Field 2 Week 11 Final Assignment

5

Demonstrates a high level of competency

4

Clearly demonstrates competency

3

Demonstrates minimal level of competency

2

Demonstrates inadequate level of competency

1

Fails to demonstrate even minimal competency

NA

Have not had an opportunity to observe (Only use this choice if the student has not had the opportunity to demonstrate the skill. Do not use if the student has had an opportunity but did not demonstrate the skill—this would be rated as “1”.)

Score

Criteria

 4 

 1. Makes clinically appropriate decisions based on the NASW Code of Ethics, and other local, state, and federal legal statutes and regulations.

 2. Identifies and manages personal values to provide clinical service delivery, according to professional values and standards.

 3. Incorporates professional behavior when engaging clients, families, colleagues, and other professionals.

 4. Evaluates the ethical and appropriate use of technology to facilitate delivery of clinical social work services.

 5. Integrates principles of supervision and consultation to guide professional judgement and behavior.

 6. Demonstrates professional development by identifying the specialized skills and knowledge needed to practice clinical social work.

 7. Demonstrates cultural awareness by recognizing and integrating diverse populations’ varying values, culture, norms, and beliefs throughout the therapeutic process.

 8. Demonstrates cultural humility by managing personal biases when partnering with clients.

 9. Communicates in a culturally responsive way recognizing various community structures, norms, and values.

 10. Examines the effects of oppression, discrimination, structural social inequality, and historical trauma on clients/constituents and their systems to guide intervention planning.

 11. Chooses social work clinical practices that promote human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice.

 12. Critically evaluates evidence based and “best practice” treatment interventions.

 13. Develops clinical intervention plans based on the best available research and “best practices”.

 NA 

 14. Critically evaluates and creates awareness about agency and/or government policies and regulations that impact the well-being of clients.

 15. Applies critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that support the needs of clients who present for clinical services.

Individuals

 16. Uses empathy, reflection, and interpersonal skills to engage diverse clients in the therapeutic process.

Families

 17. Uses empathy, reflection, interpersonal skills, and knowledge of human behavior and the social environment and family systems to engage with families.

Groups

 18. Uses empathy, reflection, interpersonal skills, and knowledge of group dynamics to engage group members in the group process.

 19. Engages with inter-professional teams and stakeholders associated with clients’ care.

Organizations

 20. Engages with organizations that provide services, support, advocacy, and resources to support to clients.

Communities

 21. Identifies and actively participates in opportunities to communicate with community leaders and members about community service gaps for clients.

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 22. Conducts clinical assessments that provide information about the biopsychosocial-spiritual needs of clients.

 23. Uses critical thinking to apply the strengths perspective and theories of human behavior and the social environment when analyzing and interpreting assessment information in a clinical setting.

 24. Develops mutually agreed-upon evidence-based therapeutic interventions that consider culture, values, and safety.

 25. Conducts family assessments to understand family roles, functioning, relationships, resources, and support needs.

 26. Uses critical thinking to apply theories of family systems when analyzing and interpreting family functioning, support, and dynamics.

 27. Identifies the professional social work role in inter-professional and supervision group meetings and assesses how that role contributes to the group’s purpose.

 28. Assesses the functioning and needs of professional and/or client focused groups, and considers the best intervention strategies, based on professional knowledge and ethics.

 29. Assesses how the agency’s mission, structure, vision, connect to client outcomes.

 30. Uses critical thinking to consider the strengths and limitations of therapeutic services provided to clients.

 31. Develops knowledge about community resources, resources, governance, political climate, and initiatives to support mental health.

 32. Uses critical thinking to consider the strengths and limitations of the community and how those impact the functioning of clients.

 33. Implements therapeutic interventions based on the strengths perspective, biopsychosocial needs, and current theories appropriate for the setting and client needs.

 34. Utilizes appropriate resources and services for clients.

 35. Implements family interventions based on the strengths perspective, family culture, family systems theory, and evidence-based practice.

 36. Utilizes appropriate resources, services, and interventions for families.

 37. Uses professional ethics, knowledge, and evidence-based interventions in groups.

 38. Participates in opportunities to improve agency/organization service delivery that will support the needs of clients.

 39. Explores and actively participates in opportunities to advocate for community services and support mental health services.

Individuals:

 40. Evaluates the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention strategies for with individuals.

 41. Utilizes evaluation data to inform new intervention strategies.

 42. Evaluates the effectiveness of intervention strategies used to improve family functioning and support.

 43. Utilizes evaluation data to inform new intervention strategies and resources.

 44. Evaluates the effectiveness of group related processes.

 45. Utilizes evaluation data to inform future group processes.

 46. Evaluates the effectiveness of social services and intervention strategies provided by agencies to support clients.

 47. Utilizes evaluation data to inform advocacy initiatives to improve services.

 48. Evaluates the effectiveness of community services and resources for clients and their families.

 49. Utilizes evaluation data to inform advocacy initiatives.

Expected Behaviors – You will be evaluated on these at the end of the quarter

Agency Activities to help you achieve the expected behaviors- Check ALL that apply AND add other activities specific to your agency.

Field Course Assignments – Complete these in the course when assigned.

a- Makes clinically appropriate decisions based on the NASW Code of Ethics, and other local, state, and federal legal statutes and regulations.

b- Identifies and manages personal values to provide clinical service delivery, according to professional values and standards.

c-Incorporates professional behavior when engaging clients, families, colleagues, and other professionals.

d- Evaluate the ethical and appropriate use technology to facilitate delivery of clinical social work services

e-Integrates principles of supervision and consultation to guide professional judgment and behavior.

f-Demonstrates professional development by identifying the specialized skills and knowledge needed to practice clinical social work.

|X|Adhere to ethical standards outlined by the NASW and other social work organizations

|X|Discuss personal values in supervision when they conflict with the values of the profession and adjust practice as needed.

|X|Recognize personal triggers that could impede effectiveness with clients. Discuss those triggers with your supervisor.

|X|Discuss case scenarios with my supervisor and faculty liaison that require ethical reasoning.

Seek guidance when you experience and ethical dilemma.

|X|Maintain professional boundaries with clients and others and discuss and potential boundary challenges in supervision.

|X|Use professional communication and interaction with clients, colleagues, and others.

|X|Recognize your professional responsibility to the client, the profession, and the agency.

|X|Adhere to agency polices about technology and record keeping. Discuss with your supervisor any potential ethical challenges that may arise because of the use of technology.

Add other activities here:

SOCW 6520 (Field III) Assignments:

Self-Assessment Assignment (Week1)

Blog post on confidentiality (Week 2)

Blog Post safety in field (Week 3)

Blog Post on Supervision (Week 4)

Blog on Ethics (Week 5)

Use of Self Blog (Week 8)

For Student: The above activities will help me increase competence in ethical and professional behavior by giving me insight on how to handle ethical dilemmas. I will also get hands on experience, using professional communication and interacting with clients who are assigned to me in a clinical setting.

For Student: To gain more professional experience in the clinical setting.

Learn relevant skills and gaining additional knowledge in areas related to delivery of social work services.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison:

How do I help clients who need type of assistance that conflicts with my personal values?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during evaluation)

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a-Demonstrates cultural awareness by recognizing and integrating diverse populations’ varying values, culture, norms, and beliefs throughout the therapeutic process.

b-Demonstrates cultural humility by managing personal biases when partnering with clients.

c- Communicates in a culturally responsive way recognizing various community structures, norms, and values.

|X|Practice with those who are different from you based on age, SES, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc.

|X|Discuss in supervision and in class the strengths of engaging diversity and the challenges you have when engaging difference.

|X|Engage in self-refection about personal biases related to client population and discuss with supervisor and be able to demonstrate that you can have a personal view and a professional view in practice.

|_|Develop a diversity/cultural competency plan that allows you to learn about the cultural needs of client groups and be culturally responsive when communicating with clients.

Add other activities here:

Agency Assignment – describe the population (Week 4)

Diversity Blog (Week 7)

For Student: The above activities will enable me to understand diversity, how it shapes human experience and its impact in the identity formation. Having a good understating of my personal biases will help me learn multiple ways of dealing with diverse groups to provide services that matches their cultural needs in the clinical setting.

For Student: Promote development and advancement of underrepresented groups in the clinical setting.

Actively support the creation of a productive work environment that acknowledge differences and encourage diversity in practice.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison:

How should I handle barriers to cultural competence such as unwillingness to learn about different groups in the clinical setting?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during the evaluation)

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a-Examines the effects of oppression, discrimination, structural social inequality, and historical trauma on clients/constituents and their systems to guide intervention planning.

b- Chooses social work clinical practices that promote human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice.

|X|Identify barriers clients face when accessing services at my agency or at other agencies and discuss during supervision.

|X|Develop a plan to learn about the effects of oppression, discrimination, inequality, and trauma on clients.

|X|Use evidence-based practices that consider the unique challenges clients have when faced with oppression, discrimination, social inequality, and historical trauma.

|X|Discuss with supervisor about how social, economic, and environmental factors affect client outcomes.

|X|Work with instructor/supervisor to engage advocacy for needs and services for clients.

|_|Collaborate with a local or national organization that advocates for your population.

Add other activities here:

For Student: By successfully completing the above activities, I will have a great understanding of every individual regardless of their place in the society based on human rights aspects like freedom, privacy and education (Newell & Nelson-Gardell, 2014). Collaborating with local and national organizations will help me to understand the global interconnection of human right violation and oppression. Also, it will allow me to identify various strategies for promoting social, economic and environmental justice.

For Student: Learn new ways and techniques for helping my colleagues and clients understand human rights and its value in the community.

Developing skills and mindset for taking responsibility, respecting and promoting human rights in the clinical setting and the community at large.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison:

How can I spread and uphold universal moral principles in the clinical setting?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during the evaluation)

a-. Critically evaluates evidence based and “best practice” treatment interventions

b- Develops clinical intervention plans based on the best available research and “best practices”.

|_|Research the evidence-based treatment interventions associated with the context of your agency.

|X|Use critical thinking to evaluate the benefits and challenges of the evidence-based interventions used with clients. Discuss your ideas with your supervisor.

|X|Develop treatment plans for clients that are evidence-based.

Add other activities here:

SOCW 6520 (Field III) Assignment:

Intervention Treatment Plan Assignment

SOCW6530 (Field IV) Assignment:

Intervention Treatment Plan Assignment part II

For Student: The above activities will help me to understand quantitative and qualitative research methods and their roles in advancing the science of social work. By engaging in practices that encourage translation of research evidence into clinical practice, I will gain more understanding and skills associated with scientific inquiry, principles of logic and techniques for building knowledge (Jani et al., 2016).

For Student: Use practice experience to inform scientific inquiry.

Acquire skills and knowledge for employing evidence-based intervention in clinical setting.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison:

Does the processes used for translating research findings into an improved practice impact the clients’ outcomes?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during evaluation).

a- Critically evaluates and creates awareness about agency and/or government policies and regulations that impact the well-being of clients.

b- Applies critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that support the needs of clients who present for clinical services

|X|Consider policies that affect the lives of your clients and discuss those challenges with your supervisor.

|X|Use critical thinking to examine the negative impact of policies on clients and advocate when needed.

|X|Explore how social problems are connected to social policy.

|X|Explore how agency funding is connected to policy.

Add other activities here:

Week 10 focuses on Organizational Policy

Social Problem/Policy Assignment

SOCW6530 (Field IV) Assignment:

Agency Funding and Policy Implication Assignment

For Student: The activities will enhance my understanding of the current structures of social policies and services and their impact on the service delivery to clients (Davis & Reber, 2016). Identifying various ways of engaging in policy practice will improve my knowledge on the role of policy development and its implementation in different levels of client service delivery.

For Student: Engage in practices that shape policy development and implementation at local, state or federal and federal level.

Acquire skills and knowledge for implementing policies to address human rights and social justice problems affecting clients.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison:

Does engaging clients in policy practice impact the services delivered to them?

What effect does policy practice have on personal boundaries with clients in clinical setting?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during evaluation)

Agency Activities to help you achieve the expected behaviors – Check ALL that apply AND add other activities specific to your agency.

Individuals

Uses empathy, reflection, and interpersonal skills to engage diverse clients in the therapeutic process.

Families

Uses empathy, reflection, interpersonal skills, and knowledge of human behavior and the social environment and family systems to engage with families.

Groups

a-Uses empathy, reflection, interpersonal skills, and knowledge of group dynamics to engage group members in the group process.

b- Engages with inter-professional teams and stakeholders associated with clients’ care.

Organizations

Engages with organizations that provide services, support, advocacy, and resources to support to clients.

Communities

Identifies and actively participates in opportunities to communicate with community leaders and members about community service gaps for clients.

|_|Show care, empathy, and genuineness with clients to initiate therapeutic relationships.

|_|Use a strengths-based approach when engaging with individuals, groups, and families.

|X|Use active listening and other engagement skills.

|X|Consult with organizations to assist with client needs.

☒Engage in professional communication in interprofessional team meetings from the social work perspective.

|X|Connect and work with community organizations that provide services related to the clients you serve.

Add other engagement activities:

SOCW 6520 (Field III) –First 11 weeks

Process Recording (Week 5)

Process Recording (Week 7)

Week 9 focuses on Individual, Family, and Group contexts

SOCW6530 (Field IV)- Second 11 weeks

Week 1 & Week 2 Focus on Engagement

Blog on Engagement (Week 2)

Process Recording (Week 3)

For Student: After reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how you will engage with the following target systems in the context of your agency:

Individuals:

The above activities will enhance my understanding of individuals’ personal experiences and reactions and use the information to develop and enhance relationship with them.

Families:

I will ensure open communication with different families to gain insights in complex problems that affect their well-being.

Groups:

I will engage diverse groups in different assessment process to acquire relevant information regarding critical practices and behaviors that are appropriate to the groups (Long, 2018).

Communities:

I will develop programs that improve the social well-being of individuals, families and groups in different communities.

Organizations:

Encourage partnership programs with different organizations to ensure joint effort in addressing socio-economic related problems to specific communities (Newell et al., 2014).

For Student: Acquire skills and knowledge for engaging individuals, diverse groups, communities and organizations in promoting their social well-being.

Develop effective engagement strategies that promote equal participation of clients in establishment of treatment goals.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison:

How can I improve engagement of difficult clients, families, groups or communities?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during the evaluation)

a-Conducts clinical assessments that provide information about the biopsychosocial-spiritual needs of clients.

b- Uses critical thinking to apply the strengths perspective and theories of human behavior and the social environment when analyzing and interpreting assessment information in a clinical setting.

c- Develops mutually agreed-upon evidence-based therapeutic interventions that consider culture, values, and safety.

Families

a- Conducts family assessments to understand family roles, functioning, relationships, resources, and support needs.

b- Uses critical thinking to apply theories of family systems when analyzing and interpreting family functioning, support, and dynamics.

Groups

a-Identifies the professional social work role in inter-professional and supervision group meetings and assesses how that role contributes to the group’s purpose.

b- Assesses the functioning and needs of professional and/or patient focused groups, and considers the best intervention strategies, based on professional knowledge and ethics.

Organizations

a-Assesses how the agency’s mission, structure, vision, connect to client outcomes.

b- Uses critical thinking to consider the strengths and limitations of therapeutic services provided to clients.

Communities

a-Develops knowledge about community resources, resources, governance, political climate, and initiatives to support mental health

b- Uses critical thinking to consider the strengths and limitations of the community and how those impact the functioning of clients

|X|Utilize agency appropriate forms, tools, and processes to complete clinical assessments.

|X|Utilize developmentally, and strengths-based approaches to assessment.

|X|Assist clients in developing mutually agreed upon goals and interventions to enhance well-being.

|X|Assess family functioning, relationships and support needs in the context of the agency’s practice.

|X|Work with groups to assess needs and to inform group intervention goals and treatment strategies.

|X|Assess ways you can participate in inter-professional and supervision meetings from the social work perspective.

|X|Assess how other organizations assist with client needs and where there may be gaps in services.

|X|Assess the role the community plays in providing services for your clients (financial, legislative, representative, etc.) Discuss your findings with your supervisor.

Add other assessment activities:

SOCW6520 (Field III) – First 11 weeks

Process Recording (Week 5)

Week 9 Focus on Individuals, Families, and Groups

SOCW 6510 (Field II)- Second 11 weeks

SOCW 6530 (Field IV)- Second 11 weeks

Week 3 and 4 devoted to the assessment process, with assignments of blogs and process recordings.

For Student: After reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how you will assess the following target systems in the context of your agency:

Individuals:

I will ask the individuals about the factors that impact their well-being and how the manage different obstacles.

Families:

I will in engage different families in discussions to identify their needs and response to therapeutic interventions.

Groups:

In assessing groups, I will use various tools appropriate for each group and my understand of mezzo social work theory develop healing and growth strategies that can allow members to help each other.

Organizations I will use my research knowledge and clinical experience to monitor the progress of organizations’ efforts and evaluate achieved outcomes.

Communities:

Use collaborative methods to engage different stakeholders in the communities to determine their extent of their needs.

For Student: Establish effective assessment strategies for evaluating individuals, families, groups and communities’ needs.

Develop assessment guide appropriate for different systems in clinical setting.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison:

What is the best method for evaluating the consequences of social work or an effect of change for a given target system?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during supervision)

a-Implements therapeutic interventions based on the strengths perspective, biopsychosocial needs, and current theories appropriate for the setting and client needs.

b- Utilizes appropriate resources and services for clients.

c- Promotes effective transitions and endings that incorporate mutually agreed-upon goals.

Families

a-Implements family interventions based on the strengths perspective, family culture, family systems theory, and evidence-based practice.

b- Utilizes appropriate resources, services, and interventions for families.

Groups

Uses professional ethics, knowledge, and evidence-based interventions in groups.

Organizations

Participates in opportunities to improve agency/organization service delivery that will support the needs of clients.

Communities

Explores and actively participates in opportunities to advocate for community services and support mental health services.

|X|Use agency-appropriate and developmentally- appropriate intervention strategies and techniques.

|X|Use relevant prevention strategies with individuals, families, and groups.

|_|Explore various evidence-based interventions and discuss those with your supervisor.

|X| Intervene with families using appropriate family theories.

|X|Explore and utilizes resources to provide holistic care.

|_|Talk with supervisor about planning for termination or transitions with clients.

|_|Consults with supervisor about ways to be involved in service delivery improvement at the agency.

☐Consults with supervisor about opportunities to be involved in advocacy.

Add other activities here:

SOCW 6520 (Field III) First 11 weeks

Week 9 focuses on Individuals, Families, and Groups

Discuss with supervisor evidence-based practices used in agency setting

SOCW 6530 (Field IV) Second 11 weeks

Weeks 5 and 6 focus on intervention with assignments of blogs and process recordings.

Week 9 focuses on Termination with clients

For Student: After reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how you will intervene with all of the following target systems in the context of your agency:

Individuals:

For individuals in the clinical setting, I will use individual social support interventions like counseling to promote implementation of strategies for addressing individuals’ needs (Applewhite et al., 2018).

Families:

I will use multiservice interventions specific for each group to address complex issues identified from assessment.

Groups:

I will use appropriate tools to encourage various groups and help them deal with their long-term problems.

Organizations:

For organizations, I will support risk assessment interventions that evaluate their strengths of the organization social support system.

Communities:

I will use intensive community preservation programs that provide support to members of the communities to minimize the problems during a crisis

For Student: Develop strategies for protecting target system in the clinical setting.

Enhance individuals, groups, families and communities ability to support and care for each other to minimize obstacles affecting social-well-being.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison:

What kind of concrete services can be included in the social service intervention to address recurrent issues?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during evaluation)

Evaluates the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention strategies for with individuals

Utilizes evaluation data to inform new intervention strategies.

Families

Evaluates the effectiveness of intervention strategies used to improve family functioning and support.

Utilizes evaluation data to inform new intervention strategies and resources.

Groups

Evaluates the effectiveness of group related processes.

Utilizes evaluation data to inform future group processes.

Organizations

Evaluates the effectiveness of social services and intervention strategies provided by agencies to support clients.

Utilizes evaluation data to inform advocacy initiatives

to improve services.

Communities

Evaluates the effectiveness of community services and resources for clients and their families.

Utilizes evaluation data to inform advocacy initiatives

|X|Considers the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions and makes changes to treatment plans as needed.

|X|Consults with supervisor about treatment plan outcomes to consider potential alternatives.

|X|Evaluate the effectiveness of social services provided organizations and communities and advocate where needed.

|_|Meet with clients to assess the progress of their goals and make changes in treatment plans as necessary.

|_|Participate in data collection, needs assessments, and other research efforts to inform advocacy or awareness initiatives.

Add other activities here:

SOCW 6520 (Field III) First 11 weeks

 Week 9 focuses on Individuals, Families, and Groups

SOCW 6530 (Field IV) Second 11 weeks 

Weeks 7 and 8 focus on evaluation of client success with assignments of blog posts and process recordings.  

For Student: After reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how you will evaluate with all of the following target systems in the context of your agency:

Individuals:

Use individual cases that apply to specific people to evaluate the various outcomes of implemented individual interventions.

Families:

I will use my judgment skills and knowledge to measure the effectiveness of interventions with most favorable outcomes.

Groups:

I will engage group members in discussion aimed at determining the impacts of countermeasures for different problems.

Organizations:

For organizations, I will perform outcome evaluation based on the services provided, goals and objectives that have been achieved (Davis & Reber, 2016).

Communities:

I will apply research principles and techniques to make judgments on the effectiveness of the interventions implemented by various communities.

For Students: Promote effective interventions in the target systems.

Improve individual, family, group and communities’ productivity and well-being.

For Students: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison:

How does evaluation and intervention implementation compare?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during evaluation)