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Community Social Work

SOWK 401
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MacEwan University
MacEwan University
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Tami Ambury
Experiential Learning Facilitator
(256)
4
Timeline
  • September 13, 2020
    Experience start
  • September 23, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 7, 2020
    Project go-ahead
  • December 9, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
6/7 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Social Enterprise, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Communications Social sciences
Skills
community studies social work organization research
Learner goals and capabilities

You get a team of 4-5 senior level Social Work students to help build capacity, fill a need within your organization, create a fundraising event (likely virtual) or just fill in some gaps during this trying time! These students would love to get some experience working with a community partner and building their community social work skills.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
32 learners
Project
40 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The team working for your company will be working on any kind of project that gives them community social work skills.

Project timeline
  • September 13, 2020
    Experience start
  • September 23, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 7, 2020
    Project go-ahead
  • December 9, 2020
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Students will work with social service organizations to engage their target population in a community mobilization/development focused event. Due to the virtual nature, the projects will be very open-ended this term. Your team will be available to work on a project, activity, event, collaboration for September through December (Fall 2020 term). The parameters are very open, the students are just looking for experience in community organizations. Great opportunity for building capacity with student lead work in this challenging world!

Some examples of student projects could include:

  • social media campaign for an organization serving a vulnerable/priority population
  • grant writing assistance for non-profit organizations
  • researching and making recommendations on how company/government agency can adapt messaging to reach 18-35 year olds
  • donor community relations or donation solicitation
  • creating a virtual awareness or fundraising event
  • creating a social media campaign and completing user research for an app
  • survey of best practices to assist in service delivery for a vulnerable population
  • communication plan or outreach campaign to community organization

There are so many more possibilities as well!

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Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Ensure timely transfer of information and firm commitment to scheduled meetings to support project success.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

Attend virtual presentations and/or Q&A sessions with students during the term.