2021/10/13 Council Agenda Packet

AFFILIATION AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between the University of Washington, School of Social Work in Seattle and Tacoma ("School"), and City of Everett ("Training Site"). The School and the Training Site share common goals for educating social work professionals, client care and service to the community. The School has established educational programs for the training of social work students ("students") and needs the cooperation of other institutions for the training of students. The Training Site has suitable facilities for training and is willing to allow its facilities to be used by students of the School. IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN, UW AND TRAINING SITE AGREE AS FOLLOWS: General Provisions 1. The School and Training Site agree that contemporaneous with or following execution of this Agreement and within the scope of its provisions, the School shall confer with the Training Site about the number and types of students it might accept for placement, the nature of the Training Site's learning experience, and its expectations of students in meeting the Training Site's needs. As part of this consultation, the School will make available to Training Site current copies of its Practicum Manuals for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Welfare and the Master of Social Work Program. The School may formalize the operational details of the education program in writing. These details include, but are not limited to, the following: • Beginning dates and length of experience; • Number of students eligible to participate in the training; • Specific days, hours, and locations for the training; • Specific allocation of responsibilities for the Practicum Faculty training supervisors, and Preceptors, if any, referred to in this Agreement; • Deadlines and format for student progress reports and evaluation forms. 2. Any such letters will be considered attachments to this Agreement, will be binding when signed by authorized representatives of each party, and may be modified following further written agreement between the parties. Any conflict or inconsistency in this Agreement and its attachments will be resolved by giving the documents precedence in the following order: (1) this Agreement; (2) attachments to this Agreement in reverse chronological order. 3. The School and Training Site will jointly plan the training program and jointly evaluate students. School will have the final responsibility for grading students. 4. The School and Training Site will instruct their respective employees and students participating in the training to maintain confidentiality of student and client information as required by law and by the policies and procedures of the School and the Training Site. 1 I Edited 7/1/2019