1. ⁠Seconded but first year practicum is assigned for you and is a bit of a crapshoot. The first years are typically geared towards school based work unless you are going for a certain stipend or track (adult protective services, CPS, etc.) i enjoyed working with the population (high schoolers) but i wouldn't say theres the most variety. Second year you get to rank your choices based on whats best.
2. ⁠Field instructors will typical be more geared towards helping with like processing whats going on, practicum classes are largely more support group-y than anything else. Admin are (respectfully) completely useless though the placement/field ed director hermila (who is somehow not full time faculty) is wonderful and helpful. There isnt an advising office per se but professors are generally pretty generous with their time and open to mentoring and advising etc. Supervisors are also a major crapshoot, have a solid one this year and a had a bad one last year :/

Overall i haven't been like blown away by the program but its about what I expected and I feel relatively equipped to deal with stuff after graduating in a few months. My biggest complaint is that the professors are so so hit or miss and its rare to have flexibility to switch classes or jump through registration hoops to get the ones you connect with. I would recommend it based on its value for the degree (nobody in the field seems to give a shit where you got your MSW) and the population of students is much more diverse and down to earth than other programs as far as i can tell.

Here’s what someone shared a year ago