Office of Field Education
FINAL EVALUATION OF ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT
SPECIALTY: MENTAL HEALTH
The Council on Social Work Education requires that advanced graduate
students demonstrate specialized skills representative of their focus of
study in the MSW program.
Your field student was placed with your agency to develop or improve
advanced practice behaviors that indicate the student is ready for practice
in community and administrative activities.
Please fill out the following survey by checking the boxes to the right of
each statement according to your level of agreement with the statement.
Once you complete the survey, please send it to the UTA Field Liaison, and
review it with your student.
We appreciate all you do to turn our students into adequate and ethical
professionals who are ready for growth.
Thank you for the conscientious evaluation of your field student.
Your feedback is essential.
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Student Name:
Student ID #:
Agency Name:
Field Instructor Name:
Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
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Advanced Practice Behaviors
The student is able to…
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the relevant
organizational world views and culture that influence
mental health functioning and relate social work
perspectives, the evidence base, and related social and
psychological theories/practice models to practice with the
multiple and complex issues.
SA
A
D
SD
2. Communicate to stakeholders the implications of
policies and policy change in the lives of mental health
clients..
3. Advocate for policies that advance the social and
economic well-being of mental health clients.
4. Recognize disparities in the distribution of resources
across various mental health clients and advocate at
multiple levels for services to increase effective
functioning.
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The student is able to…
SA
5. Communicate effectively with diverse mental health clients
and with multiple community systems with which they
interact.
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D
SD
6. Demonstrate professional demeanor that reflects
awareness of and respect for diverse mental health clients
with multiple challenges and issues; advocate for services
that enhance well-being and functioning of clients.
7. Select and implement appropriate strength-based
assessment, intervention, and evaluation tools.
8. Apply research and knowledge of diverse cultures and
perspectives to enhance the well-being of mental health
clients.
9. Practice effectively with diverse client systems and identify
and use cultural diversity from a strengths perspective.
10. Recognize the stigma and shame associated with
mental health issues.
11. Use advanced strategies to search, appraise, select,
and implement the most up-to-date evidence-based
practice guidelines in the assessment and intervention
with mental health clients.
12. Use valid and reliable assessments for identifying client
problems, risk and protective factors, vulnerability and
resilience factors, and consequences for various
individuals and groups.
13. Understand increased risk and protective factors
related to bio-psycho-social-spiritual domains and
incorporate them in their assessment and intervention.
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The student is able to…
SA
14. Assess the quality of individuals' interactions within their
social contexts.
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D
SD
15. Develop effective models, programs, policies, and
interventions and assess their effectiveness.
16. Develop intervention plans to accomplish systemic
changes that are sustainable.
17. Possess a theoretically informed knowledge base so as
to effectively work with mental health clients. This
knowledge includes understanding and implementing
practice theories (models, perspectives, strategies,
techniques, and approaches), and evaluating treatment
outcomes and practice effectiveness.
18. Describe causes (empirically validated and theoretical),
advanced assessment methods, and the most effective
interventions for a variety of problems that affect mental
health clients.
19. Demonstrate the use of appropriate clinical techniques
for a range of presenting concerns identified in the
assessment.
20. Contribute to the theoretical knowledge base in the area
of mental health through practice-based research, and use
evaluations of the process and/or outcomes to develop
best practices with mental health clients.
21. Practice self-reflection and continue to address
personal bias and stereotypes to build knowledge and
dispel myths regarding diverse mental health issues.
22. Demonstrate professional demeanor that reflects
awareness of and respect for diverse mental health clients
with multiple challenges and issues; advocate for services
that enhance the well-being and functioning of clients.
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