Academics at MBC
Field Work Placements
Students are expected to carry out their field observation (May term) and/or Field Instruction in Social Work (450 clock hours of full internship) in any one of these agencies. Professional social workers are available in these agencies to provide supervision to students. In the last three years, (2005-2007) following agencies were used for a student’s field work experience.
- Albemarle Department of Social Services, Charlottesville, VA
- Augusta Medical Center
- Bessie Weller Elementary School
- Bridgewater Retirement Community
- Juvenile Detention Center
- Juvenile Probation, 31 Court Service Units, Washington, D.C.
- New Direction- A domestic violence agency
- Project Horizon – A domestic violence agency in Lexington
- Shenandoah Department of Social Services, Child Protective Service
- Shenandoah Department of Social Services, Foster Care and Adoption
- Shenandoah Valley Head Start
- Total Action Against Poverty- Head Start, Glasgow, VA
- Virginia Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescent
- Western State Hospital
Community agencies and social work professionals are very supportive to Mary Baldwin College students. Below is a list of additional agencies willing to provide professionally supervised internships in the neighboring communities:
- Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
- Alzheimer’s Association Shenandoah
- American Cancer Society
- American Red Cross
- Augusta Free Clinic
- Augusta Home Health Center
- Blue Ridge Legal Services
- Center for Marriage & Family Counseling
- Central Shenandoah Office on Youth
- Community Mediation Center
- Department for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
- Department for the Visually Handicapped
- Department of Social Services- Highland
- Department of Social Services- Waynesboro
- Family Life Resource Center
- Family Resource and Referral Center
- Highland Medical Center
- Hospice of the Shenandoah
- Mental Health Association
- Mental Health Association of Augusta County
- Parent Education Advocacy Program
- People Places
- Planned Parenthood
- Pregnancy Help Center
- Social Security Administration
- United Cerebral Palsy Association
- United Way Office
- VA School for Deaf & Blind
- Valley Community Services Board
- Valley Association for Independent Living
- Valley Program for the Aging Services
- Virginians Against Domestic Violence
- Virginia Center for Family Relations
- We Care Alliance for the Mentally Ill
- Western State Hospital
- WIC- Women, Infants & Children
- Women’s Resource Center
- Woodrow Wilson Rehab. Center
