SW 580 - Generalist Social Work Practice II

This course introduces students to knowledge and skills for social work practice with organizations and communities.The course includes an introduction to organizational management, acquiring grants for program funding, strategies fororganizational change, and the experience of working in an agency setting under supervision. Community practice alsoincludes an introduction of community change strategies and methods of advocacy. Students are expected to integrateknowledge of research, policy, practice and theory in the development, implementation, evaluation, and disseminationof their Organizational Transformation Project (OTP). All nine CSWE competencies are to be reflected and addressed inthis project. Additionally, this course will address core functions of strengths-based, person centered practice that arenot included as CSWE competencies including collaborative planning, implementation through advocacy and linkage,monitoring, supportive counseling, and graduated disengagement. This course is taken concurrently with SW 590Generalist Field Education II, and is designed to integrate classroom learning with concrete expression of generalistpractice in actual helping situations. This course assesses Social Work EPAS Competencies 1-9.
Credits: 3