SW 650 - Advanced Field Education I

This course focuses on students’ ability to integrate classroom learning with practice application in the field setting at the specialized level. Students collaborate with the Director of Field Education, classroom instructors, the MSW faculty liaison, and the agency based MSW Field Instructor, to identify & document practice behaviors that reflect the knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive and affective processes that are the essence of the nine competencies. These activities are recorded on the Field Education Learning Plan (FLEP). In order to promote the real time integration of knowledge and skills, students are required to take SW650 concurrently with SW 610, Advanced Social Work Practice I. In this course students are expected to become familiar with the policies and procedures of the host agency. They are expected to gain a deeper understanding of the organizational culture as well as to be able to articulate the mission ad purpose of the agency as these relate directly to agency goals. Students are expected to take an active role in their learning experience and advocate for a wide range of learning opportunities as the aim towards autonomous social work practice. The course assesses Social Work EPAS Social Work Competencies 1-9.
Credits: 3