Field education has been identified by the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) as the “signature pedagogy” in Social Work education, meaning that it is the central form of instruction and learning in which the profession socializes its students to become practitioners. In the field, students have the opportunity to test what they learn in the classroom and to integrate theory with practice. During the senior year, Centenary BSW Program students complete a 420-hour structured field placement, working closely with an agency-based Field Instructor. All BSW Program Field Instructors are professional Social Workers who have completed a “Seminars in Field Instruction” (SIFI) certification program, which is offered at Centenary University.
Examples of potential placements at Centenary’s B.S.W. Program include:
- Alina Lodge Drug Rehabilitation and Recovery Treatment Center
- Alternatives, Inc. Community Support Services
- Benny’s Bodega
- Bristol Glen – United Methodist Communities Independent &Assisted Living
- Caring Partners for Morris and Sussex County, Inc. Care Management Organization
- Center for Prevention and Counseling (substance abuse)
- Center for Family Services (formerly Family Intervention Services of Morris and Sussex Counties)
- Children’s Mobile Response & Stabilization Services
- Cooperative Counseling Services, Supervised & Therapeutic Visitation Program
- DAWN Center for Independent Living
- Domestic Abuse & Sexual Assault Crisis Center (DASACC)
- EDGE NJ -Serving those with HIV, at risk and the LGBTQ+ communities
- Family Guidance Center of Warren County
- Family Promise of Warren County, Inc., IHN Shelter Program & Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Programs
- Freedom House, Inc. Addiction and Recovery
- Ginnie’s House (Sussex County Child Advocacy Center)
- Heath Village (geriatric nursing care facility)
- Homestead Rehabilitation and Recovery Center
- Jersey Battered Women’s Service (JBWS)
- Mansfield School District
- Morris/Sussex Youth Advocate Program (Family Preservation Services Program)
- Mt. Olive Township School District (Tinc School, Mt. Olive Middle School, Mt. Olive High School)
- NJ Division of Child Protection & Permanency* (DCP&P)
- NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities
- NJ Organ and Tissue Sharing Network
- Northwest New Jersey Community Action Program (NORWESCAP)
- Morris County Division on Aging
- Morris School District (Alfred Vail & Hillcrest Schools)
- Plaid House, Inc. (residential & supportive treatment for teens)
- Prevention Resources, Inc
- Progressive Comprehensive Services LLC
- Project Self-Sufficiency (support services for low-income and single-parent families)
- School Based Youth Services Program
- SOBA New Jersey (Addiction Treatment Center)
- Sussex County Community College (SCCC)- Veterans Affairs/Counseling Center
- Sussex County Interfaith Hospitality Network
- The Reformed Church of Highland Park (RCHP) Affordable Housing Corporation & Refugee and Immigrant Support & Empowerment (RISE), a US State Department refugee resettlement program
- Tri-County Care Management Organization (CMO)
- Vernon School District
- Veteran Haven North (Transitional Housing Program)
- Warren County Division of Aging and Disability Services
*Centenary University participates in the NJ Baccalaureate Child Welfare Education Program (BCWEP) as part of a consortium of undergraduate Social Work programs in New Jersey working in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families to enhance recruitment and retention for caseworkers in public child welfare. BCWEP provides a full-year scholarship to selected undergraduate Social Work students throughout New Jersey to support them during their internship year at the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P). Students are placed at local DCP&P offices throughout the state under supervision of credentialed field instructors. Students also take at least one specialized course in child welfare. Successful applicants for the program must commit to working for at least two years in a caseworker position within the Division of Child Protection and Permanency.