We are recruiting BSW Social Work students to become child welfare scholars. Child welfare scholars will take one additional elective and focus their coursework on understanding childhood trauma during their time at ÐßÐßÂþ». During the final semester of students’ BSW, child welfare scholars will complete their internship at a county or tribal level child welfare program. Accepted scholars retain their status and stipend each semester until graduation, pending funding and acceptable academic and professional progress. After graduation, child welfare graduates are required to apply the skills, values and knowledge acquired from their education and experienced through employment in a child welfare setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Title IV-E of the Social Security Act focuses on providing safe and stable care for children who have been placed in out-of-home care as a result to maltreatment or other circumstances. This care lasts until the child can be safely returned home or placed permanently with an adoptive family or some other planned arrangement. The Title IV-E Child Welfare Scholars Program provides stipends to students who are interested in pursuing careers in public child welfare. To be eligible for the program, a Bemidji State student must be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To apply click on the following link and complete form: IV-E-Application-Form<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please review the Child Welfare Rubric<\/a> in order to see the criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Newly admitted Child Welfare Scholars will receive Title IV-V Student Information Form and Memorandum of Understanding from Ashley Charwood, Director of the BSU Child Welfare Scholars Program and be required to mail them to 1500 Birchmont Dr NE, Box 35, Bemidji, MN 56601 within two weeks of receipt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If awarded a Child Welfare Stipend, Baccalaureate in Social Work (BSW) students are required to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are interested in learning more about the program click here to view brochure: Child Welfare Brochure.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n See the story about Katie Northbird, a Child Welfare Scholarship recipient<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scholars complete Child Welfare Foundations Training (CWFT) during their semester of internship. The CWFT curriculum has been recently revamped. As a result, even if you completed CWFT as part of past or current employment, you will need to complete CWFT during your internship semester. Minnesota statute {Minn. Stat. 626.559, subd. 1a} requires that all newly hired child protection workers receive training provided through CWFT provided by The MN Child Welfare Training Academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n CWFT provides a skill-intensive foundation curriculum that combines classroom as well as web-based training. Because BSW students will complete the entire CWFT while in their primary public or tribal child welfare field placement, this provides them with an advantage in their public and tribal child welfare job search. Additionally, the training enhances IV-E field experiences with the development of hands on skills, case consultations and field instructor\/supervisor discussion guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MN Child Welfare Competencies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n For information on CWFT, ICWA or other trainings, please contact Ashley Charwood or your Child Welfare D2L shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All coursework is available on-campus and to SWIM students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instructions: Throughout each semester scholars will track their activities related to Child Welfare Scholars program in the Child Welfare Scholars Activities Log<\/a>. At the end of each semester, students will send the completed log to Ashley.Charwood@bemidjistate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To provide financial support and educational resource to BSW students committed to a post-graduate career in public or tribal child welfare. Primary elements of the Child Welfare Scholars program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Students are eligible to receive $2,250 per semester in the fall and spring semesters for a total of $4,500 per academic year. Students are eligible to receive the stipend for the duration of their time in the social work program, provided they continue to study full-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the first two weeks of each semester, Child Welfare Scholars will work with Ashley Charwood to complete the necessary paperwork. The stipend will be paid to students by the BSU Cashier’s Office in the form of a one-time stipend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Title IV-E Child Welfare stipend is not traditional financial aid. Rather, it is an employment repayment program. All graduates upon completion of the BSW programmatic requirements are obligated to search for, accept and remain employed in a public or tribal child welfare agency. The length of employment obligation is equal to the amount of time graduates were supported as students. One semester of educational funding is equivalent to 4.5 months of employment obligation. If a student receives the IV-E stipend for three semesters, they are obligated to an employment “payback” of 13.5 months. If a student receives the stipend for four semesters, they are obligated to an employment “payback” of 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the goal of CASCW to support students throughout their employment search and employment “payback” obligation and beyond. CASCW will provide supportive coaching throughout the job search process. All graduates must stay in contact with CASCW staff while completing their obligation. CASCW hopes to remain in contact with graduates beyond their obligation as a means of providing continuing education and career support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CASCW provides conferences, publications and additional resources to support the child welfare workforce. Additionally, Child Welfare IV-E alumni have a relationship with CASCW as advisory board members, field instructors, evaluation collaborators, community partners, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Researchers at CASCW have developed a longitudinal evaluation framework which aims to determine the effectiveness of Title IV-E education (including BSW course work, field experiences, IV-E requirements and advising) on the preparation and retention of Minnesota social workers in public and tribal child welfare. CASCW will ask Title IV-E Fellows to partner with us in completing research and evaluation of the IV-E Program through a pre- and post-knowledge assessment, as well as post-graduate satisfaction and retention surveys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) partnered with the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Association for County Social Services Administrators (MACSSA) to develop this child welfare workers position description:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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such a position is available and offered within three months of graduation) and maintain such
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Students complete their internship in a county, state or tribal child welfare setting. These placements are identified in field materials or can be approved only in consultation with the Director of Field Education, Dr. Sue Rickers, and the Title IV-E Coordinator, Ashley Charwood. Title IV-E students need to have enough flexibility to be able to be considered a desirable candidate for county, tribal and related placements. We do not recommend IV-E student work full time and the stipend is intended to off-set living expenses during this time.<\/li>\n\n\n\nEmployment Obligation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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