Social Work Field Education/Licensure Information

Field Education

Field education provides the student with the opportunity to reinforce identification with purposes, values, and ethics of the profession, integrate empirical and practice-based knowledge, and promote development of professional competence. In short, Field education allows students the opportunity to link classroom knowledge with direct delivery of services.

Download Social Work Field Manual

The following forms can be completed online and printed. (Click link to open form.)

• Download Authorization to Release Non-public Information
• Download Child Abuse Neglect Central Registry Check
• Download Evaluation of Field Practicum Student
• Download Choices for Agency Placement
• Download Agency Interview Choices
• Download Application for Field Practicum
• Download Authorization for Background Screening
• Download Learning Contract
• Download Original Contract
• Download Student Evaluation of Field Practicum Experience

Social Work Licensure

Social work students are eligible to take the licensing examination during their last semester of course work, if their course load does not exceed fifteen (15) semester hours. Students must complete the Student Application to take the ASWB Social Work Exam as instructed, mailing the application, and the initial licensure fee of $70.00 to the Mississippi State Board of Examiners, P. O. Box 4508 , Jackson , MS 392976-4508.

Upon receipt of the fee and completed application, the Board will approve the student to set for the exam, mail the student an approval letter, and the ASWB Candidate Handbook. The Candidate Handbook provides instructions on the ASWB exam process. The exam fee of $175.00 must be paid to ASWB. The exam fee is a separate cost from the initial licensure fee of $70.00.

The student should contact ASWB fourteen (14) days after issuing their payment for the exam, to schedule a day to take the exam. The exam is given daily at the Hinds Community College , Raymond Campus, Raymond , MS.

Upon graduation, the Board requires the student to complete an Initial Licensure Application and Verification of Education for Licensure in Social Work mailing it to the Board. After receipt of the completed initial application, verification of education, and passing exam score the student's application packet shall be presented to the Board at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, held on the second Friday of each month.

Social Work Candidates for Licensure receive written Board approval of their application and license number.

A complete guide of licensing policies and procedures is available through Mississippi Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage & Family Therapists

P. O. Box 4508
Jackson , MS 39236-4508
Telephone: (601) 987-6806

http://www.swmft.ms.gov/swmft/web.nsf

The Social Work Program offers an exam workshop for social work students and graduates prior to the licensure examination.

Social Work Links

• Council on Social Work Education
• American Association of State Social Work Boards (ASWB)
• Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors
• Child Welfare League of America
• Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR)
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
• National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
• School Association of Social Workers (SSWAA)
• Social Worker.com
• Social Worker Network
• Social Work Licensing in Mississippi
• Social Work and Social Services Web Sites
• Social Statistics Briefing Room (White and US Government information)

Social Work Faculty

Marian Swindell, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Meridian Campus, A.A., Peace College; B.A., University of North Carolina, 1989; M.S.W, University of Alabama, 1992; Ph. D., Univeristy of Alabama, 2001.

Sandra Vaughn, Associate Professor of Social Work and Program Director, Meridian Campus. S., Mississippi State University, 1971; M.S. W., University of Southern Mississippi, 1985; A.C.S.W. 1987; L.C.S.W. 1985

Rhonda Carr, Assistant Professor of Social Work and Corrdinator of Field Education, Meridian Campus, B.S., University of Southern Mississippi, 1979; M.S.W., 1981; A.C.S.W., 1986; L.C.S.W., 1987

Want More Information on Social Work? Want More Information?For more information on the Social Work major, contact Marian Swindell, by e-mail at mswindell@meridian.msstate.edu or by telephone at (601) 484-0126.

Last Updated: 8/12/08