A Multisite Field Placement Approach for Social Work Interns in the Antitrafficking Arena: An Innovative Model at a Midwestern University

Author: Lynch, Raven; Meshelemiah, Jacquelyn & Casassa, Kaitlin

Abstract: Social work field placements are considered the signature pedagogy of the social work profession. Traditionally, students are placed in a single agency for the academic year. Given that antitrafficking intervention is fairly new to the social work profession, interns may not be able to get the most out of an experience in a single agency. Using support from the literature on the most satisfying and beneficial aspects of internships and a rotational field model for geriatric social work students, a multiagency internship model for interns interested in human trafficking is proposed for other universities after it was implemented at a large Midwestern university.

Keywords: human trafficking, social work, field placement