Agency Name Program Name City Classification Description Internship Activities Alice High School Coyote Graduation Alice, Texas Center Youth & Family, School Social Work The purpose of Coyote Graduation Center School Social Work Services is to provide prevention and intervention to empower students and families by enhancing their ability to learn, function and academically succeed in school. As school social workers, we concentrate on attendance, dropouts, indiciual supportive counseling, family supportive councseling, and crisis intervention. Intake, Assesment, Individual Intervetnion, Family Intervention, Client Advocacy, Promote Social Justice, Promote Economic Justice, and Receive # Placements Altus Hospice Department of Social work - Altus Hospice Corpus Health, Geriatric A healthcare option for patients and families who are faced with a terminal illness. The multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, social workers, treatment counselors and volunteers work together to address the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of each patient and family. Hospice provides care to patients in their own home or home-like setting. Services include symptom management, emotional support, spiritual support, and psychosocial intervention at the end of their life. Staff Development, Promote Social Justice, Administrative Tasks, Policy Practice, Promote Economic Justice, Research, Client Advocacy, Receive Supervision, other activities may include caregiver respite, emotional support; an integral member of the interdisciplinary team.
Area Agency on Aging of the Coastal Bend/Coastal Bend Aging and Disability Resource Center Information, Referral and Assistance; Benefits Counseling, Care Coordination, Family Caregiver Support Program,Long- Term Care Ombudsman, A Matter of Balance Corpus Geriatric Assists persons with disabilities of all ages, older adults, caregivers, families, advocates, health care providers and community resources with programs centered around the health and daily independence of older persons and individuals with disabilities. Intake, Care Planning, Family Intervention, Staff Development, Assessment, Outcome Evaluation, Research, Client Advocacy, Receive Autism Spectrum Resource Center (pending) Avail Solutions, Inc. (Employee placements only) BCFS Health and Human Services ASRC Crisis hotline, emergency outreach, behavioral health services, intake screening and appointment management, emergency face-toface assessments. Texas Families Together and Safe, Corpus Mental Health, Youth and Family, Community Development Corpus Mental Health Corpus Youth and Family Provide support and education for those on Client Advocacy the spectrum and their families. Provide fun activities such as bingo and birthday parties that teach social skills. Monthly lectures and trainings. Avail Solutions provides crisis intervention and management services for clients at risk of suicide. Provides parent education classes for parents to assist them in creating a healthy home environment. Assists in providing support and skills development for foster youth. Intake, Treatment Planning, Family Intervention, Assessment, Individual Intervention, Receive Intake, Assessment, Family Tasks, Outcome Evaluation, Client Advocacy, Receive 3 4
Care Integrated Behavioral Health (CIBH) Crisis Stabilization Unit and 7E Corpus Mental Health Provides short-term hospitalization for Intake, Treatment Planning, individuals in acute mental health crisis Family Intervention, Assessment, including daily process groups, individualized Individual treatment and discharge planning, crisis Intervention, Client Advocacy, intervention. Receive Christus Spohn Alice Geropsych Alice, Texas Mental Health, Geriatric Meeting patient needs for continuity of care Intake, Treatment Planning, by the discharge planning process, assist Family with access to appropriate community Intervention, Staff Development, resources that foster quality of life, interview Promote Social Justice, patients and their supports to obtain agespecific psychosocial assessment, assist with Tasks, Policy Practice, Promote Assessment, Administrative adjustments made due to illness, disabilities, Economic Justice, Outcome financial and environmental issues. Make Evaluation, Agency Intervention, referrals to other agencies, provide crisis Client Advocacy, Receive intervention support and end of life decision making. Maintain compliance with state and federal regulations. Christus Spohn Shoreline Social Service/Case Management Department Corpus Health Meeting patient needs for continuity of care Intake, Treatment Planning, by the discharge planning process, assist Family with access to appropriate community Intervention, Staff Development, resources that foster quality of life, interview Promote Social Justice, patients and their supports to obtain agespecific psychosocial assessment, assist with Tasks, Policy Practice, Promote Assessment, Administrative adjustments made due to illness, disabilities, Economic Justice, Outcome financial and environmental issues. Make Evaluation, Agency Intervention, referrals to other agencies, provide crisis Client Advocacy, Receive intervention support and end of life decision making. Maintain compliance with state and federal regulations.
Coastal Bend Center Assistive for Independent Living Technology Demonstration, Peer Counseling, Advocacy, Independent Living Plans Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation Client Services, Outreach and Prevention, Substance Abuse Program Corpus Disability Corpus Public Health, Mental Health, Substance Abuse The CBCIL's mission is to assist people with Intake, Assessment, Individual disabilities to achieve their goals. CBIL delivers 5 core services: individual advocacy, systemic advocacy, information and referral, Tasks, Outcome Evaluation, peer counseling and transition services. Research, Client Advocacy, Promote Social Justice, Promote Economic Justice, Receive Case management services to HIV clients, education and outreach services to the community and community mobilization efforts, outpatient substance abuse treatment services. Intake, Treatment Planning, Family Intervention, Promote Social justice, Assessment, Individual Tasks, Policy Practice, Outcome Evaluatiion, Agency Intervention, Client Advocacy, Receive Coastal Plains Community Center Mental Health, Intellectual & Developmental Disability Services Kingsville, Texas, Alice, Texas, Portland, Texas Mental Health, Disability Community mental health services and supportive services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Intake, Treatment Planning, Family Intervention, Promote Social justice, Assessment, Individual Tasks, Policy Practice, Outcome Evaluatiion, Agency Intervention, Client Advocacy, Receive 3
Community Action Corporation of South Texas (CACOST) Community Development Program Alice, Texas Community Development Explores, develops and implements program Staff Development, Assessment, capacity. Works with all programs to ensure Case Management, Referrals, all six service divisions of CACOST serve Follow-up. /Intake, Treatment clients through best practices. Supports Planning, Individual Intervention, Head Start, Community Health Centers, Early Group Intervention/Community Childhood Intervention, Weatherization, Assessment, Staff Development, Senior Nutrition, Community Services Block Outcome Evaluation, Grant Grant, Veteran Housing, and Teen Outreach Writing, Grant Reviews, Program. Research, Data Analysis, Outreach, Receive Corpus Christi Metro Ministries Rustic House, Rainbow House, Vineyard Services, Gabbard Health Program Corpus Community Development, Youth and Family, Health, Mental Health Rustic House and Rainbow House are Intake, Treatment Planning, transitional shelter programs geared at Family helping homeless men and women transition Intervention, Assessment, back into society and independent living Individual through case management and counseling. Vineyard Services provides screening and Tasks, Outcome Evaluation, referral to appropriate services. The Couple Intevention, Agency Gabbard Health Program is a free health Intervention, Research, Receive care clinic offering basic primary health care to low income individuals and families, as well as assistance with glasses, prescriptions and other health needs, such as glucometers, crutches, wheelchairs and diabetic shoes. 3
Driscoll Children's Hospital Social Work Department/CARE Team Corpus Health, Youth and Family As part of the healthcare team, the social work staff help families/patients understand and cope with medical and psychological and social issues related to their illness/hospitalization. Social Workers work in the hospital and clinic settings in a variety of roles. They provide assessment, treatment planning, community referrals as well as coordinate and facilitate support groups and camps. Assessment, Treatment Planning, Individual Intervention, Couple Intervention, Family Intervention, Agency Intervention Community Tasks, Research, Staff Development, Policy Practice, Client Advocacy, Promote Social Justice, Promote Economic Justice, Receive Driscoll Health Plan Social Work Corpus Health, Communty Development, Family Medicaid Managed Care Provider Program. Perform case management services addressing all referrals as social issues identified to include financial issues, housing concerns, substance use, CPS involvement, domestic violence, non-compliance, mental health, emotional needs.develop care plans, participate in IDT meetings, referrals to community resources, assessments. Intake, Treatment Planning, Family Intervention, Assessment, Individual Intervention, Agency Intervention, Client Advocacy. Family Counseling Services Counseling Corpus Mental Health, Community Development Counseling services. Intake, Assessment, Administrative Tasks, Policy Practice, Client Advocacy Receive Supervision, Crisis Intervention, Case Management, Information & Referral
Liberty Resources Family Services, Inc. Multisystemic Corpus Mental Health Therapy, After Care Services, Placement Diversion/Family Reunification MST services for youth and families, Intake, Treatment Planning, placement diversion services to assist Family families with children entering the juvenile Intervention, Staff Development, justice system who are at risk of out of home Promote Social Justice, placement, transitioning juvenile offenders Assessment, Individual from placement back into the community. Intervention, Policy Practice, Outcome Evaluation, Client Advocacy, Receive New Century Hospice Hospice Corpus Geriatrics, Health New Century Hospice provides multidisciplinary care to patients who have a terminal prognosis and their families in homes, nursing homes, assisted and independent living facilities. Intake, Assessment, Outcome Evaluation, Treatment Planning, Individual Intervention, Couples Intervention, Family Intervention, Agency Tasks, Research, Staff Development, Policy Practice, Client Advocacy, Promote Social Justice, Promote Economic Justice, Receive Tropical Texas Behavioral Health Mental Health, Intellectual & Developmental Disability Services Edinburg, Harlingen and Brwonsville, Texas Mental Health, Disability Community mental health services and supportive services for people with intelelctual and developmental disabilities. Intake, Treatment Planning, Family Intervention, Promote Social justice, Assessment, Individual Tasks, Policy Practice, Outcome Evaluation, Agency Intervention, Client Advocacy, Receive
Texas Department of Adult Protective Family and Protective Services Services APS (pending) Edinburg, Geriatric Kingsville, and Corpus Texas Department of Family and Protective CPS - Conservatorship, Corpus Youth & Family Services CPS (pending) Investigations, Family Based Safety Services The mission of APS is to investigate cases of abuse, neglect and exploitation of the elderly and adults with disabilities. Intake, Assessment, Individual Tasks. The position is responsible for providing CPS Intake, Treatment Planning, to children in substitute care. The position Family Intervention, Promote interacts routinely with children and Social Justice, Assessment, families, representatives from various Individual Intervention, organizations, Texas Department of Family Administrative Tasks, Promote and Protective Services, and the general Economic Justice, Client public. Provides on-going services to children Advocacy, Receive Supervision in substitute care to meet specific needs by using appropriate legal action and/or testify in court to achieve protection or permanent placement plans for children. Documents case records by completing forms, narratives, and reports to form a written record for each client. Develops and maintains effective working relationships between CPS staff and law enforcement officials, judicial officials, legal resources, medical professionals, and other community resources. 3 4
United Way of the Coastal Bend (pending) Success by 6 Corpus Community Development Success By 6 is developing and supporting a sustainable, community-based system of coordinated services that are child-focused and family-driven to meet the overall health and developmental needs of children in Nueces County. The initiative implements coalition building and system coordination, supports activities related to data collection on a range of indicators, strategic analysis and evaluation, supports the development, promotion and sustainablitity of home visiting and supports the development, promotion and sustainability of a streamlined community outreach and mapping system. Assessment, Administrative Tasks, Policy Practice, Research. VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health System (information pending) Corpus Christi, McAllen and Haringen, Texas Veterans
YWCA Senior Therapeutic Recreation, Youth Development Corpus Community Development, Administration, Geriatric, Youth and Family Social work with senior citizens in a highly accessible fitness facility. Goal of the program is assisting seniors to age in place through physical, social & intellectual programming & interactions & maximize their quality of life for the duration their lives. Student will gain knowledge of the population served, the program, community resources & gaps in services for seniors who are living independently. Becoming a major milieu in the lives of participants provides meaning & friendship to them as many of their age mates are facing serious decline & death. Student will be involved in: research this age group & their fitness needs, become acquainted with the population of people served at the YWCA, assist with program planning & output/outcome evaluation, staff development, promote social justice & economic justice, and develop community connections & collaborations. Student will be involved in planning & implementing YWomen in Careers Event, Equal Pay Day Forum, Diez Y Seis and other such programs/events. Learning will also include Board of Directors functioning & strengthening. Outcome Evaluation, Group Tasks, Promote Social Justice, Receive Supervision, Prevention Groups.