School Social Work Internship Program
INTERNSHIP YEAR
Our internship year will start August 26, 2024 through May 16, 2025.
This timeframe is a requirement for our agency. At this time we do not offer a Summer placement. Mandatory Orientation week will be
August 12,2024 - August 16,2024.
INTERNSHIP week
We are open 7:30am-4:00pm Monday through Friday which allows for flexibility in your internship week. The AUSD School Social Work program requires Wednesday afternoons as a mandatory day for group supervision. Here are the expected hours for interns:
Foundation Year Interns
16 hours per week
Concentration Year Interns
20 hours per week
PPSC Interns
20-24 hours per week
Social Work Interns will learn micro, mezzo, and macro practice skills as it applies to school settings. Social Work Interns are expected to learn and utilize prevention and interventions strategies to help improve individual and schoolwide academic achievement, attendance, behavior and engagement.
MICRO
Biopsychosocial Assessments & Treatment Planning
Individual & Family Mental Health Counseling with Students
Group Mental Health Counseling
Case Management support for Students At-Promised, Foster Youth, and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Case Management skills for students in need of behavioral intervention and support
MEZZO
Experience working with school based Multidisciplinary Teams such as Student Success Teams (SST) and Student Attendance Review Teams (SART).
Exposure to IEP meetings and 504 meetings for students
Presentations, Webinars and Workshops to Educators, Parents, Caregivers, and Community Members on various mental health topics.
Exposure to community-based Mental Health Agencies through our Mental Health Integration Team Meetings (MHIT)
Consultation with other educators such as teachers, school psychologists, school counselors, assistant principals, and principals.
MACRO
Participate in our district task forces:
Community Resource Mapping Committee
HOPE/STAR Committee (McKinney-Vento/At-Promised Youth/Foster Youth)
Communications & Marketing Committee
Mental Health Awareness Committee
Attend School Attendance Review Board (SARB) Meetings
Attend School Board of Education Meetings
Analyze data on mental health referrals at the site and/or district level
Orientation
Our placement offers a week long joint internship orientation that familiarizes you with our district, our populations, and information you will need to know in order to work efficiently within our schools. Our orientation week is a requirement of our internship program and is usually conducted the third week of August.
Supervision
Our placement offers 1 hour of individual supervision a week with your field instructor and 2 hours of group supervision to support with case consultation, presentations, in-service with our gateway seminars, and collaboration time with other social work interns! Our field instructors are LCSWs and are passionate about supervising interns! Our team of Mental Health Counselors and Licensed Mental Health Counselors at our school sites serve as preceptors that help guide your work at their specific school sites.
TrainingS
AUSD offers trainings to our interns in order to best equip you with tools, skills, and knowledge to support your work! Professional competency is valued and important to our program, here are some topics we have covered:
Restorative Circles
Intro to Human Trafficking Awareness for Educators and School Personnel
LGBTQIA+ Awareness and Inclusivity Training
Suicide & Self Harm Intervention and Prevention
Threat Assessment Intervention and Protocols
Child Abuse Reporting
School-Based Clinical Documentation
School Based Crisis Intervention
Introduction to DSM Diagnosis
SEL Curriculums in Schools
PBIS Tier II Interventions
Creative Interventions in Counseling
Group Counseling Dynamics & Conflict Resolution
Transference & Countertransference in your Practice
Grief & Loss Intervention and Support
Termination Planning
2022-2023 gts School Social work Interns
Amy Keller, CSULB MSW Intern
Arianna Hernandez, CSUF MSW Intern
Brenda Perez, APU MSW & PPSC Intern
Daisy Mendoza-Rojas, APU MSW Intern
Daniel Campos, CSUDH MSW & PPSC Intern
Guadalupe Gonzalez, CSULB MSW & PPSC Intern
Kandiss Rodriguez, CSUF MSW Intern
Kevin Albanes, CSULA MSW Intern
Lena Nguyen, CSUF MSW & PPSC Intern
Nadine Tran, CSULA MSW Intern
Raquel Galvan, APU MSW & PPSC Intern
UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS
Our Social Work program is partnered with the following universities. If you attend these universities and are interested in a Social Work field placement with AUSD please make sure you reach out to your university for directions on applying to our program.
APU | MSW & MSW+PPSC
CSULA | MSW & Independent PPSC
CSUN | MSW & Independent PPSC
CSUF | MSW & Independent PPSC
SJSU | MSW & MSW+PPSC & Post PPSC
UCLA | MSW & MSW+PPSC & Post PPSC
CSULB | MSW & MSW+PPSC
USC | MSW & MSW+PPSC
CSUDH | MSW & Independent PPSC
TULANE | Virtual MSW Program
want to join the team?
Graduate APPLICATION PROCEDURE
CONCENTRATION YEAR APPLICANTS
Please notify your university first to gain approval to contact us. Once approved by your university, you may contact us via email at gateway@ausd.us
Please make the subject line specific to School Social Work Program
We will provide the applicant with a link to apply with our program, submit their Cover Letter and Resume. Once completed, the School Social Work Internship Coordinator will contact the applicant with next steps for interviews.
Once interviews are complete, our agency will submit our results to each university and the university will release the matching results.
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If you are a graduate level PPSC candidate, you will follow the same procedures. However, please specify that you are PPSC candidate in your application/email.
FOUNDATION YEAR APPLICANTS
Please notify your university first to gain approval to contact us. Once approved by your university, you may contact us via email at gateway@ausd.us
Please make the subject line specific to School Social Work Program
We will provide the applicant with a link to apply with our program, submit their Cover Letter and Resume. Once completed, the School Social Work Internship Coordinator will contact the applicant with next steps for interviews.
Once interviews are complete, our agency will contact the applicant and university to extend an offer for placement.
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If you are a graduate level PPSC candidate, you will follow the same procedures. However, please specify that you are PPSC candidate in your application/email.
POST-MASTERS PPSC Application procedure
PPS in School Social Work and Child welfare & attendance
Please email gateway@ausd.us and attach a PDF of your Cover Letter and Resume/CV.
Please make the subject line specific to School Social Work Internship Program Post-PPSC.
Once received your application will be reviewed and the School Social Work Internship Coordinator will contact the applicant via email with next steps for possible interviews.
The applicant will be notified via email of an offer for placement and will be provided with onboarding instructions.
underGraduate APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Bachelor in social work
Unfortunately, at this time we are not accepting any undergraduate level social work applicants.
School Social Work Internship Coordinator
Sabrina Son
son_sabrina@ausd.us
626-943-3400
Onboarding
If you are offered placement with our agency and you accept, onboarding may occur during the summer months. The program coordinator will reach out with specific information and steps. Here is an overview of what is required:
Proof of a CLEAR TB test within the last 24 months. (At cost to the intern).
Interns must complete and pass a DOJ & FBI Livescan Clearance after accepted offer of placement. (At cost to the intern).
AUSD will provide you with the documentation to complete the Livescan. Other Livescan(s) you have completed in the past or with other agencies will not be accepted.
Proof of a full dose of the COVID19 Vaccine. (At cost to the intern). We do not accept any exemptions.
Interns may be required to drive to the district office and other sites for trainings, supervision and crisis support. Reliable means for transportation is required for our placement.
Failure to provide the required onboarding documentation may result in AUSD rescinding their offer for placement.