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Janet Melcher, BSW Field Coordinator
Child Welfare University Partnership Program Coordinator
MSW, The Ohio State University
(513) 556-4627

Janet.Melcher@uc.edu 
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Jan Melcher has been the BSW Field Coordinator for the University of Cincinnati School of Social Work since 1990.  As Field Coordinator, she arranges field placements for BSW students, follows the progress of BSW students in their placements, and provides continuing education for agency field instructors.  She is also the Campus Coordinator for the School’s Child Welfare University Partnership Program, a program designed to prepare interested social work students for public child welfare practice.

Ms. Melcher has practiced social work in the areas of public child welfare, rehabilitation services, mental health, and eating disorders.  She is the co-author of published work on the subject of social work practice with clients who are considered obese.  More recently, she solo authored an article about a way of approaching ethical social work practice in instances where religious or spiritual issues are involved.

Ms. Melcher earned her MSW degree at The Ohio State University and she is now a Ph.D. candidate in the Ohio State College of Social Work.