Overview

The Title IV-E Public Child Welfare Training Program for MSW students at the UW-Madison School of Social Work is designed to educate and train graduate level social work students for preparation for employment as advanced practitioners in public child welfare. The goals of the program are to strengthen Wisconsin's public child welfare workforce and to produce social work leaders as public child welfare practitioners and/or as public child welfare supervisors or managers.

MSW trainees in the Title IV-E Public Child Welfare Training Program are required to complete a specialized curriculum aimed at preparation for employment as advanced child welfare practitioners. Trainees are full-time graduate students - either two-year students beginning their program of study at the Professional Foundation level or one-year students completing the Advanced Practice Concentration year in Child Welfare. Individual student preparation and academic background determines the time in the program. Applicants to the traineeship must hold U.S. citizenship at the time of application.

Traineeship Provisions

Trainees admitted to the IV-E Training Program in 2007 received the following:

A stipend of $6300 (Professional Foundation Students) or $7200 (Concentration Year Students) for the academic year
Tuition and fees (in-state, out-of-state, Minnesota reciprocity)
Books and supplies funds and mileage to and from field site

Trainees graduating from the IV-E Training Program agreed to the following:

To complete the Training Curriculum and adhere to Stipend Contract
To participate in all Traineeship Activities
Upon graduation, to accept employment in the area of Public Child Welfare (i.e., Children's Protective Services, Treatment Foster Care, or Special Needs Adoption) and remain employed for a 12-month period for each year of funding received. Please note that trainees need to be able and willing to take available positions in the State of Wisconsin, which may necessitate relocation.

Application Procedures

Application to the Child Welfare Training Program must be made after acceptance to the MSW program. Applications must be received by April 25, 2008, for consideration.

To apply, please print out the 2008-2009 Application (link below; Adobe Acrobat required), fill out all four pages, and mail to:

Susan Michaud, Ph.D.
School of Social Work
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1350 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706

2008-2009 IV-E Child Welfare Training Program Application

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For additional information on the IV-E program, contact Dr. Susan Michaud at smmichaud@wisc.edu or 608-263-5612.

**Please note that traineeships are contingent upon availability of federal and state funding.

Training Curriculum, 2007-2008

For 1st Year Professional Foundation Students

Semester One

SW 605 Field of Social Work
SW 711 Human Behavior & Social Environment
SW 440 Practice I: Foundations of Generalist Practice
SW 441 Practice II: Generalist Practice with Individuals, Families and Groups
SW 400 Direct Practice CW Field Placement & Integrative Seminar

Semester Two

SW 606 Social Policy
SW 640 SW with Ethnic & Racial Groups
SW 650 Research Methods in SW
SW 442 Practice III: Generalist Practice with Communities & Organizations
SW 401 Direct Practice CW Field Placement & Integrative Seminar

For 2nd Year & Advanced Standing Students
Advanced Practice Child Welfare Concentration

Core	SW 921 Child Welfare Services SW 646 Child Abuse and Neglect SW 656 Practice in Foster and Kin Care SW 800/801 Advanced Child Welfare Field Placement
Direct Practice Option	SW 741 Interventions with Children,Youth,Families SW 742 Assessing and Treating Children and Adolescents or SW 860 Social Work and Substance Abuse SW 842 Consultation and Supervision
Indirect Practice Option	SW 841 Administration in Social Work SW 842 Consultation & Supervision in Social Work SW 867 Advanced Marco Practice

Field Units Options for Professional Foundation and Concentration Years:

Rock County Human Services
Green County Human Services
Dane County Human Services
Jefferson County Human Services
Sauk County Human Services
Child and Family Welfare (Primarily Private contractual agencies)
Social Policy-ONLY FOR CONCENTRATION YEAR STUDENTS

CONCENTRATION YEAR STUDENTS NOTE: Students must take the core courses and elect either the Direct Practice Option or the Macro Practice Option including the corresponding field unit.i.e. if you are in the Direct Practice Tract you must sign up for a Direct Practice Field Unit and if you are in a Macro Practice Tract you must sign up for a Macro Practice field unit. For Direct Practic Options students, there is one choice point in the curriculum. SW 742 or SW 860. Other than that there are not electives in the CW Training curriculum.