Social Work

The Social Work department provides a variety of services to families and individuals in the Omaha metro area, in rural Nebraska, and in Iowa.

Services include:

• Therapeutic behavioral health services provided in the community to include home-based therapy.
• Behavioral health services at the Munroe-Meyer Institute and at the Ridge Clinic on the Jennie Edmundson Hospital campus, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
• Behavioral health services at the Ollie Webb Center for individuals with intellectual impairments.
• Formal and informal support to families of children with special health care needs.
• Services to provide assistance to young women with developmental disabilities in acquiring successful health and wellness skills.
• Grant-funded services to foster youth and their siblings.
• Grant-funded services and training to Early Head Start teaching staff in Iowa.
• Grant-funded training services for Early Head Start Family Advocates.
• Grant-funded services for a Support Group for Siblings of Children with Autism.

The MMI Social Work department provides training opportunities for graduate students interested in developing applied skills for social work service delivery in a variety of settings, an expectation for managed-care social work, as well as service delivery in private practice or group practice settings, and social work administration. The training opportunities include community-based public health social work services, social work services administration, applied behavioral health services, and federal grant funding and administration. Training for the diverse delivery of social work service is based on the premise of family-centered, behaviorally-oriented, and strength-based philosophy of empowering families and clients. The Social Work department provides practicum training for graduate level social work students in a variety of training arrangements, which includes LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities). The department maintains academic responsibilities in conjunction with other academic institutions in the state of Nebraska.

The Social Work department also provides training in all aspects of grant administration. The department has a proven history of grant writing and administration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Developmental Disabilities. The department faculty and staff currently serve as consultants for training in all aspects of early childhood development as part of a grant funded from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.

The Social Work department clinicians are fully licensed master’s level practitioners in both Nebraska (LMHP’s) and Iowa (LISW’s), the department director, part of MMI faculty, is licensed as an LIMHP, LICSW, (both Nebraska) LISW (Iowa), and LISW (Colorado). Students and trainees working in the department with faculty and staff include graduate level practicum students from surrounding universities and from diversified programs such as social work, counseling, and human services.