A Multisite Field Placement Approach for Social Work Interns in the Antitrafficking Arena: An Innovative Model at a Midwestern University

2020/03/05 by Raven E. Lynch, Jacquelyn C. A. Meshelemiah, Jacquelyn C.A. Meshelemiah +1
Social Sciences · #Social Work Education and Practice #Workplace Violence and Bullying

paper · doi:10.1080/10437797.2020.1714520

openalex publication_date 2020/03/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

Social work field placements are considered the signature pedagogy of the social work profession. Traditionally, students are placed in a single agency for the academic year. Given that antitrafficking intervention is fairly new to the social work profession, interns may not be able to get the most out of an experience in a single agency. Using support from the literature on the most satisfying and beneficial aspects of internships and a rotational field model for geriatric social work students, a multiagency internship model for interns interested in human trafficking is proposed for other universities after it was implemented at a large Midwestern university.

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