How is the second-year field placement different?
First year internships provide foundation social work practice skills. Second year focuses on advanced clinical skills with an emphasis on conceptualizing the professional use of self in the treatment setting and increasingly autonomous practice. Some agencies will only accept 2nd year students due to insurance regulations, degree of client difficulty, or other requirements of the training program. Outpatient mental health, college counseling settings, and most teaching hospitals will only accept second year students.
