SW 740/742: Clinical Social Work (CSW) Field Practicum
Field Education Learning Agreement
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Semester: Date of Agreement:
Field Agency:
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Field Instructor:
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Practicum Weekly Schedule:
Planned Supervision Time:
Review each of the 9 Competencies and the related behavioral dimensions. In consultation with your field instructor, identify tasks, activities, and/or opportunities for each Competency area that can be completed within the practicum placement to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, values and cognitive/affective processes associated with each competency and associated behavioral dimensions.
In order to achieve this Competency:1. Student will demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.
Behavioral Dimensions:
1. Develop, manage, and maintain therapeutic relations with clients within the person-in-environment and strengths perspective
2. Apply ethical decision-making skills to issues specific to clinical social work
3. Employ strategies of ethical reasoning to address the use of technology in clinical practice and its effect on clients
4. Identify and use knowledge of relationship dynamics, including power differentials
5. Communicate professional judgments to other social workers and professionals in both verbal and written formats
By completing and/or participating in the following tasks and opportunities: / Student performance will be measured in the following manner:
In order to achieve this Competency:
2. Student will engage diversity and difference in practice.
Behavioral Dimensions:
1. Apply and communicate understanding of the importance of diversity and difference in shaping life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels
2. Present themselves as learners and engage clients and constituencies as experts of their own experiences
3. Apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse clients and constituencies
4. Research and apply knowledge of diverse clients and constituencies to enhance their well-being by identifying and using practitioner/client differences from a strengths perspective
By completing and/or participating in the following tasks and opportunities: / Student performance will be measured in the following manner:
In order to achieve this Competency:
3. Student will advance humans rights and social, economic and environmental justice.
Behavioral Dimensions:
1. Use knowledge of the effects of oppression, discrimination, and historical trauma on clients and constituencies to guide treatment planning and implementation
2. Advocate at multiple levels for mental health parity and reduction of health disparities for diverse populations
3. Assess the quality of mental and behavioral health services accessible to vulnerable clients and constituencies
4. Work collaboratively with other clinical professionals to effect systemic change that is sustainable
By completing and/or participating in the following tasks and opportunities: / Student performance will be measured in the following manner:
In order to achieve this Competency:
4. Student will engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice.
Behavioral Dimensions:
1. Participate in the generation of new clinical knowledge through research and practice
2. Use research methodology to evaluate clinical practice effectiveness or outcomes
By completing and/or participating in the following tasks and opportunities: / Student performance will be measured in the following manner:
In order to achieve this Competency:
5. Student will engage in policy practice.
Behavioral Dimensions:
1. Communicate to stakeholders the implication of policies and policy change in the lives of clients and constituencies.
2. Use evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence to advocate for policy action that advances the well-being of clients and constituencies
By completing and/or participating in the following tasks and opportunities: / Student performance will be measured in the following manner:
In order to achieve this Competency:
6. Student will engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Behavioral Dimensions:
1. Develop a culturally responsive therapeutic relationship with clients and constituencies
2. Attend to the interpersonal dynamics and contextual factors that both strengthen and potentially threaten the therapeutic alliance
3. Establish relationally based processes that encourage clients to be equal participants in the establishment of treatment goals and expected outcomes
By completing and/or participating in the following tasks and opportunities: / Student performance will be measured in the following manner:
In order to achieve this Competency:
7. Student will assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Behavioral Dimensions:
1. Use bio-psycho-social spiritual theories and multidimensional classification systems in formulation of comprehensive assessments
2. Assess clients’ readiness for change
3. Assess client coping strategies to reinforce and improve adaptation to life situations, circumstances, and events
4. Select and modify appropriate intervention strategies based on continuous clinical assessment
5. Understand and apply knowledge, models, and research about co-morbid conditions in the assessment process
By completing and/or participating in the following tasks and opportunities: / Student performance will be measured in the following manner:
In order to achieve this Competency:
8. Student will intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Behavioral Dimensions:
1. Critically evaluate, select, and apply best practices and evidence-based interventions
2. Demonstrate the use of appropriate clinical techniques for a range of presenting concerns identified in the assessment, including crisis intervention strategies as needed
3. Understand and apply knowledge, models, and research about co-morbid conditions in the treatment process
By completing and/or participating in the following tasks and opportunities: / Student performance will be measured in the following manner:
In order to achieve this Competency:
9. Student will evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Behavioral Dimensions:
1. Use clinical evaluation of the process and/or outcomes to develop best practice interventions to enhance client well-being
2. Contribute to the knowledge base of the social work profession through practice-based outcome evaluation
By completing and/or participating in the following tasks and opportunities: / Student performance will be measured in the following manner:
Signatures upon Completion of Learning Agreement
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Student Signature Date
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Field Instructor Signature Date
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Practicum Seminar Instructor Signature Date