SOWK 391 Community Learning Center Practicum

General

• Analyze the impact of social policies on client systems, workers, and agencies.
• Apply critical thinking skills within the context of social work practice.
• Apply knowledge of the biopsychosocial variables that affect individual development and behavior.
• Apply the knowledge and skills of generalist social work to practice of systems of all sizes.
• Demonstrate professional use of self.
• Evaluate own generalist practice interventions and those of other systems.
• Evaluate research studies and apply findings to generalist social work practice with multicultural competence.
• Function within the structure of organizations and service delivery systems.
• Practice with an understanding of and respect for the positive value of diversity.
• Practice within the values and ethics of the social work profession.
• Seek necessary organizational change
• Take responsibility for own continuing professional growth and development.
• Understand the current structures and issues of the social work profession.
• Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination.
• Understand the history of the social work profession.
• Understand the strategies of change that advance social and economic justice.
• Use communication skills differentially with a variety of client populations, colleagues, and members of the community.
• Use generalist theoretical frameworks to understand the interactions among individuals and between individuals and social systems, such as families, groups, organizations, and communities.
• Use supervision appropriate to generalist practice.