 Applicants
Sought For 2012 Social Work Child Welfare Congressional Fellowship
The Social Work Policy Institute (SWPI) of the
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Foundation is pleased
to announce the launch of the Social Work Child Welfare
Congressional Fellowship. The application information is
now available at
www.socialworkpolicy.org/fellowshipapplication and the
applications for this ONE YEAR FELLOWSHIP are due by Monday,
March 5, 2012 at 11:59pm EST.
The fellowship will provide the opportunity
for an experienced social worker with substantial child
welfare experience to gain invaluable national public policy
experience by spending one year working on the development of
federal child welfare policy in the United States Senate. This is a
great opportunity to contribute a social work perspective to the
development of public policy, to broaden awareness of the value of
social work-government collaboration, and to contribute child
welfare practice and research knowledge to the policy-making
process. It is also a unique professional experience to gain
practical knowledge about how policy is made.
Candidates must:
- Have a social work
degree
- Have at least 5 years
of professional child welfare experience and expertise
- Have an understanding
of the policy-making process and federal child welfare policies
and legislation
- Be a current member in
good standing of the
National Association of Social Workers
- Be able to spend 12
months living in the Washington, DC area and working on Capitol
Hill.
Only one fellow will be selected and the
Fellowship will start as soon as possible after the selection is
made based on the successful applicant’s schedule and other
logistics. The Fellow’s stipend will range from $65,000 to $85,000,
plus up to an additional $10,000 to cover travel and other relevant
expenses (e.g., moving, attending professional social work
conferences, etc.). Finalists for the Fellowship will be invited to
participate in an in-person interview in Washington, DC in early
Spring.
For more information about the application
details, visit
www.socialworkpolicy.org/fellowshipapplication. If you
have additional questions please submit them to
swpifellowship@naswdc.org |
