SW 680 - Advanced Field Education II

This course continues learning experiences for specialist advanced social work practice in field education. This course will focus on integration of the social work behaviors that reflect the knowledge, values, skills, cognitive and affective processes reflected by the nine competencies of social work practice. Students take this course concurrently with SW 660: Advanced Practice II. 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. These activities are recorded on the Field Education Learning Plan (FLEP). 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. This course assesses the Social Work EPAS competencies 1-9.
Credits: 3