Program Information Description and contact updated: 01/20/17
Program approved for: MSW 1st Year [X] MSW 2nd Year [X ] Title IV-E [X]
Parent Agency Name:
Legal Services for Children (LSC)
Website: www.lsc-sf.org
Agency/Program Address:
1254 Market St., 3rd Fl., San Francisco, CA 94102
Parent Agency Phone Number: 415-863-3762
Name of Internship Contact Person:
Ron Gutierrez, MSW. LCSW
Contact‘s E-mail:
ron@lsc-sf.org
Contact’s Phone Number:
415-780-6341
County Agency is in: San Francisco.
Program Description:
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LSC has a long history of providing internships for graduate level social work students. Students will have the opportunity to work in interdisciplinary teams with LSC social workers and attorneys on cases involving foster care, legal guardianship, school discipline, special education, and immigration. Employing interdisciplinary teams of attorneys and social workers, LSC strives to meet the legal and non-legal needs of our clients. We have provided MSW internships to students from: San Francisco State University, California State University East Bay, San Jose State University, University of California Berkeley, G.W. Brown School of Social Work Washington University, McGill University School of Social Work, Smith College School for Social Work and University of Texas Austin.
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Primary Issues that the Program Addresses:
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We serve children and youth in cases involving foster care, legal guardianship, school discipline, special education, and immigration.
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Populations and Clientele Served:
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Our office represents primarily children and youth of color from neighborhoods and communities that have historically experienced a great degree of societal oppression and disadvantage. Some examples include serving clients from San Francisco’s Southeast sector including Bayview Hunter’s Point, Sunnydale and Visitacion Valley; serving newcomer immigrants from Central America who are essentially fleeing their home countries as refugees due to rampant violence and other extreme hardships; and serving children placed in foster care due to abuse, abandonment and/or neglect by their parent(s).
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Types of Services Offered by the Program:
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LSC provides interdisciplinary services from attorneys and social workers to meet the legal and non-legal needs of our clients. This includes direct legal representation for our clients in the areas of foster care, legal guardianship, school discipline, and immigration.
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Intern Assignments and Learning Opportunities:
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Social work interns at LSC will provide direct clinical case management services to our clients. These services include psychosocial assessments, treatment planning, crisis intervention and general advocacy.
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Other Specialized Training and Educational Opportunities:
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In addition to weekly individual supervision, LSC will provide interns with an intake orientation as well as the following trainings: Crisis Intervention, Boundaries & Termination, Cultural Competency, Legal Guardianship, Dependency (foster care), Education, and Immigration. LSC encourages interns to attend relevant offsite training as well. LSC provides transportation reimbursement, or car-sharing membership (e.g. Getaround) (a valid driver’s license is strongly preferred), for client or office related travel.
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Student Availability:
Days preferred: ____Monday to Friday_______________________________________________
Hours preferred: ___9am to 5pm with flexibility for later evening hours on occasion to provide accessibility for out clients and families._______________________________________________
Does the agency offer evening and/or weekend hours for the field placement? Yes:_X (limited)_ No: ____
Agency Profile:
Non-Profit: _X__ Public/Government: ____ Educational Institution: ____ Other (specify): ____
If a K-12 school, is PPS supervision available? Yes: ____ No: ____
INTERN CHARACTERISTICS
Please indicate the number of students in the following categories that the agency could accommodate:
BASW:____ First-Year MSW: _X___ Second-Year MSW: _X___ Second-Year Title IV-E:____
Please indicate any particular characteristics and skills that would be desirable for this placement (e.g., language capacity, knowledge of specific computer programs, etc.):
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Language fluency in Spanish is highly desired as two-thirds of our clients are fluent in Spanish.
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Number of SF State University School of Social Work students previously placed at this agency: __10+___
SPECIAL PLACEMENT PROCEDURES OR REQUIREMENTS
Does the agency require:
_____ Fingerprint clearance
__X_ Background check
_____ TB clearance
_____ Other health examinations
_____ Immunizations
_____ A vehicle for placement related duties
Does the agency cover the cost for any background checks or health procedures? Yes:_X___ No: ____
Does the agency require an early start or late completion date: Yes:____ No: _X___
Are there any other special placement procedures or requirements? If so, please specify:
INTERN BENEFITS
Does the placement offer a stipend? Yes:____ No: _X___
If yes, how much is offered and are there any particular requirements to receive the stipend?
Are there other benefits available (e.g., work study matching funds, food, transportation, subsidies for travel expenses and conferences, etc.)? If so, please specify:
Other Field Instuctors:
Rumeli Snyder, MSW, LCSW, Senior Social Worker, 415-780-6354, rumeli@lsc-sf.org
Linda Chiu, MSW, Senior Social Worker, 415-780-6353, linn@lsc-sf.org