Social Work Practice With Individuals, Families, And Groups

Catalog description

This is the first half of two required sequential courses in the Professional Foundation Year. It provides the basic knowledge and skills as a foundation for the advanced practice curriculum. Using a problem-solving model in an ecological perspective, the course prepares students to apply a generalist practice perspective to systems of all sizes and levels. Essential values, concepts, and ethical considerations within a human rights perspective as they pertain to generalist social work practice are explored. Course Learning Outcomes 1. Identify the purposes and objectives of social work practice. 2. Identify how personal and professional values and ethics direct and guide social work practice. 3. Apply principles of engagement to direct social work practice. 4. Demonstrate basic skills in the assessment process. 5. Articulate and apply core practice theories to assessment. 6. Use a person-in-environment perspective to recognize and appraise the effects of context on practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro level. 7. Identify and apply change strategies to direct social work practice. View Class Schedule