Paid Internships: Tools for Field Educators and Agencies

Friday, October 25, 2024

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT

Location: KC Convention Center, Room 2103B

Main Presenter(s)

Lisa Doot Abinoja, PhD, LCSW (she/her/hers)

Director of Field Education
Trinity Christian College
Palos Heights, IL, United States

Co-Presenter(s)

Mini Datta, MSW (she/her/hers)

Assistant Director of Internships & Career Services
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States
Susan Klumpner, PhD, LCSW (she/her/hers)

Associate Director of Field Education
University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, & Practice
Chicago, IL, United States

This workshop provides attendees with a tool kit for analyzing paid internship strategies, implementing, and advocating for paid internships. Additionally, focus group data from local agency administrators' challenges related to offering and implementing paid internships will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

Analyze different strategies to increase paid internships
Apply paid internship toolkit to their home institution.
Review updated paid internship perception data from agency internship supervisors.