Course Objectives
Core Competencies and Outcomes:
EP 2.1.1 Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
Students will continue to develop their knowledge of professional social work and what it means to be a professional social worker in relationship to social work roles, functions, ethical standards, professional demeanor, the importance of life-long learning, the use of supervision and consultation, self-correction, and professional development. Students will apply their knowledge of the professional values of the social work profession and gain skill using social work values and ethics to guide internship activities. Students will build upon their existing skills to identify as professional social workers and conduct themselves accordingly in their behavior, appearance, and communication (written and oral) during their internship experience.
EP 2.1.2 -- Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice.
Students will build upon their existing knowledge of the NASW Code of Ethics (and other appropriate social work codes of ethics) and their importance in social work practice. Students will recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice and their internship. Students will begin to learn the skills of applying their professional values to generalist social work practice during their internship experience.
EP 2.1.3 -- Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
Students will apply their knowledge of critical thinking and how it can be employed in generalist social work practice. Students will apply critical thinking as it relates to scientific inquiry, reasoned discernment, and competent social work practice, reinforcing the value of critical thinking skills to generalist social work practice. Students will practice their critical thinking skills in class assignments and discussion, as well as in practical internship experiences.
EP 2.1.4 -- Engage diversity and difference in practice.
Students will build upon and utilize their existing knowledge of how culture, social organization, and personal values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or unjustly create power or privilege for certain groups. Students will recognize their own personal values and biases when working with diverse groups in efforts to respect the dignity and worth of every person and promote social justice in practice. Students will apply skills they have learned in recognizing and communicating differences between people. Also, students will practice skills relating to recognizing clients as informants about various areas of diversity during their internship experience.
(The instructor reserves the right to modify this syllabus throughout the semester if necessary.) EP 2.1.3 -- Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
Students will apply their knowledge of critical thinking and how it can be employed in generalist social work practice. Students will apply critical thinking as it relates to scientific inquiry, reasoned discernment, and competent social work practice, reinforcing the value of critical thinking skills to generalist social work practice. Students will practice their critical thinking skills in class assignments and discussion, as well as in practical internship experiences.
EP 2.1.4 -- Engage diversity and difference in practice.
Students will build upon and utilize their existing knowledge of how culture, social organization, and personal values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or unjustly create power or privilege for certain groups. Students will recognize their own personal values and biases when working with diverse groups in efforts to respect the dignity and worth of every person and promote social justice in practice. Students will apply skills they have learned in recognizing and communicating differences between people. Also, students will practice skills relating to recognizing clients as informants about various areas of diversity during their internship experience.
EP 2.1.5 -- Advance human rights and social and economic justice.
Students will build knowledge of the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination. Students will apply social work values to advocacy in efforts to promote social and economic justice. Students will apply generalist social work practice skills to advance social and economic justice during their internship experience.
EP 2.1.6 -- Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
Students will apply knowledge of the social work literature (i.e., research) that can be used to inform generalist social work practice. Students will practice skills applying practice experience to scientific inquiry. Students will incorporate social work values and ethics in their discussion of research informed practice and practice informed research during their internship experience.
EP 2.1.7 -- Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment.
Students will gain and apply the knowledge necessary to incorporate human behavior in the social environment across the lifespan to generalist social work practice. Students will practice skills utilizing biological, psychological, and social theories to generalist social work practice. Students will learn the importance of employing social work ethics and the profession’s core values to guide their application of human behavior in the social environment to generalist social work practice during their internship experience.
EP 2.1.8 -- Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services.
Student will build upon their knowledge of social welfare policy and practice in generalist social work. Students practice skills to advocate for policies that advance the social and economic well-being of all people. Students will apply social work values to guide their application of policies to generalist social work practice during their internship experience.
EP 2.1.9 -- Respond to contexts that shape practice.
Students will gain knowledge of the dynamic nature of social work practice including evolving organizational, community, and social context in which generalist practice occurs. Students will learn to apply social work values in responding to the evolving context that shape generalist social work practice. Students will practice skills to artfully employ evidence-based practice strategies in evolving and dynamic contexts where generalist practice may occur during their internship experience.
EP 2.1.10 -- Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Students will apply the knowledge necessary to engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, and communities. Students will apply (i.e., will be guided by) professional values to generalist practice activities (i.e., engagement, assessment, intervention with, and evaluation of individuals, families, groups, and communities). Students will practice skills necessary to engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate individuals, families, groups, and communities during their internship experience.