PRACTICE SEMINAR AND FIELD PRACTICUM I

Catalog description

The course corresponds to the foundation component of supervised social work generalist practice at the graduate level. It provides training experience in direct service and intensive supervision focused on the importance of acquiring generalist intervention skills with individuals, groups, families, communities and organizations. It is expected that students can consolidate their education at this level based on the foundation of social work given the systemic multiplicity, diversity, equity, welfare and socia l justice of the client system. In the early stages of the course the social workers in training, within their practice scenario, should analyze, contrast and evaluate individual idiosyncrasy versus the professional role and how to harmonize them, considering the ethical and legal issues which frames their execution. The course encourages students to achieve mastery of the practice scenario, applying their understanding of the services’ philosophies, institutional policies and procedures, applying intervention skills under the generalist model, evaluating the relationship of human behavior and their environment from an ecosystems perspective. In addition, the course allows for the integration of social research conducted by students in the practice scenario and in the practice seminar in social work where students attend three hours a week.