist in writing monthly newsletter
- (5) Research community resources for Hills families
- (6) Assist with weekly fresh food distribution
- (7) Coordinate parent workshop based on the expressed needs of parents at Hills
Iowa City Housing Authority (ICHA)
Address: 410 E. Washington St., Iowa City, IA, 52240
Phone: 356-5400 extension 18
Contact: Carri Fox-Rummelhart, MSW
Description:
The Iowa City Housing Authority (ICHA), a division of the City of Iowa City, administers and manages federally funded Section 8 and Public Housing programs. Funding is provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These programs provide rental assistance and homeownership opportunities. The ICHA covers an area that encompasses Johnson County and half of Iowa and Washington counties. The ICHA serves over 1,200 families a year. Participants qualify based on income guidelines.
In addition to the housing programs, the ICHA also provides assistance to unemployed or underemployed, low-income families in becoming economically and socially independent. The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS), and the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency (ROSS), programs provide opportunities for families to increase earnings and build assets. Both are voluntary programs open to families receiving Section 8 or Public Housing assistance through the ICHA. The Family Self-Sufficiency program is designed to help families become self-supportive with increased assets and to move off of public assistance. When a client's portion of the rent goes up due to an increase in earned income, HUD matches the amount of the increase and the ICHA places it in an escrow savings account. When the client meets specific goals, the client receives the accumulated funds with interest. The Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program helps families increase their earnings by providing the services of a vocational specialist and job coach, as well as assistance with employment barriers.
The ICHA provides a rich micro and macro experience for a Social Work student. Opportunities for student experience include; intake and assessment, case management, supportive counseling, public and community relations, program coordination and planning, grant writing, volunteer coordination, business administration and management in a not for profit environment, and promoting the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of housing assistance with public and private resources.
ICHA MISSION STATEMENT: To help improve the quality of life for those we serve, the Iowa City Housing Authority will act as a community leader on affordable housing by providing:
H Information and Education
H Housing Assistance Public
H and private partnership opportunities
Iowa City Hospice
Address: 1025 Wade St.
Phone: 319-351-5665
Contact: Erin Feldmann
Field: Hospice; Health;
Description:
Iowa City Hospice is a private non-profit program that provides patient-centered palliative care to terminally ill persons in Johnson County and its surrounding counties. Care is provided throughout the dying and bereavement process to patients, their family and friends. Through the provision of physical ,emotional and spiritual care, the Hospice Interdisciplinary Team strives to minimize pain and suffering and to maximize quality of life. In so doing, effort is made to recognize and build upon existing family and social support systems. Following the death of the hospice patient, grief service are extended to the patient's loved ones.
Iowa City Rehabilitation Center
Contact: Tiffany Johnston-Heines
Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center
Address: 28 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: 319-356-5220
Contact: Linda Kopping
Field: Elderly Services
Description:
It is the mission of the Senior Center to provide residents of Johnson county who are over 50 years of age opportunities to participate in lifelong learning experiences and access to services that promote wellness, community involvement, and personal growth. From its downtown location the Center sponsors numerous ongoing activity and volunteer groups, an array of monthly classes, and regular community events from which elders and other community members may choose to participate. The center also houses several major agencies that serve older residents of the community. The American Association of Retired People, Elders Services, Inc., Senior Dining, Visiting Nurse Association and Senior Peer Counseling all have offices in the building. The centers' monthly newsletter, The Post, publicizes Senior Center and in-house agency programming information as well as community news and general information of interest to area residents.
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Address: 120 North Dubuque Street
Iowa City, IA 52245
Phone: 319-358-6691
Contact: Michael Shaw, Iowa Accountability Project (IAP) - Safety and Accountability Audit Director
Annette Williams, Community Partnership (CP) - Child Welfare Specialist
Description:
The mission of the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) is to end violence in intimate relationships. ICADV provides assistance and education to programs that serve battered women and their children. We assert that domestic violence arises from a social and political context. Therefore, we encourage collaboration that promotes social change to eliminate personal and institutional violence against women.
The IAP Safety and Accountability Audit Director provides technical assistance to local communities working on analyzing institutional responses to domestic violence in an effort to increase safety for victims of battering and hold offenders more accountable.
The CP Child Welfare Specialist provides training and technical assistance to Child Protection Workers within the Department of Human Services as well as domestic violence program staff across the State on issues related to the overlap between domestic violence and child welfare.
Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation
Address: 100 Oakdale Campus, #M307 OH, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
Phone: 319-335-4488
Contact: Jan Hartman
Field: Substance Abuse; Policy; Planning; Admin; Research;
Description:
The Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation is an association of institutions of higher education and selected departments of Iowa State Government dedicated to collaborative research and transfer of knowledge among researchers, helping professionals, and public policy makers in the field of substance abuse. The focus of Consortium effort is on those activities which are of direct relevance to the state and the field, including research and evaluation activities in the overlapping areas of sociocultural, biomedical, prevention/education, criminal justice, and treatment. The goals of the Consortium are: 1) to strengthen substance abuse research within the state of Iowa; 2) to strengthen substance abuse prevention and intervention strategies operating within the state of Iowa; 3) to contribute to the education of students and professionals in fields such as health care, education, corrections, human services, and counseling; and 4) to contribute to the development of public policy relating to substance abuse.
Iowa Division of Latino Affairs
Address: Department of Human Rights,, Lucas State Office Building, Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-4080
Contact: Elizabeth Salinas Newby, Administrator
Field: Policy; Research; Admin;
Description:
The Iowa Division of Latino Affairs (IDLA) is a state agency that exists to address the needs and concerns of Iowa's Latino citizens. Since it was established in April1 1974 and officially commissioned by the legislature in 1990, the IDLA has been a division of the Department of Human Rights and serves as an advocate for Latinos in Iowa. The IDLA studies the changing needs and problems confronting Latinos in Iowa. The IDLA studies the changing needs and problems confronting Latinos in the state and recommends new programs, policies and constructive action to the governor and the general assembly. The areas addressed include employment, civil rights, children and families, economic development, health, education, the criminal justice system and immigration.
Student Opportunities: The IDLA employs student interns year round on a full-time or part-time basis. Generally, these positions are unpaid although arrangements may be made to receive academic credit through an intern's college or university. Interns may have some or all of the following duties:
Gather information for statistical research and/or analyses
Conduct policy and program research or analysis
Respond to citizen inquiries for information and referrals
Assist with general administrative support s needed (help with mailing projects, help facilitate public hearings and other programs, data entry, answering phone, assist with publications.
Qualifications:
Attendance at a two year or four year educational institution in pursuit of a post-secondary degree (preferred majors include but are not limited to political science, Latino Studies, Spanish, sociology, psychology, pre-law, pre-med)
At least six semester hours of course work in Latino Studies or have equivalent experience working with Latino issues, concerns.
Strong research skills, ability to work independently and proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Internet, and related applications.
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Address: Box A, Oakdale, IA 52319
Phone: 319-626-4453
Contact: Carol Clemens, ACSW, LSW
Field: Corrections; Criminal Justice;
Description:
The Iowa Medical and Classification Center is a state funded co-ed prison within the Iowa Department of Corrections and currently housing approximately 1,000 inmates. Within the institution are the following programs:
- 1. Reception Program - All inmates committed to the Iowa prison system are received at the institution for processing which includes screening in the areas of physical health, mental health, substance abuse, education, custody and program needs. A reception report is prepared and institutional assignments are made.
- 2. Psychiatric Hospital - A 23-bed psychiatric hospital provides psychiatric services to the state’s court, mental health facilities, and the correctional system.
- 3. Special Needs Unit - A 30-bed unit with a program designed to assist inmates who lack the skills to adjust within a general population due to social and/or mental limitations.
- 4. General Population - These units consist of inmates who are serving a portion of their sentence at the institution, have work assignments, and are involved in available programs to assist them in their personal growth.
- 5. Women’s Unit - This unit houses reception and general population women with the same services available to the male population. Pregnant women are returned here from the Women’s Reformatory to utilize resources of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Student experiences include writing reception reports/psychiatric histories, individual/group counseling, assisting in social skill development classes and being a member of multi-disciplinary team.
Students with arrest records or who are on an inmate’s visiting list will not be accepted for a student placement.
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