Joshua Children’s Foundation Center on Child Sexual Abuse announces Center Fellowships for MSW Students.
The Joshua Center at the SSW is devoted to supporting the next generation of leaders in social work committed to making an impact on child sexual abuse and to the study and prevention of child sexual abuse. Winter 2019-Spring 2020 Fellowships are available in the amount of $2000 per quarter.
Fellows are expected to have a personal commitment to work after graduation in some aspect of professional response to childhood sexual abuse. Applications should include a brief description of past experience in childhood sexual abuse (either with children or adults abused in childhood) and how the project will further capacity to work effectively in some aspect of childhood sexual abuse.
A proposal for a two-quarter project relating to some aspect of child sexual abuse should be the central feature of the application. The project should result in a product based on two quarters effort. The product may be a paper submitted for publication, handouts for parents or professionals on a key issue in child abuse (e.g. warning signs for sexual abuse or sexual abuse prevention in diverse communities) or a presentation with Power Point slides. The application should specifically identify an issue in child sexual abuse, describe why it is important, and what activities will take place with Fellowship funds. Routine work at either a place of employment or at a field placement are not applicable for Joshua support. Awardees must meet not less than three times a quarter with Center staff in pursuit of the project. Final presentations on the project will take place at the SSW in June 2020.
Applications should be submitted to Jon Conte, Professor and Director of the Joshua Center at contej@u.washington.edu. Applications are due by November 1.
