Why is my msw not letting me use my job as my practicum?
Has anyone else dealt with this?
For reference, it’s technically a paid internship with my county court dealing with youth and family services. I’ve been there for 2 years and my supervisor was super onboard with keeping me and they’ve sponsored other students msw practicums (from different schools then mine). I know the issues isn’t supervision or the fact that the responsibilities are not related to sw because that’s not the case there. I reached out to my advisor who sent me an application for my supervisor to fill out. My supervisor had questions about it and she told me to have my supervisor contact the director of practicum and he did. The director didn’t answer him for like a week and then my advisor was actually the one who returned his call and they set up a zoom. So that’s weird. From what my supervisor told me, my advisor basically said no because it would be unclear who I represent on the field.
My supervisor himself was confused and I’m confused too. Like…wouldn’t that be the same case with other agencies? I dunno. I’m not understanding why some schools would allow it and some not. Also why wouldn’t the director of practicum meet with my supervisor himself? If it’s a general rule that jobs cannot count as practicums why did she sent me that application? I just feel like the whole situation is weird