MSW Distance Field Placements

The following agencies have been approved by the Department of Social Work to provide MSW field placements for MSW students. These placements are particularly suited for MSW students who do not live in the Twin Ports or are interested a more rural location for an internship (though not all agencies listed here are located in a rural area). Click on the agency name to get further information about the agency, description of field placement activities, contact person, etc. Note whether the Department of Social Work has approved the particular site for Field I, Field II or both. Contact the Field Coordinator, Kathy Heltzer, if you have any questions.

Northern MN (outside Duluth/Cloquet/Two Harbors)
Arrowhead Center, Inc.
Arrowhead Head Start
Beltrami County Human Services
Bemidji Area Council of Non-profits
Bemidji Middle School
Bois Forte Human Services
Cass County Human Services
Cass Lake/Bena Family Council
Cook Hospital and Nursing Home
Crow Wing County Family Services Collaborative—Collaborative Service Team
Crow Wing County Social Services
Fairview University Medical Center Mesabi
Hope House
Hubbard County Human Services
Itasca County Health and Human Services
Leech Lake Department of Child Welfare
Leech Lake Family Services
Mahnomen County Human Services - Children's Mental Health
Merit Care Health System
Neighborhood Counseling Center Day Treatment Program
North Homes, Inc
Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training-Virginia
Northshore Area Partners
Otter Tail County Human Services
Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH)- Bemidji
Roseau Area Hospital & Homes, Inc.
Range Women's Advocates
RehabCare/Virginia Regional Medical Center
Stellher Human Services
St. Louis County Health and Human Services-Hibbing
St. Louis County Social Services-Virginia
St. Louis County Health and Human Services-ICWA Unit-Virginia
St. Michael's Health and Rehab
Upper Mississippi Mental Health Center
White Earth Home Health Agency
White Earth Tribal Social Services
White Earth Tribal Mental Health
White Earth ICW

Southern/Central MN
American Indian Research and Policy Institute
Associated Clinic of Psychology
Cedar House
Fairview Homecare and Lifeline
Family Means
Family Service St. Croix
Hennepin County Social Services
Mille Lacs Reservation
Minneapolis Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Olmstead County Community Services
OutFront Minnesota
Sherburne County Social Services
St. Cloud VA Medical Center
Wabasha County Social Services

Michigan
Catholic Social Services
Gogebic Medical Care Facility

South Dakota
Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health Services
Royal C. Johnson VA Medical Center

Wisconsin (outside Superior)
Bad River Tribe
Family Partners
Flambeau Home Health and Hospice
Impact Counseling Services
Lac Courte Oreilles Community Health Care
Marriage and Family Health Services, LTD.
Marriage and Family Therapy Services
Northwest Passage - Child and Adolescent Center
Northwest Passage II
Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH)- Wisconsin
Red Cliff Indian Child Welfare Department
Rusk Co. Department of Health and Human Services
Wausau Hospital
Washburn County Human Services

Other locations
CS&K Tribal Mental Health
Iowa Health System
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services