Update of the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education Patricia Volland, Director Emma Barker, Program Officer Social work Leadership Institute

Update of the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging

Education

Patricia Volland , Director

Emma Barker, Program Officer

Social work Leadership Institute

Nora OBrien-Suric, Senior Program Officer

John A. Hartford Foundation

Saturday November 10th, 20125:00 pm – 6:30 pm

HPPAE today

www.socialworkleadership.org

72 funded schools Normalization Schools Implemented:

• 16 launched

• 4 launching in fall 2012

VHA/GRECC Schools 5 launched Total Schools 97

Student Impact

Over 2,600 graduated by spring 2012

91% agreed that their personal goals in learning to work with older persons and their families were achieved in their field practicum

92% agreed that rotations enabled them to learn about the range of services to older people

91% agreed that having experiences in more than one field agency or department was useful

95% would recommend the Hartford Internship to other students in aging


HPPAE Career Tracking

Of graduates that completed the career tracking survey:

92% were employed and approximately 75% were in an age-related position

25% were working in one of their HPPAE placement sites following graduation.

The majority indicated that participation in HPPAE increased their interest in working with older adults and that HPPAE was important in preparing them for their career



StudentLeadership Development

Continued Student Leadership Strategic Plan: More hands-on outreach and “branding” by SWLI Student advisory committee New student site at:

https://sites.google.com/site/hppaestudentnetwork www.myspace.com/swli www.facebook.com Student e-journal Generativity Student newsletter, HPPAE Happenings Encourage student attendance and networking at

conferences

Institutional Impact

The number of Field Instructors participating in each site’s HPPAE ranged from 1 to 22.

72% of HPPAE programs provided special training for field instructors.

The majority of programs reported having formal partnerships with between 5 and 25 agencies.

Most schools met with their partnering organizations on a quarterly or monthly basis.

The majority of sites agreed that they would continue to use the HPPAE rotational model in the future. 37% will expand their rotational model


Institutional Impact

HPPAE impact on social work programs:

Expanded recognition for and commitment to aging focused education

Brought institutional recognition of aging programs

Increased awareness of the importance of interprofessional education


Competency-based Social Work Education

89% of adoption schools reported HPPAE benefitted their school: Greater emphasis on competency-based

education 82% “Agreed” or “Strongly Agreed” that they

would continue use of the GSW Competencies Utilized by Council on Social Work Education

(CSWE) in adoption of the 2008 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS)


HPPAE Impact, Deans and Directors

The National Association of Deans and Directors (NADD) Gerontological Social Work Survey

Majority of schools report HPPAE had a positive impact on: Student learning opportunities School and agency collaboration Field instruction Curriculum development Image and reputation of MSW program


HPPAE and the VHA/GRECC Project


•Expand the social work workforce caring for the older adult population

•Secure stipends for MSW students placed at Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers (GRECC), developed by the VHA

•MSW students concurrently enrolled in HPPAE programs

•2012–2015, 12 VHA/GRECC sites and 3 VA sites to adopt HPPAE, plus new schools of social work

VHA/GRECC and HPPAEInitiative 2012

7 pilot VHA/GRECC, VA and HPPAE sites Orientations conducted at VA Medical Centers in:

Salt Lake City, Utah Birmingham, Alabama Madison, Wisconsin

5 new schools of social work adopt HPPAE 7 trained mentors from 5 HPPAE grantee programs

Follow up conference calls conducted Webinar conducted to train Field Instructors


VHA/GRECC and HPPAEInitiative 2012-2013

Pilot Sites continued; Orientations to be conducted

Baltimore VHA/GRECC New England, Boston and Bedford VHA/GRECC San Antonio, VHA/GRECC Northport, LI, VA

5 schools of social work new to HPPAE identified 10 mentors identified


VHA/GRECC and HPPAEInitiative 2013-2015

6 new VHA/GRECC sites to be identified

2 new VA sites to be identified

New schools invited to adopt HPPAE

New mentors from grantee schools collaborate in partnerships



Accomplishment: Marketing Tools

• Listserv

• Upgraded website: http://www.nyam.org/social-work-leadership-institute/

• Webinars

• Conference Calls

Over the past year, SWLI maintained the communications infrastructure for the continued learning of the grantees. A variety of methods for maintaining their communication are in place:


Sustaining and Institutionalizing HPPAE

Merging of CSWE Gero-Ed Center and HPPAE of SWLI/NYAM

Institutionalize HPPAE within Gero-Ed Center; including: website, materials, technical assistance

Integrate HPPAE field-based resources with Gero-Ed classroom materials

Continue support of HPPAE current and future partners, students and alumni: Mentoring Webinars

Implement HPPAE-VHA/GRECC partnership within Gero-Ed/CSWE

E-journal, Generativity Newsletter, HPPAE Happenings

Sustainability

Active participation in the Eldercare Workforce Alliance – Coordinating Council, Policy Committee and Models of Care

Committee

Actively advocated in the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act

Monitoring relevant legislation with potential to create scholarship opportunities and actively communicate this to partners


The SWLI Team

Patricia Volland, SVP, NYAM and Director, SWLI

Michael Ginsburg, Program Manager

Emma Barker, Program Officer

Kadia Darby, Administrative Assistant Melody Wilding, Consultant

Jeannine Melly, Consultant

Documents

Update of the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education Patricia Volland, Director Emma Barker, Program Officer Social work Leadership Institute