Foundation Social Work Practicum ((3))

Catalog description

This is the Foundation Practicum hybrid course and includes 20 hours a week with a semester total of 320 hours of supervised practice experience in a community social agency (an internship) and a 3-hour integrative seminar. The course focuses on the application of foundation knowledge, skills, values, and ethics to practice with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities across the life span. Students develop skills in self-evaluation and effective use of self across multiple roles and in accord with professional values and ethics and with applicable laws and regulations; culturally responsive interviewing, assessment, intervention, and evaluation; written and oral professional communication; effective use of supervision; and critical assessment of agency policy and practice.