School of Social Work, Rutgers University , New Brunswick , New Jersey , USA.
School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Wilmington , Wilmington , North Carolina , USA.
Soc Work Public Health. 2019;34(7):616-627. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2019.1635949. Epub 2019 Jul 26.
Service members, Veterans, and their families have special needs for mental health services, but the nation lacks a sufficient pool of social workers competent in military culture. Noting the need for military cultural competency and an increasing number of student Veterans, a graduate school of social work created a military social work training program embedded in an existing MSW program. Operation Veterans to Social Workers (OVSW) were designed to increase culturally competent mental health services to this population by recruiting Veteran MSW students into a Military Social Work certificate program that included a specialized field placement with a trauma-informed clinical focus.
军人、退伍军人及其家属对心理健康服务有特殊需求，但国家缺乏足够数量的精通军事文化的社会工作者。鉴于对军事文化能力的需求以及越来越多的退伍军人学生，一所社会工作研究生院在现有的社会工作硕士课程中创建了一个军事社会工作培训计划。退伍军人转任社会工作者计划（OVSW）旨在通过招募退伍军人社会工作硕士学生参加军事社会工作证书课程，包括以创伤知情临床为重点的专业实地实习，为这一人群提供更具文化能力的心理健康服务。
