JMSW Advanced Internship Learning Agreement
This document is a learning agreement between the student, field instructor, and the JMSW Program. This agreement can be amended if the field
instructor, student, and faculty field liaison agree that such changes are in the best educational interests of the student.
Agency/Program:____________________________________
Student:_________________________
Field Instructor:______________________ Faculty Field Liaison: ____________________
Indicate Area of Concentration: (check one)
O Families & Youth at Risk
O Health/Mental Health
Contract Period:
Semesters:
From:____________________________ to ________________________ (dates)
Fall 20____ Spring 20___
This advanced internship is the second internship in the JMSW Program and provides students with the opportunity to apply their learning
the concentration of their choice: advanced generalist practice with people affected by health and mental health issues or families and youth at risk.
JMSW field instruction is part of the program’s competency-based curriculum that has been designed to comply with the Council on Social Work
Education (CSWE)’s Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) as revised in 2008. CSWE has delineated ten core competencies
that must be adequately addressed in an MSW curriculum as listed below.
List of Ten Core Competencies Identified by CSWE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice.
Apply critical thinking to inform & communicate professional judgments.
Engage diversity and difference in practice.
Advance human rights and social & economic justice.
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6. Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
7. Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment.
8. Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver
effective social services.
9. Respond to contexts that shape practice.
10. Engage, assess, intervene and evaluate with individuals, families, groups,
organizations and communities.
CSWE defines each competency as “a set of measurable practice behaviors that are comprised of knowledge, values, and skills.”
Programs are expected to identify advanced practice behaviors related to these competencies for the concentration(s) they offer. JMSW faculty
have identified 17 advanced practice behaviors related to each of the two concentrations. The JMSW field instruction program is considered the
signature pedagogy in this new competency based curriculum. The signature pedagogy represents the central form of instruction and learning in
which a profession socializes its students to perform the role of practitioner.
Both this JMSW Advanced Internship Learning Agreement and the JMSW Advanced Internship Evaluation contain the list of the 17
practice behaviors (organized under the ten core competencies) that are to be addressed through planned tasks on this form and evaluated at the
completion of each semester of the internship on the evaluations form. Field instructors and students should download the Suggested Learning
Activities for Competency Development in Field Internships from www.jmsw.org under the Field link to utilize as they develop the field task
plan for the attainment of these 17 practice behaviors. This information can be used to guide the development of an individual student’s learning
experiences in a specific agency setting and should always be developed in collaboration with the student’s field instructor.
At the end of the internship, the field instructor will complete the Advanced Internship Evaluation, using the rating scale on the next page
to evaluate a student’s performance of each practice behavior. Field instructors will also be asked to provide an overall summary of the student’s
performance during this internship and review the entire evaluation report with the student. The overall summary section is on the first page of the
internship evaluation form. The field instructor and the student should always consult the faculty field liaison for any questions that arise in regard
to either this internship agreement or the internship evaluation. In addition, field instructors should refer to the JMSW Advanced Internship Task
Plan as they complete the evaluation on a student at the end of each semester.
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Rating Scale for the 17 JMSW Advanced Practice Behaviors
4=Excellent performance of the practice behavior
3=Satisfactory performance of the practice behavior
2=Marginal performance of the practice behavior
1=Poor/Failing performance of the practice behavior*
0=Not demonstrated or no opportunity to perform practice behavior
*As soon as a field instructor identifies that a student is performing at a poor/failing level for one and/or more practice behaviors, he/she should
first address this issue in supervision with the student. However, if this discussion, along with other supportive/instructive strategies, does not
result in any apparent changes in the student’s performance then the faculty field liaison should be contacted immediately so a review meeting can
be set up. This review meeting should include the student, field instructor, and faculty field liaison. Typically, such a meeting will result in the
delineation of a correction plan where the student will be given specific written directions as to how to improve his/her performance in the
internship with a re-evaluation date. Students who are concerned about their performance in terms of any one of these 17 practice behaviors are
strongly encouraged at any point during their internship to ask their field instructor for feedback during their weekly supervision sessions.
Signature of Student:_______________________________________________________
Date:_______________
Signature of Field Instructor:________________________________________________
Date:_______________
Signature of Field Liaison:__________________________________________________
Date:_______________
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JMSW Advanced Internship Task Plan
(1)
(2)
(3)
Competency EP 2.1.1: Intern
identifies as a professional social
worker and conducts
himself/herself accordingly
Articulate the social work
knowledge, values, and skills related
to practice with people affected by
health/mental health issues or
families and youth at risk.
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
Competency EP 2.1.2.: Intern
applies social work ethical
principles to guide his or her
professional practice.
Apply social work ethical principles
to advanced professional practice.
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
Competency EP 2.1.3.: Intern
applies critical thinking to inform
and communicate professional
judgments.
Use conceptual frameworks, theory,
and knowledge to understand
behavior and context and to inform
practice with people affected by
health/mental health issues or
families and youth at risk.
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
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(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Competency EP 2.1.4.: Intern
engages diversity and difference in
practice.
Incorporate an understanding of
cultural context in social work
practice with people affected by
health/mental health issues or
families and youth at risk.
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
Demonstrate leadership in promoting
cultural competency in
organizational contexts.
Competency EP 2.1.5.: Intern
advances human rights and social
and economic justice.
Advocate at multiple levels to reduce
disparities for oppressed groups.
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
Competency EP 2.1.6.: Intern
engages in research-informed
practice and practice-informed
research.
Critically appraise and apply
research findings to advanced
practice.
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
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(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
Evaluate client outcomes in
advanced practice.
Competency EP 2.1.7.: Intern
applies knowledge of human
behavior and the social
environment.
Synthesize and apply bio-psychosocial and spiritual theories to
advanced practice with people
affected by health and mental health
issues or families and youth at risk.
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
Competency EP 2.1.8.: Intern
engages in policy practice to
advance social and economic wellbeing and to deliver effective social
work services.
Explain the implications of policies
and policy changes.
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
Advocate for policies that advanced
social and economic justice.
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Competency EP 2.1.9.: Intern
responds to contexts that shape
practice.
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(13)
(14)
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
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Collaborate to produce sustainable
systemic change.
Develop or modify an existing
program to respond to client needs.
Competency EP 2.1.10.: Intern
engages, assesses, intervenes and
evaluates with individuals,
families, groups, organizations,
and communities.
EP 2.1.10. (a)
Engagement
Develop & maintain processes that
encourage clients to be equal
participants in development of goals
& the attainment of desired
outcomes in with people affected by
health and mental health issues or
families and youth at risk.
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
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EP 2.1.10. (b)
Assessment
Conduct a comprehensive
multidimensional client/family
assessment using multi-axial
classification systems, assessment
tools, & the strengths perspective in
with people affected by health and
mental health issues or families and
youth at risk.
EP 2.1.10.(c)
Intervention
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Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
Critically evaluate, select, &
implement best practice & evidencebased interventions to address
problems with people affected by
health and mental health issues or
families and youth at risk.
EP 2.1.10. (d) Evaluation
(17)
Tasks to Address Practice Behaviors
Evaluate and adjust interventions to
achieve intended outcomes in
practice with people affected by
health and mental health issues or
families and youth at risk.
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