Work Plan for MSW Advanced Field Internship SW 653/654 SAMPLE
Name:
Agency: Wake County Human Services
Address:220 Swinburne Street
Phone:
Faculty Field Liaison:
Student Email:
MSW Supervisor:
MSW Supervisor’s email:
Task Supervisor:
Task supervisor’s email:
Faculty liaison’s email
CSWE Educational Policy 2.3—Signature Pedagogy: Field Education
Signature pedagogy represents the central form of instruction and learning in which a profession socializes its
students to perform the role of practitioner. Professionals have pedagogical norms with which they connect and
integrate theory and practice.4 In social work, the signature pedagogy is field education. The intent of field
education is to connect the theoretical and conceptual contribution of the classroom with the practical world of
the practice setting. It is a basic precept of social work education that the two interrelated components of
curriculum—classroom and field—are of equal importance within the curriculum, and each contributes to the
development of the requisite competencies of professional practice. Field education is systematically designed,
supervised, coordinated, and evaluated based on criteria by which students demonstrate the achievement of
program competencies.
Educational Policy M2.2—Advanced Practice
Advanced practitioners refine and advance the quality of social work practice and that of the larger social work
profession. They synthesize and apply a broad range of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary knowledge and
skills. In areas of specialization, advanced practitioners assess, intervene, and evaluate to promote human and
social well-being. To do so they suit each action to the circumstances at hand, using the discrimination learned
through experience and self improvement. Advanced practice incorporates all of the core competencies
augmented by knowledge and practice behaviors specific to a concentration.
Directions for completing Work Plan:
1. This work plan covers fall/spring semester. Field hours should be completed each semester before the
last day of final exam period.
2. Student and field supervisor discuss and complete work plan together prior to initial field visit by faculty
field liaison. Student’s field performance is measured by the demonstration of practice behaviors.
3. Faculty Field Liaison will discuss work plan with student and Field Instructor/Supervisor to make sure
the internship adequately addresses the practice behaviors and fully integrated the classroom experience
into the internship experience.
4. Field supervisor and student will discuss student progress mid fall semester and the end of fall/spring
semester. Form will be discussed and completed by field instructor/supervisor and student prior to
conference with field liaison. An additional form called Field Evaluation will be used at the end of each
semester. It can be found on website. Field supervisor will recommend grade and discuss with faculty
field liaison and students.
5. At end of fall/spring semester supervisor and student will complete the final evaluation prior to final
visit by faculty field liaison.
6. Supervisor will make recommendation for final S/U grade. Based on the result of this meeting and the
completed evaluation form, the faculty field liaison will assign a grade for the student.
7. Signed evaluation is returned to faculty liaison at end of fall semester.
How to rate the practice behaviors: [(3-5) is satisfactory (S) and (1-2) is unsatisfactory
This is the rating scale that will be used on your end of semester evaluation. It is not part of the work
plan… it is just to give you a heads up.
5 The intern has excelled in this area as demonstrated by practice behavior.
4 The intern is functioning above expectations in this area as demonstrated by practice behavior.
3 The intern has met the expectations for in this area as demonstrated by practice behavior.
2 The intern has not as yet met the expectations in this area through demonstration of practice behaviors, but
gives indication s/he can do so in the near future.
1 The intern has not met the expectations in this area through demonstration of practice behaviors, and does
not give indications s/he can do so in the near future.
Outcome
Practice behaviors (Tasks)
(How will outcome be
attained?)
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.
Outcome
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 decisionmaking. Social workers are
knowledgeable about the
value base of the
profession, its ethical
standards, and relevant law.
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in
your agency if the outcome is
achieved? List specific
tasks/example of work) Student
will:
Distinguish the social work
perspective from the
perspectives of other
professional approaches;
Participate in treatment team
meetings twice monthly.
Represent assigned clients
from a behavior in the social
environment perspective.
Present a professional
demeanor in communication,
appearance and behavior.
Demonstrate skill in
Attend monthly Grand Round
representing the profession and training events. Attend at least
the agency in community
one community change
change efforts, community
meeting as a representative for
events and inter agency
mental health clients.
meetings;
Assess and address own
Maintain a journal of any
personal biases as they relate
personal biases/values that
to professional practice;
occur during interaction with
clients.
Practice behaviors
Support the rights of others to act
on perspectives and positions
different from one’s own;
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your
agency if the outcome is achieved?)
Student will:
Resolve value conflicts in one’s
professional practice, consistent
with NASW Code of Ethics;
Demonstrate respect and advocacy
on behalf of mental health client
population as it related to their own
values and strengths.
Identify a minimum of two NASW
Code of Ethics and be able to
discuss how they were applied or
conflicted with supervisor by the
end of placement. Maintain
appropriate boundaries with clients.
Identify and analyze power
differentials to ensure that all
positions are taken into account.
Review assigned cases with
supervisor to determine any misuse
of power.
Outcome
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
Evaluate and integrate evidence
from multiple sources to inform
practice
Use evidence to anticipate and
articulate likely consequences of
interventions, projects, and
programs developed to respond to
client problems
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your
agency if the outcome is achieved?)
Student will:
Research and discuss at least three
professional journal articles that
relate to the mental health
population with supervisor.
At least one research theory will be
used and applied to one client in
response to a current problem.
Outcome
Practice behaviors
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your
agency if the outcome is achieved?)
Student will:
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
Practice effectively across
differences of race, ethnicity,
socioeconomic status, gender,
age, sexual orientation or ability;
Apply effective, empowering and
culturally appropriate change
strategies in one’s everyday
practice to promote social justice
and behavioral and social change;
Recognize affective content,
underlying messages and themes
embedded in client and collegial
presentation and behavior
Identity at least one client who
differs in culture and present
knowledge of that culture in
writing.
Shadow at least one Case Manger
to observe and assist in
identifying culturally relevant
services that will solve any
presenting problems
Consult with supervisor in regard
to any cultural biases or behaviors
that are presented.
difference, a person’s life
experiences may include
oppression, poverty,
marginalization, and
alienation as well as
privilege, power, and
acclaim.
Outcome
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
Use power and authority ethically
to advocate for and with
marginalized constituents.;
Collaborate to create new,
modified or improved services,
resources and opportunities for
marginalized populations; and
Design agency policies to
maximize equal opportunity,
access and treatment.
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your
agency if the outcome is achieved?)
Student will:
Engage and act as an advocate for
at least one client who is
oppressed or being discriminated
against.
Assist in the development of new
group that will address the higher
functioning mental health needs of
targeted clients.
Review agency policies and
identify any that limit equal
opportunities for treatment.
Outcome
Competency 6
Engage in researchinformed practice and
practice-informed
research.
Social workers use practice
experience to inform
research, employ evidencebased 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
Disseminate research findings
that diverse constituents can
understand and use and
Use research-informed findings to
guide practice interventions
Promote use of evidence informed
practice within practice setting
Outcome
Practice behaviors
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.
Select and apply an appropriate
theoretical framework and
model(s) to guide interventions
with complex systems; and
Design interventions related to
loss, change, and transition across
the life span
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your
agency if the outcome is achieved?)
Student will:
Create and implement a research
design that will identify current
needs among the mental health
population.
Present research findings and
recommendations to Wake County
Human Services
Review current research
information that relates to the
mental health population.
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your
agency if the outcome is achieved?)
Student will:
Identify at least three major
theories of practice and discuss
with supervisor
Present how one of these theories
may be applied to the
psychosocial understanding of at
least two clients.
Outcome
Practice behaviors (Tasks)
Competency 8
Engage in policy practice
to advance social and
economic 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.
Build coalitions and
collaborative relationships that
impact services; and
Outcome
Practice behaviors (Tasks)
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.
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in
your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
Involve constituents in
identifying the strengths and
barriers inherent in community
or policy change
Attend at least one coalition
meeting that is formed to
enhance the welfare of the
mental health community
Research and identify any
current legislation/policy
issues effecting mental health
client base.
Conduct asset and needs
assessments designed to
inform policy development
and evaluation
Identify as least two areas in
which policy needs to be
changed or enacted to benefit
the mentally ill.
Design and implement
assessments that identify
familial, agency, community
and societal needs, resources
and trends.
Critically assess
organizational efforts to
incorporate evidence-informed
practice and policy.
Demonstrate leadership in
organizing stakeholders to
meet the needs and issues of
changing environments
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in
your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
By the end of the field
placement an extensive
resource manual that identifies
community support and
services for the mentally ill
will be completed.
Evaluate current trends and
changes in the mental health
population.
Discuss with supervisor
opportunities to lead
organizing efforts that will
benefit client base.
Outcome
Competency 10
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 evidencebased 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.
Practice behaviors
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in
your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
a)—Engagement
• Initiate action with complex
client systems;
Demonstrate empathy,
validation and compassion
with assigned caseload.
• Continue to engage complex
client systems throughout all
phases of social work
intervention.
b)Assessment
• Use evidence-informed and
culturally sensitive approaches
to plan interventions and
monitor practice effectiveness
• Conduct comprehensive
assessment of complex client
systems;
• Administer and interpret
standardized assessment and
diagnostic tools that are
appropriate for use with
complex client systems
Intervention
c) Develop clear, timely and
appropriate goals and
objectives with complex
systems
• Use an iterative process to
respond sensitively to
changing conditions with
complex client systems
• Apply financial,
organizational, administrative
processes to the delivery of
services
Evaluation
d) Articulate any disjuncture
that exists between the
organization’s structure/policy
and the client’s needs,
resources and preferences
•Identify and apply outcome
indicators which can reliably
measure the effects of service
delivery variables on desired
outcomes
Maintain ongoing engaging
therapeutic relationship with
caseload.
Develop mutually agreed
culturally appropriate goals for
assigned clients.
Identified problems will be
prioritized correctly. Identify
client strengths.
Demonstrate ability to collect
and interpret client data.
Collaborate with client to
select goals.
Review and amend goals as
necessary with client
Agency forms, documentation
and required signatures will be
completed in a timely manner.
Evaluate the effectiveness of
individual and group therapy
seasons for at least five clients.
Examine the outcome of at
least two interventions once
they have been completed for a
client.
• Re-evaluate and adjust goals
and objectives with complex
client systems
If any interventions are
deemed ineffective, other
interventions/models will be
discussed with supervisor.
SUMMARY OF STUDENT SELF REFLECTION
Advanced Field Internship
I. Student’s Strengths:
II. Student’s Limitations or Areas Identified for Additional Experience
Signature of Field Instructor (supervisor) ______________________
Date __________
Signature of Student
____________________________
Date __________
Signature of Faculty Liaison
________________________
Date __________
Rev. 6/9/11