The Council on Social Work Education has approved in principle an experimental work-study program pioneered by the National Jewish Welfare Board to help recruit new professional workers for YMHAs and Jewish Community Centers, it was announced here today. The work-study plan is currently being tested by a number of local Jewish Community Centers and YM-YWHAs in cooperation with graduate schools of social work of a number of universities.
Approval by the Council, which speaks for the profession on all matters of social work education, means that the work-study program has won official acceptance and recognition. The program developed by JWB permits qualified individuals to enroll as full-time students in a graduate school of social work, receive classroom instruction at school and field instruction at a Jewish Community Center and, in addition, do part-time club work for which they are paid. Work-study grants range from $3, 300 to $4, 500 a year.
More than 20 local Jewish Community Centers and YM-YWHAs are currently offering work-study grants, and 26 students are at present receiving their professional social work education through work-study grants. A guide for the development of work-study and scholarship plans has been published for the use of local agencies and is available from the Jewish Welfare Board.
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