Yes, this is a possibility if you work in a setting that provides social work services and your employer will support activities and tasks that support your continued development as a social work practitioner. Employment-based settings require approval from the Director of Field Education. Students are required to submit the application for employment-based practicums.
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* Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2022. BLS estimates do not represent entry-level wages and/or salaries. Multiple factors, including prior experience, age, geography market in which you want to work and degree field, will affect career outcomes and earnings. Herzing neither represents that its graduates will earn the average salaries calculated by BLS for a particular job nor guarantees that graduation from its program will result in a job, promotion, salary increase or other career growth.