School of Human Service Professions

Center for Social Work EducationSW550-551

MSW First Year Field Learning Contract 2014-2015

Student: / Field Year
Home phone: / Cell phone:
Work phone: / Widener email:
Agency:
Division/Unit:
Address:
Agency phone: / FAX:
Field Instructor:
FI Email:
FI Phone:
Field Liaison:
Brief Description of Agency Setting:
As part of the Learning Contract, please specify:
a. Student’s Schedule (include days & hours, make-up arrangements for absences)
b. Supervision (include days, times and with whom)
c. Other staff with whom student will work to complete assignments (name and title)
Student Signature/date:
Field Instructor Signature/date:
Field Liaison Signature/date:

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DEVELOPING AND USING THE LEARNING CONTRACT

Development of the Learning Contract should be a collaborative process between the student and field instructor, with the field liaison available for assistance and feedback. A Learning Contract is due each semester, usually at the end of the first month of the placement

Field education Competencies and Practice Behaviors for the MSW First Year Generalist placement have been delineated. The field instructor and student identify learning activities available at the placement that will support the student in accomplishing the stated competencies. A learning activity can address more than one competency and can span more than one practice behavior. Due dates also are designated or the activity is noted as on-going.

In designing the Learning Contract, these factors need to be incorporated and recorded:

  • Learning activities appropriate for the agency
  • Supervision
  • Class assignments: course syllabi should be reviewed by the student and field instructor to determine what can in incorporated (i.e. case summaries, process recordings)

The Learning Contract should be reviewed monthly and is a dynamic document that can be changed and developed as the practicum proceeds. Substantial changes should be written-up and forwarded to the field liaison.

A completed Learning Contract should be submitted to the faculty Field Liaison by the due date. The student and Field Instructor should also keep copies. The semester evaluation will be based on the development of competencies and practice behaviors, not the specific activities in the Learning Contract.

Learning Contract
Competency Educational Policy 2.1.1-Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
Outcomes:
CPB1. Advocate for client access to the services of social work;
CPB2. Practice personal reflection and self-correction to assure continual professional development;
CPB3. Attend to professional roles and boundaries;
CPB4. Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and communication;
CPB5. Engage in career-long learning; and
CPB6. Use supervision and consultation.
Learning Activities and Time Frame
Please list the activities and tasks that the student will undertake to achieve the educational outcomes. Indicate the due date or that the activity is ongoing.
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.2-Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice.
Outcomes:
CPB7. recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice;
CPB8. make ethical decisions by applying standards of the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and, as applicable, of the International Federation of Social Workers/International Association of Schools of Social Work Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles
CPB9. tolerate ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts; and
CPB10. apply strategies of ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions
Learning Activities and Time Frame
Please list the activities and tasks that the student will undertake to achieve the educational outcomes. Indicate the due date or that the activity is ongoing.
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Learning Contract
Competency Educational Policy 2.1.3-Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
Outcomes:
CPB11. distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based; knowledge, and practice wisdom;
CPB12. analyze models of assessment, prevention, intervention, and evaluation; and (Identify and analyze)
CPB13. demonstrate effective oral and written communication in working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities, and colleagues.
Learning Activities and Time Frame
Please list the activities and tasks that the student will undertake to achieve the educational outcomes. Indicate the due date or that the activity is ongoing.
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.4-Engage diversity and difference in practice.
Outcomes:
CPB14. Recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures and values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create or enhance privilege and power
CPB15. Gain sufficient self-awareness to eliminate the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse groups
CPB16. Recognize and communicate their understanding of the importance of difference in shaping life experiences
CPB17. View themselves as learners and engage those whom they work with as informants
Learning Activities and Time Frame
Please list the activities and tasks that the student will undertake to achieve the educational outcomes. Indicate the due date or that the activity is ongoing.
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.5—Advance human rights and social and economic justice.
Outcomes:
CPB18. Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination;
CPB19. Advocate for human rights and social and economic justice; and
CPB20. Engage in practices that advance social and economic justice.
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.6—Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
Outcomes:
CPB21. Use practice experience to inform scientific inquiry; and
CPB22. Use research evidence to inform practice.
Learning Activities and Time Frame
Please list the activities and tasks that the student will undertake to achieve the educational outcomes. Indicate the due date or that the activity is ongoing.
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.7—Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment.
Outcomes:
CPB23. Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of assessment, intervention, and evaluation;
CPB24. Critique and apply knowledge to understand person and environment.
Learning Activities and Time Frame
Please list the activities and tasks that the student will undertake to achieve the educational outcomes. Indicate the due date or that the activity is ongoing.
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.8—Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services.
Outcomes:
CPB25. Analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance social well-being; and
CPB26. Collaborate with colleagues and clients for effective policy action.
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Please list the activities and tasks that the student will undertake to achieve the educational outcomes. Indicate the due date or that the activity is ongoing.
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.9—Respond to contexts that shape practice.
Outcomes:
CPB27. Continuously discover, appraise and attend to changing locales, populations, scientific and
technological developments, and emerging social trends to provide relevant services; and,
CPB28. Provide leadership in promoting sustainable changes in service delivery and practice to
improve the quality of social services.
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.10(a)–(d)—Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Educational Policy 2.1.10(a)—Engagement
Outcomes:
CPB29. Substantively and affectively, prepare for action with individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and communities;
CPB30. Use empathy and other interpersonal skills
CPB31. Develop a mutually agreed-on focus of work and desired outcomes.
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.10(a)–(d)—Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Educational Policy 2.1.10(b)—Assessment
Outcomes:
CPB32. Collect, organize, and interpret client data
CPB33. Assess client strengths and limitations
CPB34. Develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals and objectives
CPB35. Select appropriate intervention strategies
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.10(a)–(d)—Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Educational Policy 2.1.10(c)—Intervention
Outcomes:
CPB36. Initiate actions to achieve organizational goals
CPB37. Implement prevention interventions that enhance client capacities
CPB38. Help clients resolve problems
CPB39. Negotiate, mediate, and advocate for clients
CPB40. Facilitate transitions and endings.
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Competency Educational Policy 2.1.10(a)–(d)—Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Educational Policy 2.1.10(d)—Evaluation
Outcomes:
CPB41. Critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions.
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