Social Work Field Education Practicum Sites A-Z

The list of social agencies is an inventory of most of the agencies that have been field placement sites in the past, though we do not presently use all of the agencies. Use it as a general guide. Students can also be placed in agencies not on this list. If you have an agency in mind that you would like us to consider, please complete an Agency Information Form and submit it to the Field Education Department prior to your interview. 

Adult Protective Services  – Bergen County

Alternatives to Domestic Violence – Hackensack, NJ

American Friends Service Committee – Newark, NJ

American Red Cross – Countywide (Northern New Jersey)

Armenian Home – Emerson NJ – sub-acute and long term care facility

ARC of Bergen and Passaic – Hackensack, NJ. – services for children and families with developmental disabilities.

ARC of Rockland County – Rockland County, NY – day program, sheltered workshop and residential programs for the developmentally disabled

Association for Special Children and Families – Hewitt, NJ – individual and group services with special needs children.

Bergen Center for Child Development -Haworth, NJ – private therapeutic school for children and teens with special needs

Bergen Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse – Paramus, NJ – planning and community education services for substance abuse

Bergen County Board of Social Services – Rochelle Park, NJ – government assitance programs

Bergen County Community Action Partnership, Inc. – Bergen County, NJ

Bergen County Department of Family Guidance – Hackensack, NJ

Bergen County Department of Human Services – Hackensack, NJ

Bergen County Office for Children – Hackensack, NJ – planning services for children

Bergen County Special Services School District – Bergen County – special schools and vocational programs

Bergen Family Center – Hackensack and Englewood NJ – family and geriatric services

Bergen Regional Addiction Services, Evergreen Treatment Center Paramus, NJ – in and out patient addiction services

Boys and Girls Club of Lodi, NJ – Hackensack and Lodi, NJ – programs for children and teens  

Broadway Adult Medical Day Care Center – Fair Lawn, NJ – day care and activity center for seniors and the developmentally disabled

Care One – Statewide – senior living residences and programs throughout NJ

Care Plus – Fair Lawn, Paramus Secaucus and Montclair, NJ – community mental health out patient, day programs, residential, visitation and child services

Cedar Crest Village -Pompton Plains, NJ – senior living residences and programs

Center for Alcohol and Drug Resources – Fair Lawn, NJ – community and school based resources, prevention education

Center for Food Action – Bergen County – food bank for Bergen County families

Center for Family Resources – Passaic County, NJ – Head Start and Early Head Start Programs

Center for Prevention and Counseling – Newton, NJ – planning and community education for substance abuse prevention

Children’s Aid and Family Service – Bergen County, NJ – wide range of residential and community based services for children and families

Christ Church Community Development Corporation – Hackensack, NJ – shelter and case management services for homeless adults

Christian Health Care – Wyckoff, NJ – geriatric and psychiatric services

City Green – Paterson, NJ – urban farming projects

Collaborative Support Programs of NJ – Hackensack, Englewood, and other NJ locations – self help programs for the mentally ill

Community Action Partnership of Rockland County, Inc. – Spring Valley, NY – outreach and planning

Community Awareness Network for a Drug Free Life and Environment (CANDLE) – New City, NY – community substance abuse education

Community Options – Boonton, NJ – services for people with developmental disabilities

Community Resource Council – Hackensack, NJ – helpline for community resources

Community Soup Kitchen and Outreach Center, Inc – Morristown, NJ – soup kitchen and outreach center

Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare  – Hackensack, NJ – behavioral health services, family support services, and mental health services

Conklin Youth Center (DFG) – Hackensack, NJ

DASI – Sussex County – program for women who are battered

Daytop NJ – Mendham Borough, NJ – substance abuse treatment services in many NJ locations

Dwight Morrow School – Englewood, NJ – high school

NJ Division of Child Protection and Permanency – Statewide – public child welfare

Epilepsy Foundation of NJ – Bergen County, NJ – advocacy services for people with epilepsy

Eric Johnson Home – Morristown, NJ – group home for adults with AIDS

Esther Gitlow Towers – Suffern, NY – independent senior housing

Eva’s Village – Paterson, NJ – food bank

Family Intervention Services – Paterson and Sussex, Morris, NJ – services for abused and neglected children and their families

Family Promise of Morris County – Morristown, NJ – shelter, programs and social services for homeless and low income families

Family Service of Morris County – Morristown, NJ

Ginnie’s House – Newton, NJ – regional services for abused and neglected children

Hackensack River Keeper – Hackensack, NJ – environmental activism

Haverstraw Center – Haverstraw, NY – services for youth, families and adults

HeadStart of Bergen County – Bergen County – program of Bergen Community Action Program

Helping Hands – Spring Valley, NY – temporary emergency shelter

HIP Heightened Independence & Progress – Hackensack, NJ – planning for services for physically disabled individuals

Homeless Solutions, Inc. – Morristown, NJ – shelter and supportive services for the homeless

Housing and Community Development Network of NJ – Trenton, NJ – advocacy and development of housing

Interfaith Hospitality Network – Newton, NJ – services for the homeless

Integrity House – Secaucus and Newark, NJ – Substance abuse treatment center

Jersey Battered Women’s Service – Morristown, NJ – programs and services for victims of domestic violence

JCC of Metro West – Whippany, NJ – planning programs for children in a community center

Jewish Home at Rockleigh – Rockleigh, NJ – nursing Home

Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice – Newton, NJ – hospice, bereavement and services for children and adults

Legal Services of New Jersey – Edison, NJ

Liberty School, Englewood, NJ – alternative high school

Maple Hill Elementary School – Middletown, NY – school social work

Meals on Wheels – Nanuet, NY – day care centers for seniors

Mental Health Association in Passaic County – Clifton, NJ – wide range of mental health services

Mental Health Association of Orange County – Goshen, NY

Mercer Street Friends – Trenton, NJ – range of services for health care, families, children and adolescents in Trenton area

Monmouth County Youth Services Planning – Freehold, NJ – planning services for youth at risk or involved in Family Court

Montclair Neighborhood Development Corporation – Montclair, NJ – community based social service not for profit agency

Morristown Neighborhood Association – Morristown, NJ – community center

Mount Carmel Guild – Union, NJ – programs for the mentally ill under Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark

Multiple Sclerosis Society – Bergen County – planning services for people with Multiple Sclerosis

New Bridge Services – Passaic County, NJ – comprehensive mental health services

New Jersey AIDS Services (Eric Johnson House) – Morris County – AIDS services

New Jersey Citizen Action – Hackensack, NJ – organizing and planning services

New Jersey Community Development Corp. – Paterson, NJ – planning services

Northern Valley Senior Day Center – Dumont, NJ – day program and activities for seniors

North West Senior Center – Midland Park, NJ – activity center for seniors

NORWESCAP – Sussex and Warren Counties – wide range of direct practice and planning services, Early Head Start programs, services to families

Orange County Citizens Foundation – advocates in the interest of the Orange County community

Orange County Dept. of Social Service – Goshen, NY – children’s Services, child protective and foster care services

Park Ridge Rehabilitation Center – nursing home

Pascack Valley Meals-on-Wheels Westwood, NJ – delivers meals to Norther NJ residents who aren’t able to cook for themselves

Paterson Public School 21 – Paterson, NJ – substance abuse prevention program in an elementary school

Pathways at Christian Health Care – Wyckoff, NJ – day program for people with developmental disabilities

Pony Power Therapies – therapeutic riding to children and adults with disabilities

Preakness Healthcare Center – Wayne, NJ – nursing home and behavioral health care

Project Self-Sufficiency – Sussex County – planning services for women

Project Youth Haven – Paterson, NJ – shelter for adolescents

Ramapo Ridge Psychiatric Center – Wyckoff, NJ (Program of Christian Health Care Center), inpatient, day hospital, nursing home for mentally ill seniors

Reflections (BC Division of Family Guidance) Hackensack, NJ – improvisational theater group for teens

Regent Care Center – Hackensack, NJ – nursing home facility

Rehabilitation Support Services – Goshen, NY – housing, employment and support services for psychiatric and substance abuse population

Rockland Co. Girl Scout Council, Inc. – New City, NY – planning for girl scout programs

Rockland Council on Alcoholism and other Drug Dependence, Inc

Rockland County Mental Health Assoc – Pomona, NY – day program and supportive housing for the mentally ill

Rockland Family Shelter – New City, NY – children’s program in a shelter for battered women

Rockland Jewish Family Service – West Nyack, NY – adult, children and family programs

RSVP of Bergen County – Hackensack, NJ – planning programs for seniors

SAGE Day – Mahwah, NJ – out of district special needs day school

SHARE, Inc. – Ridgewood, NJ – supportive housing for seniors

Skylands CLEAN, Inc. – Ringwood, NJ – community organizing on behalf of the environment

Social Services Assoc. of Ridgewood and Vicinity – Ridgewood, NJ – range of emergency and food services for residents of 5 surrounding towns

Special Homes of NJ – Denville, NJ – group homes for the developmentally disabled

Straight and Narrow – Paterson, NJ – range of service for substance abuse

Strengthen Our Sisters – Hewitt, NJ – residential services for battered and homeless women and their children

Suspension Alternatives (BC Division of Family Guidance) short term school for suspended high school students

Sussex County Division of Senior Services – Newton, NJ – planning and program evaluation of senior services

Sussex County Youth Shelter – Morris Plains, NJ – youth shelter (shared contract with Morris Co)

Sussex Dept. of Health & Safety – Franklin, NJ – planning services for the elderly

Treatment Dynamics – Newton and Florham Park, NJ – outpatient substance abuse services

Touchstone Hall (Vantage Behavioral Health) – Rockleigh, NJ – adolescent substance abuse program for boys

Turning Point, Inc. – Verona, NJ – residential program

UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey – Wayne, NJ – planning services for the elderly

United Cerebral Palsy of Orange County – Goshen, NY – services for the developmentally disabled

 United Labor Agency – Paramus, NJ and Passaic County

United Way of Morris County – Cedar Knolls, NJ

United Way of Passaic County – Passaic, NJ

United Way of Rockland County – Nyack, NY

UPO Passaic, NJ – not for profit community service organization

Vantage Behavioral Health – Dumont, NJ (formerly Community Centers for Mental Health) – wide range of outpatient, case management, day hospital and residential services for people with mental illness

Verona High School  – Verona, NJ – substance abuse prevention in a high school

Visiting Homemaker Home Health Aide Service of Bergen County

Volunteer Center of Bergen County – Hackensack, NJ – referral and resource information on volunteer opportunities

Volunteer Counseling Service  – New City, NY – counseling services for adults and adolescents and community planning and advocacy services

West Bergen Mental Healthcare – Ridgewood, NJ – partial care, out patient services, group homes and services for children, adolescents, and adults with mental illness and Asperger’s and Related Disorders

Women’s Rights Information Center – Hackensack, NJ – community outreach for women’s rights services

Woodcrest Health Care Center  – New Milford, NJ – rehabilitation and long term care center