Copies of the renewal certificates indicating current coverage are required. Neither the university or the agency provide workman's compensation. Some agencies also require auto insurance. Students are expected to discuss all liability issues with their field instructor. Educational exercises and assignments must ensure client confidentiality.
Students are to comply with mandatory reporting requirements.
The standard policy of the Social Work Program is that students are placed in field agencies different from their place of current or prior employment. The requirement for clearly different experiences limits these placements to agencies large enough to have discrete units and a range of clients. A student may be granted an exception to this policy if the agency circumstances meet certain criteria. The student's field instructor would not be the administrative supervisor for the student. Learning experiences for the student would be available in a unit of the agency, which is different from the area where the student functions as an employee.