The USC School of Social Work welcomes agencies interested in partnering with us as field placement sites. To qualify as a field placement site, agencies must meet the following criteria:

• a sufficient number and variety of assignments to develop student knowledge and practice skill
• experiences with individuals, groups, families and community — at least two of these modalities must be available in some depth (50 percent of the student’s time should be spent in direct contact with clients, except for the Community, Organization, Planning and Administration (COPA) and Work & Life concentrations)
• ample time for field instruction to permit both individual and group conferences with students
• an interest in participating in the student’s research
• adequate office space, telephone availability, clerical support and travel reimbursement for students
• student opportunities for in-service training and access to agency consultants
• congruence between the agency’s practice framework and theories taught in the classroom.