Bloomsburg University Midterm and Final Competency Field Evaluation
BSW EVALUATION OF THE COMPETENCIES AND PRACTICE BEHAVIORS
Student : _______________________________________________________________
Field Instructor : ________________________________________________________
Task Supervisor (if appropriate) : _________________________________________________
Agency : ______________________________________________________________
University Faculty Liaison : _______________________________________________
Course : (SWK 497 and 498) Field Work in Social Work
NOTE: This form is available electronically at the Social Work program website
https://www.bloomu.edu/social-work-field
Directions: Please use this evaluation to assess the student on the ten competencies and 45 practice behaviors.
At the midterm, the student should also use this form for a self-assessment. Submit both the self-assessment and
field instructor’s assessment to the faculty liaison. At the end of the semester, the field instructor only completes
the assessment. For each practice behavior, please complete the scale provided. For each competency, please
provide a narrative description as indicated.
Basic Professional Proficiency & Ethical Conduct
Answer Code for Evaluation Items
NA. Not applicable or not enough information to form a judgment.
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Far Below Expectations - needs much improvement, a concern.
Below Expectations – needs some improvement to meet standards.
Acceptable – meets standards at average level for interns.
Above expectations – performs above average level for interns.
I.
Basic Work Requirements
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Arrives on time.
Uses time effectively.
Informs supervisor and makes arrangements for absences.
Reliable, completes requested or assigned tasks on time.
Completes required total number of hours or days on site.
Is responsive to norms about clothing, language, etc. on site.
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Ethical Awareness and Conduct
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Knowledge of general ethical guidelines
Knowledge of ethical guidelines of internship placement
Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to ethical issues
Personal behavior is consistent with ethical guidelines
Consults with others about ethical issues if necessary
Comments:
BSW FIELD EVALUATION INSTRUMENT
EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
The BSW program includes three broad goals. The first goal is educational in nature and includes 10
competencies that are integrated throughout the curriculum. These competencies have been formed on the basis
of the Council on Social Work Education’s Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) of 2008.
Each course in the major highlights those competencies that more closely relate to the course purpose. These
competencies are used as educational building blocks in a sequence of social work courses designed to prepare
the entry-level professional social worker for practice. Accompanying these competencies are practice
behaviors that we expect students to achieve. Consider the activities, skills or indices that will describe and support the
evaluation of the professional competencies. The competencies are the desired learning results. We are interested to what extent the
student has accomplished them, how they accomplished them, and what future development you would recommend. Concrete
examples are useful. This is a generic, generalist instrument that will be used for all student placement evaluations. This is true
whether you are evaluating students for work with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and/or communities. In fact, the best
placements offer elements of each.
Rating Scale for Evaluation of Field Placement Performance
Instructions: The standards by which an intern is to be compared is that of a beginning-level social worker.
The 10 competencies specified in this evaluation form are those established by our national accrediting
organization (Council on Social Work Education). Under each competency statement are several practice
behaviors that we ask you rate according to the following scale.
Please circle the number/response that best represents your assessment of the student's performance in the
competency area specified. You are encouraged to write comments to expand upon any competency statement
as this feedback is especially helpful in grade determination.
Ranking
N/A=No Opportunity
1=No Demonstration
2= Attempted
Demonstration
3= Satisfactory
Demonstration
4= Highly Proficient
Demonstration
5= Sophisticated
Demonstration
Expectation
Agency setting does not provide opportunities for student to achieve this
competency
The intern has not met the expectations in this area, and does not
demonstrate the skills or knowledge needed to do so in the future
The intern has not met the expectations in this area and requires constant
supervision and direction to complete tasks. Performance suggests
inconsistent integration of skills and knowledge in this area.
The intern has met the expectations in this area and completes assigned
tasks and activities suggesting that they are gaining knowledge and
experience.
The intern demonstrates the ability to consistently complete tasks and
activities with minimal supervision and their initiative and commitment to
learn is more than satisfactory.
The intern demonstrates excellent performance in this area and consistently
exceeds expectations.
Please note: It is the faculty liaison who has the responsibility of determining the final grade for Field
Practicum (Pass/Fail). The faculty liaison's grade of the student will be based on:
• The field instructor's evaluation and other submitted materials such as journals
• Contributions to the Field Seminar class discussions
• Participation in other meetings and contacts
• The faculty liaison's overall evaluation of the student's performance in field
IMPORTANT: This form should be typed and the same form saved and used for both the midterm and final
evaluations. After completing this form, all parties should keep copies with the faculty liaison providing a
signed copy for the student file.
Competency 1- Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
Social workers serve as representatives of the profession, its mission, and its core values. They know the
profession’s history. Social workers commit themselves to the profession’s enhancement and to their own
professional conduct and growth.
Practice Behaviors.
Social workers:
Advocate for client access to
the services of social work
Practice personal reflection and
self-correction to assure
continual professional
development
Attend to professional roles and
boundaries
Demonstrate professional
demeanor in behavior,
appearance, and
communication
Engage in career-long learning
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Comments: Final
Competency 2- Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice.
Social workers have an obligation to conduct themselves ethically and to engage in ethical decision-making.
Social workers are knowledgeable about the value base of the profession, its ethical standards, and relevant law.
Practice Behaviors.
Social workers:
Recognize and manage personal
values in a way that allows
professional values to guide
practice
Make ethical decisions by
applying standards of the
National Association of Social
Workers Code of Ethics and, as
applicable, of the International
Federation of Social
Workers/International
Association of Schools of Social
Work Ethics in Social Work,
Statement of Principles
Tolerate ambiguity in resolving
ethical conflicts
Apply strategies of ethical
reasoning to arrive at principled
decisions
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Comments: Final
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Competency 3- Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
Social workers are knowledgeable about the principles of logic, scientific inquiry, and reasoned discernment.
They use critical thinking augmented by creativity and curiosity. Critical thinking also requires the synthesis
and communication of relevant information.
Practice Behaviors.
Social workers:
Distinguish, appraise, and
integrate multiple sources of
knowledge, including researchbased knowledge, and practice
wisdom
Analyze models of assessment,
prevention, intervention, and
evaluation
Demonstrate effective oral and
written communication in
working with individuals,
families, groups, organizations,
communities, and colleagues
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Competency 4- Engage diversity and difference in practice.
Social workers understand how diversity characterizes and shapes the human experience and is critical to the
formation of identity. The dimensions of diversity are understood as the intersectionality of multiple factors
including age, class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration
status, political ideology, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. Social workers appreciate that, as a
consequence of difference, a person’s life experiences may include oppression, poverty, marginalization, and
alienation as well as privilege, power, and acclaim.
Practice Behaviors.
Social workers:
Recognize the extent to which
a culture’s structures and
values may oppress,
marginalize, alienate, or create
or enhance privilege and power
Gain sufficient self-awareness
to minimize the influence of
personal biases and values in
working with diverse groups
Recognize and communicate
their understanding of the
importance of difference in
shaping life experiences
View themselves as learners
and engage those with whom
they work as informants
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Comments: Final
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Competency 5- Advance human rights and social and economic justice.
Each person, regardless of position in society, has basic human rights, such as freedom, safety, privacy, an
adequate standard of living, health care, and education. Social workers recognize the global interconnections of
oppression and are knowledgeable about theories of justice and strategies to promote human and civil rights.
Social work incorporates social justice practices in organizations, institutions, and society to ensure that these
basic human rights are distributed equitably and without prejudice.
Practice Behaviors.
Social workers:
Understand the forms and
mechanisms of oppression and
discrimination
Advocate for human rights and
social and economic justice
Engage in practices that
advance social and economic
justice
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Comments: Final
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Competency 6- Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
Social workers use practice experience to inform research, employ evidence-based interventions, evaluate their
own practice, and use research findings to improve practice, policy, and social service delivery. Social workers
comprehend quantitative and qualitative research and understand scientific and ethical approaches to building
knowledge.
Practice Behaviors.
Social workers:
Use practice experience to
inform scientific inquiry
Use research evidence to
inform practice
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Competency 7- Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment.
Social workers are knowledgeable about human behavior across the life course; the range of social systems in
which people live; and the ways social systems promote or deter people in maintaining or achieving health and
well-being. Social workers apply theories and knowledge from the liberal arts to understand biological, social,
cultural, psychological, and spiritual development.
Practice Behaviors.
Social workers:
Utilize conceptual
frameworks to guide the
processes of assessment,
intervention, and
evaluation
Critique and apply
knowledge to understand
person and environment
Demonstrate knowledge
about human behavior
across the life course
Demonstrate knowledge
of the range of social
systems in which people
live and their impact on
achieving health and wellbeing
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Competency 8- Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic justice and well-being and to
deliver effective social work services.
Social work practitioners understand that policy affects service delivery, and they actively engage in policy
practice. Social workers know the history and current structures of social policies and services; the role of
policy in service delivery; and the role of practice in policy development.
Practice Behaviors.
Social workers:
Analyze, formulate, and
advocate for policies that
advance social well-being
Collaborate with
colleagues and clients for
effective policy action
Understand how the
policy affects service
delivery
Demonstrate knowledge
of history and current
structures of social
policies and services
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Competency 9- Respond to contexts that shape practice.
Social workers are informed, resourceful, and proactive in responding to evolving organizational, community,
and societal contexts at all levels of practice. Social workers recognize that the context of practice is dynamic,
and use knowledge and skill to respond proactively.
Practice Behaviors.
Social workers:
Continuously discover,
appraise, and attend to
changing locales,
populations, scientific and
technological
developments, and
emerging societal trends to
provide relevant services
Provide leadership in
promoting sustainable
changes in service delivery
and practice to improve the
quality of social services
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Competency 10 (a-d)- Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and communities.
Professional practice involves the dynamic and interactive processes of engagement, assessment, intervention,
and evaluation at multiple levels. Social workers have the knowledge and skills to practice with individuals,
families, groups, organizations, and communities. Practice knowledge includes identifying, analyzing, and
implementing evidence-based interventions designed to achieve client goals; using research and technological
advances; evaluating program outcomes and practice effectiveness; developing, analyzing, advocating, and
providing leadership for policies and services; and promoting social and economic justice.
Competency (a)- Engagement; Competency (b)- Assessment; Competency (c)- Intervention; Competency
(d)- Evaluation
Practice Behaviors.
Social workers:
Substantively and
affectively prepare for
action with individuals,
families, groups,
organizations, and
communities
Use empathy and other
interpersonal skills
Develop a mutually agreedon focus of work and
desired outcomes
Collect, organize, and
interpret client data
Assess client strengths and
limitations
Develop mutually agreed-on
intervention goals and
objectives
Select appropriate
intervention strategies
Initiate actions to achieve
organizational goals
Implement prevention
interventions that enhance
client capacities
Help clients resolve
problems
Negotiate, mediate, and
advocate for clients
Facilitate transitions and
endings
Critically analyze, monitor,
and evaluate interventions
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Comments: Midterm
Comments: Final
Midterm Summary Comments:
Midterm
Signature of Field Instructor:
Date:
I agree with the evaluation
I do not agree with the evaluation
My field instructor and faculty liaison have discussed this evaluation with me, and I have received a copy.
Student's Signature:
Date:
Faculty Liaison Signature: ____________________________________________Date:___________________
AS PART OF THE FINAL EVALUATION: Please check one of the following:
This student has excelled in field placement by performing above expectations for interns. If an
appropriate position for a beginning level social worker were open at this agency, this intern
would be considered among the top candidates for this position.
This student has met the expectations of the field placement. The student is ready for beginning
level social work practice.
This student is not yet ready for beginning level social work practice, and has demonstrated
serious problems in performance as documented in this evaluation.
Final Summary Comments:
Final
Signature of Field Instructor:
Date:
I agree with the evaluation
I do not agree with the evaluation
My field instructor and faculty liaison have discussed this evaluation with me, and I have received a copy.
Student's Signature:
Date:
Faculty Liaison Signature: ____________________________________________Date:___________________