Master of Social Work Field Training Placement Program
The RecoverWell MSW Internship is a master class in whole person care. Our social workers learn crisis prevention and management in a fast paced, patient centered program that exposes students to the real work of social services.
Develop Expert Macro Systems Intelligence
You will gain expert level knowledge of the systems where people can get stuck, blocked or lost so you can help patients access the services they need in a timely manner.
Systems you will master:
- Insurance
- Hospitals and Healthcare
- Behavioral Health
- Addiction Treatment
- Judicial
- Housing
- Nutrition
- Transportation
Practice Mezzo Social Work
Learning to Connect People, Teams, and Systems
Grow your experience working at the mezzo level—where individual patient needs intersect with healthcare organizations, provider networks, and community systems. Students learn to: - Collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams - Coordinate across hospitals, health plans, healthcare providers, and community organizations - Build and strengthen community resource networks - Identify gaps and barriers between systems of care - Support communication and warm handoffs between organizations - Advocate for patients across multiple systems and settings This is where social work becomes coordination: bringing people, organizations, and resources together around the needs of the patient.
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Gain Hands-on Micro Intelligence learning
Develop the skills necessary to earn trust and build productive relationships.
- Advanced biopsychosocial assessments
- Motivational interviewing
- Harm reduction approaches
- Crisis stabilization planning
- Safety planning for suicide and overdose risk
- Complex discharge planning
- Trauma-informed engagement
- Care plan development with measurable outcomes
- Longitudinal case management
The RecoverWell Social Work Practicum is a Hybrid Model
RecoverWell social workers work with patients in healthcare settings such as doctors’ offices and hospitals as well as by phone and virtual meetings. For the safety of our social work interns we do not do in home visits.
Hours vary by university requirements:
20 hours per week:
Morning Cohort:
Monday-Friday
9:00 AM-1:00 PM PST
or
Afternoon Cohort:
Monday-Friday
12:00PM-4:00PM PST
16 hours per week:
Morning Cohort:
Monday-Thursday
9:00 AM-1:00 PM PST
or
Tuesday-Friday
9:00 AM-1:00 PM PST
Afternoon Cohort:
Moday-Thursday
12:00 PM-4:00 PM PST
or
Tuesday-Friday
12:00 PM-4:00 PM PST