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This award is given to field work instructors who supervise
undergraduate and graduate social work interns during their field
placement with a human/behavioral health organization. It embodies
excellence in teaching and supervising students in an on-going
collaboration with the School of Social Work. It the School of Social
Work's most prestigious award. The recipient receives a monetary
honorarium.
Ms. Hyppolite has guided many students in their development as
professional social workers and the school was very happy to accord her
this honor for 2016. She was recognized at an appreciation luncheon for
all field instructors.
Ms. Hyppolite began her career at JFBHS in 1993 as a case manager
at the Eleventh House which was a community-based group home operated by
Jackson-Feild to prepare residents for independent living. She was
later named director. She moved to Walnut Grove in 2009 to serve as a
therapist and was later promoted to senior clinician.
She received her undergraduate from Oral Roberts University and her
Master of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is
forever working to improve her skills and is currently working toward
certification for EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
which is an effective psychotherapy to treat children with posttraumatic
stress disorder symptoms.
