January 19, 2017
Field Experience for social work students from Northwestern Oklahoma State University recently began for the spring semester. Five senior social work majors entered practicum agencies within northwest Oklahoma, central Oklahoma and Kansas, to complete 420 contact hours, demonstrate 31 practice behaviors and master the program’s nine core competencies as outlined by the Council on Social Work Education.
“Social work field experience is critical in developing the practitioner skills each social worker needs to be successful,” said Jennifer Pribble, director of field education and assistant professor of social work.
Each student in field experience is assigned to a field instructor, someone with specific credentials in the agency to reinforce social work ideas, practice behaviors and competencies.
“The field instructor is a key component to the student’s field experience,” Pibble said. “Field Instructors volunteer their time to assist with educating these young professionals. Without their contributions to our students, our program, and the social work profession the field experience would not be possible.”
Listed below are senior students studying field experience, hometowns and their practicum agency placements:
 | Dlonra Nolan of Enid Youth and Family Services-Enid |
 | Jessi Neal of Hobart CREOKS-Stillwater |
 | Codi Harding of Waukomis St. Mary’s Resilience Behavioral Health-Enid |
 | Kelci Hill of Harper, Kansas St. Francis Community Services-Wichita, Kansas |
 | Cierra Willyard of Plainview, Texas Western Plains Youth and Family Services-Woodward |
For more information about Northwestern’s social work program contact Pribble at (580) 213-3148 or at jlpribble@nwosu.edu.
-NW-