Carol LaMare Zoom Information Session Monday, January 23, 2023 from 5:30 – 6:30PM (See details below).
The Carol LaMare Scholars Program is an initiative of the UW School of Social Work designed to train specialist year MSW students in work with people with cancer and other serious illnesses, or who are at the end of life. Founded in 2005, the program provides:
The Carol LaMare Scholars Program is intended for social work students enrolled in the MSW Day or EDP Clinical Specialization.
Successful applicants demonstrate an established and strong commitment to social work practice in settings with patients who are living with cancer or a significant life-limiting illness, commitment to social justice and equity, and leadership potential. Previous Scholars often have had personal experiences with illness, have had family members who have been seriously ill or who have died, and have a passion for working with elders (although some placements are also focused on children).
Previous students have been most excited about the chance to have a year-long integrative seminar as well as more informal coffee hours in which to build their relationships with other colleagues and with the instructors and to have conversations and talk about their practicums and about the joys and challenges of this work.
If you are an EDP1 student who has an interest in oncology or end of life care and who would like to connect earlier with us around questions you may have, you are welcome to attend the informational meeting in January, and encouraged to contact J’May Rivara with questions you may have).
We are hosting the Carol LaMare Zoom Information Session Monday, January 23rd from 5:30 – 6:30PM when you will be able to meet the Carol LaMare Faculty (Taryn Lindhorst, LCSW, Ph.D. & J’May Rivara, ACSW, LICSW) as well as a few Carol LaMare scholars past and present. If you have not already done so, please send your Resume and brief statement of your interest in an email to Taryn Lindhorst, tarynlin@uw.edu and J’May Rivara, jbr@uw.edu. Indicate whether or not you will be at the meeting. If you are unable to make this Zoom meeting but have the described background and interest please send an email to J’May Rivara at jbr@uw.edu and request that the meeting recording be sent to you with other application details after the 23rd.
Zoom Information Session for Clinical students interested in the Carol LaMare Scholars Program
Application details will be described in the Information session and will be sent to interested students after the information session in a flyer. As the Faculty who will be your Liaison with your CL Field Site, please email J’May as needed with specific questions related to practicum.
The deadline for your application to the Carol Lamare Program is Feb 4, 2023. Interviews with Taryn & J’May will be scheduled for the 2 and 3rd weeks of February.
Students must be accepted to the Carol LaMare program and obtain a placement in an eligible practicum to participate in the Carol LaMare program. This will be explained in the application details and throughout the very supportive process that will see your through the interviews.
Like other specialized practicums, competitive interviews for the Carol LaMare designated sites and other eligible sites start as early as the end of February, throughout March and sometimes into April. Eligible sites include acute care hospitals in oncology, palliative care, ICU or transplant services; outpatient palliative care or cancer clinics, and community-based hospice programs.
