Social work internship

A formal hospital-based internship program for mature social work students.

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MSW student internship at Providence Health Care

We are proud of the reputation of Providence Health Care in providing excellent patient and family care. The objective of the Social Work Internship Program is to provide diversified training opportunities and ensure a high standard of Social Work practice in health care through a consistent approach in field education, practice and clinical supervision.

The MSW internship program establishes a formal hospital based internship program for mature social work students. The internship program works closely with the UBC School of Social Work and other accredited university MSW programs in order to enhance the practical experiences provided by the hospital with the theoretical framework provided in the course work. Rather than one block placement, the selected interns will move through 4 different rotations of working in a different unit, with an assigned field instructor to each rotation.

  • All social work interns will be expected to rotate through key areas of Acute Medicine, a Community Health, Urban Health/Mental Health and Long-Term Care. Interns will be assigned to various areas in the multiple sites across PHC subject to the available options each year.
  • In addition to the work related experiences, the social work interns learning experience will be enhanced with related, weekly, small group in-services and workshops to build on knowledge base associated with practice.

For any questions regarding the PHC Social Work Student Internship, please contact Jenny Hyman at jhyman@providencehealth.bc.ca at 604-874-1141 ext. 78647.

Last reviewed: August 27, 2024