My time at the Evangelical Lutheran Congregations of America (ELCA) Outreach Center has not only been a journey of growth and finding my place in social work, but also a journey of discovering what I am truly capable of. My supervisors thoughtfully constructed this internship to be a hands-on learning opportunity that allows me to gain leadership skills. From the very beginning, my supervisors had told me that this position is what I make of it and to spread my wings. When I

I often ask my students and colleagues, “What major on our campus do you think has the most rigorous internship requirement?” They rarely know that the answer is social work! In social work, the internship is referred to as the “signature pedagogy” of our discipline. This means that the social work internship is one of the primary ways that our students learn and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to become practicing social workers.  The social work internship pr

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