Intro to Community Practice Directory

Community Practice Manual

For Professor Joy Wells

Updated April 20, 2015
Against the Grain

atghope.org

504 Autumn Springs Ct. Suite 29

Franklin, TN 37067

Meredith Kendall, Intern coordinator

615-791-7885

The mission of Against the Grain is to demonstrate the love of Christ to disadvantaged children and single mothers through service and by empowering them to become self-supporting, knowledgeable, involved members of society.

Services include:

Teaching job skills, life skills, and family relations classes to two days a week to male and female inmates in the Williamson County Jail
Teaching Adolescent and Women Outpatient Drug and Alcohol rehab patients once a week at Meharry Medical Center
Mentoring single mothers through the use of the 180 curriculum
Providing tutoring to students in the Williamson County Schools

Social Work interns would have the opportunity to learn the inner workings of helping clients of Against the Grain as well as the various processes and duties entailed within this social service realm.

American Cancer Society

Mid-South Division, Inc.

2000 Charlotte Avenue

Nashville, TN 37203

327-0991

Jo Pulcini, intern coordinator, , 859-230-2239, 615-342-0889

The purpose of the Mid-South Division Social Work Internship Program is to provide the intern with hands on experience in the activities of a non-profit organization, and it provides in-depth knowledge of the Cancer Society’s efforts in health initiatives, volunteer involvement and community outreach. Todevelop an understanding of social work practice at the BSW/MSW level within the context of the American cancer Society Organizational structure, including further development in the community context, assessment implementation, collaboration, and the promotion of diversity within social work relationships.

Under the supervision of a Patient-advocate, the intern will be involved in numerous activities that facilitate the development of community resources to aid cancer patients and their families. Other responsibilities of the social work student will include speaking with cancer patients and family members who contact ACS to receive resource information and assistance. The student intern will assist health care providers in identifying services and resources for cancer patients and will routinely contact patients for follow up information regarding our services and assess needs of patients for additional services they may need. They will also help ACS evaluate our programs and services through Call Back. They will learn about various cancer diagnoses and their treatments.

American Cancer Society Hope Lodge

2008 Charlotte Avenue

Nashville, TN 37203

615-342-0888

Since 2004, The American Cancer Society's Memorial Foundation Hope Lodge in Nashville, Tennessee has offered a solution to cancer patients who must undergo treatment far from home. The Hope Lodge provides housing free of charge on a first-come, first served basis to cancer patients and their families during their course of treatment. The lodge not only reduces the financial burden, but also provides a much needed supportive environment.

Guests of the Hope Lodge enjoy rooms with a private bath and television. Other amenities include a shared kitchen, library, dining room, living room and laundry room. Guests are able and encouraged to make themselves very much at home, engaging in such normal everyday activities as buying groceries, preparing meals, doing dishes, working at a computer terminal or watching television.

Avalon Hospice

2525 Perimeter Place Dr.

Nashville, TN 37214

(615) 889-5995

Briana Bailey, MSW, 850-758-7796,

Avalon Hospice provides support to patients at end of life. The intern would be experiencing personal one-on-one interaction with the hospice patients. Participating in life review with hospice patients. The intern will also be experiencing being with patients in a medical setting- both in homes and facilities. The intern would also be under weekly supervision by a MSW.

The intern must be able to travel by car in order to get to visits in homes, LTC, or assisted living facilities
Baby Girls Club

251 2nd Ave South

Franklin, TN 37064

LaSonya Thompson, 615-720-4819,

Baby Girls Club is a Christian based nonprofit and serves girls ages six to eighteen usually of a lower socioeconomic background. Their goal is to develop leadership qualities and teach the girls how to use their talents and create a place where the girls can share, resolve conflicts, practice listening and leading. The program is split into two days, Tuesdays for 15 to 18 year olds and Wednesdays for 6 to 14 year olds. They use the arts to empower. Some of the activities they do are tutoring, mentoring, singing, dancing and clothing design.

Students will have the opportunity to:

Work with and mentor a diverse population of girls
Learn about the workings of a nonprofit organization
Help in planning and the behind the scenes work of a typical day

Behavioral Treatment Providers

531 Gallatin Pike South

Madison, TN 37115

668-2229

Kenny Baker, LADAC, LPC,

BTP is an approve offender supervision provider for Davidson County General Sessions and Criminal Courts in Nashville, TN. BTP operates the Magdalene Prostitution Solicitation School for Metropolitan Davidson County. BTP utilizes behavioral management and behavioral contingency methods in the supervision of offender groups. Programs include domestic violence, anger management, alcohol and drug offender supervision, and DUI assessments.

Bethany Christian Services

220 Athens Way, Suite 405, Nashville, TN 37228

Ph. 242-0909

Jessica Wheeler: MSW- Site Supervisor,

Stephanie Shivers, MA: Adoption,

It provides free, professional, confidential counseling on abortion alternatives, maternity clothes, medical referral, interim infant care, housing for pregnant women and Christian adoptive families.

Students will assist in

Data entry, coordinating events, and providing assistance to volunteers.
Involvement with training groups for prospective adoptive
Mentoring with families
Post-adoption follow-up

Big Brothers Big Sisters

1704 Charlotte Avenue Suite 130

Nashville, TN 37203

615-329-9191

Darlene Lawson: SW- Site Supervisor, ext. 626, Cell: 615-293-8321,

615-329-9191

Lindsay Hughes,

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee is the local affiliate of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. For more than 100 years, we have been fulfilling our mission to make a positive difference in the lives of children in need and to assist them in achieving their highest potential by facilitating a professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationship with a committed volunteer.

Interns will be working in our school-based mentoring program. In this program we provide mentors to children at their school or afterschool program.

The students will have an opportunity to:

Interview and assess children and volunteers to determine if they are appropriate for our program.
Work with clients from diverse groups
Assist with development of the parent newsletter an other administrative duties
Participate in staff meetings/workshops and on-line learning events
Interact with Metro Nashville Public School staff
Observe and learn about children groups and fund development process and events

The Brown Center For Autism

2702 Greystone Road

Nashville, TN 37204

(615) 385-7994

Katie Carrell, MEd, BCBA, , 615-385-7996

* Need Background Check *

The Brown Center delivers a year-round, family-focused program for young children through six years old who are impacted by Autism Spectrum Disorders, in a fully inter-disciplinary and unique environment. ur innovative programis a four-day per week treatment model, servingchildren Monday-Thursday. Each child’s treatment plan will consist of a combination of Center-based and Home-based services, with children being placed in either a morning or afternoon session at the Center. A Peer Model Program is also open to a limited number of typically developing children ages 3-6 years. Peer models will also be placed in corresponding time slotswith their same-aged counterparts with ASD. The center willconduct inter-disciplinary treatment team meetings in order to update each child’s goals. Parents are invited to attend a monthly meeting to review progress. Our focus is on providing fully integrated services across all necessary disciplines and within the home, therefore frequent communication and coordination among all parties is vital. Student interns would get quality family and child experience working at this agency, and they have a wide range of unique experiences that they tailor to fit interests, strengths, and needs of particular students.

Interns will have opportunity to receive training and direct experience involving discrete trial instruction, incidental teaching, positive behavior support for young children with ASD in a one-on-one and group setting. They will also be able to have opportunities to collect data to analyze student acquisition of target behaviors and effectiveness of positive behavior support interventions. Opportunities to attend Family Support Meetings where treatment plans are reviewed with families. They will also have opportunities to support during monthly family events at the Brown Center. Many other opportunities available upon request; they serve students from many different educational programs and are happy to accommodate the interests and needs of individual student interns.
Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc.

21 White Bridge Road

Nashville, TN 37206

615-352-3087 Fax: (615) 352-8591

General Contact: Mattie Callham- RCA Coordinator, Suite 201, 615-354-6305

Caring Choices: Adoption Support

30 White Bridge Rd., Nashville, TN 37205; 615-352-3087

Julie Bolles, 615-760-2784,(615) 352-3087 ext 240

Jan Clifton, , 615-352-3087, 615-760-4429

This program offers pregnancy counseling, adoption services, and the Worth Waiting For abstinence education program.

Caring Choices is a state-licensed adoption agency serving all races and religions. We place Caucasian and minority race children as well as infants with special medical needs. We also assist with many independent placements. A sliding scale helps to make adoption affordable for virtually all qualified adoptive parents. Our services are offered regardless of religious affiliation.

Students will have the opportunity to:

Experience group preparation
Gain direct experience working with children and parents in an adoption support group
Participate in clinical staff meetings
Shadow clinical staff in the field

Basic Needs Services

30 White Bridge Rd., Nashville, TN 37205

Megan Stack, Department Director,, 352- 3087 ext. 254

North Nashville Outreach and Christmas Angel Tree Program

This program offers basic needs assistance in the forms of food, shelter assistance and clothing.

Child Welfare

Nina Gilbert, LCSW, , 615-352-9520

Ryan Duprey,

CHAP is a home-based counseling program for families at risk for abuse and neglect. They also work with children who have been affected by homicide

CHAP – PLUS provides counseling for families with children who are drug affected at birth or have life threatening diseases

Students will:

Be in a cooperative environment allowing students to interview/investigate within all departments to learn about the agency
Have opportunities to participate in community events such as Child Abuse Prevention poster contest, Night Out Against Crime, and Crime Victims Rights Week
Have opportunities to attend in-service trainings including case staffing (based upon student’s schedule)
Shadow staff during in-home client visits and during group sessions (depending upon student’s schedule)

School Counseling

Mary Hemminger, Program Coordinator, ,

352-3087

This program offers counseling at several of the Catholic elementary schools in the Nashville area. Also offers thematic workshops in the classrooms.

Hispanic Family Services

3112 Nolensville Pk., Nashville, TN 37211, Anais Riggs, Family Services Coordinator, , 445 -8310 ext. 222

This is a complete program for Hispanic families in Nashville and surrounding cities. Offers case management, health access, benefit assistance preschool ESL/playgroups for children, interpreting services, prenatal care with St. Thomas Health Clinic, and adult ESL.

Geriatric/ Adult Daycare

Linda Edwards, Coordinator, , 352-3087

Catholic Charities has two geriatric programs: An adult day program operates Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. This offers interacting with participants and leading group activities. Living at Home is a cooperative effort of several agencies. It assists a person's skills and living conditions and making appropriate referrals to promote independent living and prevent premature nursing home placements. Individuals or groups mayassist with chores or special projects such as seasonal cleaning.
Catholic Charities: Refugees Service Department

10 South 6th St.
Nashville, TN 37206

615-760-2784

Cagney Stinson, , 615-760-2761

Jennifer Escue, MSW, Field Instructor, , 615-760-2784

Refugee Services seeks to offer hand-on experience working with refugees for meeting class guidelines, accreditation and graduation requirements in that students chosen field. Currently they welcome Bhutanese, Burmese, Iraqi, Iranian, Vietnamese, Pakistani, and Cuban refugees. A student working with the refugee clients will be challenged to exceed the limits of their current experience.

Three possible internships with Refugee Services:

Refugee Resettlement – students will have the opportunity to practice case management with individuals and families who have been classified as refugees and are starting their lives over in the US. Students will work closely with caseworkers. Activities may include transporting clients to various appointments, conducting home visits, etc.
Refugee Youth Program – Students will work with groups of refugee students and parents to help them adjust successfully to life in the US, with an emphasis on the Metro Nashville School System. Students may work in 1 of 3 areas – After-School/School Liaison Program, Youth Mentoring Program, or Family Workshops. Students will need to be flexible with their schedule.

Refugee Elders Program – Students will work with groups of refugees, 55 and up, to assist in their positive adjustment to the US. Activities may include following up on referrals, assistance in developing weekly lesson plans, forming community partnerships, etc.

Center for Refugees & Immigrants of Tennessee

centerforrefugees.org

295 Plus Park BLVD, Suite 102

Nashville, TN 37217

GiGi Rose, Program Coordinator, 615-366-6868,

CRIT provides their clients the following services: Employment, Social Adjustment, Immigration, Interpretation, Intercultural Conflict Resolution

They also have the following programs to help their clients: Education,

Youth Development, Current and Past Grant-Funded Projects

The following are some internship needs that are currently available:

Students have the opportunities to:

Conducting needs assessments through survey design, distribution, and analysis
Researching comparable programs and/or developing creative solutions
Writing grants for programs that would meet client needs
Assisting in program management and/or program evaluation.

Centerstone Mental Health

2400 White Avenue

Nashville, TN 37204

April Segadi, Intern Coordinator, 463-665, fax # 463-6605

Gina DeSalvatore, 615-604-8656,

The Center provides services to the chronically mentally ill, geriatric services, substance abuse treatment, therapeutic programs for children with emotional difficulties, family counseling, and accredited alternative schooling for adolescents in danger of removal from the public school system. The year-round, residential wilderness program is centered on group process and principles of re-education and therapeutic camping. Centerstone also conducts an innovative drug abuse prevention program for elementary students called Wally's Club and an AIDS education program for middle school children. The Tennessee Home Ties Program is a behaviorally oriented, intensive, short-term in-home crisis intervention and family education program that is designed to work with families with multiple and severe problems and where at least one child is at imminent risk of an out-of-home placement. (only Social Work majors.)

Possible settings for students are School-based Therapy, Case Management, and Therapeutic Preschool. Students will have the opportunity to understand the different roles of social workers; observe, learn and implement behavior modification in a classroom setting; have direct contact with clients; observe counseling of groups and individuals; and gain a better understanding of case management for both children and adults.

Christian Women’s Job Corp.

1350 West Main Street

Franklin, TN 37064

615-244-3669

Sandy Blackman, Volunteer Recruiter & Trainer

, 615-332-2480

Angela Good, Program Director, , 615-977-8908

Christian Women’s Job Corps of Tennessee empowers individuals to break harmful cycles caused by poverty by providing education, entering and resources. We do this through providing GED preparation classes, computer classes, job skill readiness classes, mentoring, Bible Study, and childcare programing for all participants’ children. We also believe in holistic care and provide case management, and crisis assessment, participant advocacy, and spiritual direction. At Nashville site, we serve women lining at or below the poverty line, many of whom are third and forth-generational welfare recipients.

Students will have the opportunity to:

Basic care assessment, management, and referring
Community resource research
Participation with program participants in classes
Assistance with educational assessments and substitute teaching in Bible, life, and job skills

City of Refuge Center

981 Murfreesboro Road

Nashville, TN 37217

Lisa Smith, LMSW, Supervisor, 704-692-0414, 615-446-7390,

City Of Refuge Center is a Christian, community-based agency that works to meet the spiritual and social needs of low-income families and individuals. Student Interns will have the opportunity to participate in needs assessments, assist with the feeding and clothing programs, and assist with the program development. The intern will have the experience of working with a variety of ages and populations.

Communities in Schools:

Cistn.org

626 Russell Street

Nashville, TN 37206

615-291-6395

Warner Enhanced Option Elementary

Mariana Merritt, , 615-291-6395 ext. 255

615-509-9705 (cell)

Bailey STEM Magnet Middle School

2000 Greenwood Avenue

Nashville, TN 37206

Lauren Ingwersen, Intern Coordinator,

The mission of Communities In Schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.CISTN provides students with a one-to-one relationship with a caring adult, a safe place to learn and grow, a healthy start and future, a marketable skill to use upon graduation and a chance to give back to peers and the community. CISTN also works in dropout prevention with the students. They have become the only organization proved successful in decreasing the dropout rate and increasing the timely graduation among their students.