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School of Social Work

SOWK 488 BSW FIELD PLACEMENT
LEARNING PLAN
Before completing this form, please refer to the SOWK 488 learning plan instructions.

Check one: Concurrent Placement (2-semester) OR X Block Placement (1-semester)

Katie Martin
Student: Semester / Year: Fall 2017

Agency: Nightlight Christian Adoptions Phone: 970-663-6799

Kelsey Hendricks
BSW/MSW Field Instructor: Email: Kelsey@nightlight.org Phone: 970-689-2738

On-site Supervisor: Email: Phone:

Ronni.orlowski@colostate.edu
Field Liaison: Ronni Orlowski Email: Phone: 960-980-9080

9/14/2017
Date Completed The learning plan is a working document and may be updated or revised during the field placement.

Signatures:
9/15/2017 9/26/2017

BSW/MSW Field Instructor Date On-site Supervisor (if applicable) Date

9/14/2017 9/26/2017

Student Date Field Liaison Date

ST/1/2014

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Generalist Foundation Competencies and Practice Behaviors

Competency 1: Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
Social workers serve as representatives of the profession, its mission, and its values. They know the professions history. Social workers commit themselves to the professions
enhancement and to their own professional conduct and growth.

Practice Behaviors Learning Experiences

a. Advocate for client access to services of social work;
b. Practice personal reflection and self correction to assure
continual professional development;
- Student will attend weekly foster/adoption meetings.
- Student will attend monthly staff meetings.
- Student will participate in monthly foster care reports.

c. Attend to professional roles and boundaries; - Student will acquire fundamental knowledge about Nightlights philosophy, function and services.

d. Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, - Student will exhibit professional demeanor, communications, and client interactions.

and communication; - Student will review agencys employee handbook and in supervision discus all matters regarding dress code policy,
attendance, and any other areas of questions/concerns.
e. Engage in career-long learning; and
- Student will assist in scheduled home visits with client/family, which includes client history, information collection,
f. Use supervision and consultation. applying prior knowledge of social policies and establish goals for client and families.

- Student will engage in weekly supervision with field instructor to help refine skills and utilize knowledge in the social
work field staff meetings.

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 laws.

Practice Behaviors Learning Experiences

- Student will be familiarized with NASW code of ethics.
a. Recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows
professional values to guide practice; - Student will be consistently applying code of ethics and interactions with clients, colleagues, and community associations.

b. Make ethical decisions by apply standards of the NASW Code of - Student will discuss with supervisor concerns relative to her personal history that may affect her ability to work with clients
Ethics and, as applicable, of the IFSW/IASSW Ethics in Social in familiar situations.
Work, Statement of Principles; - Student will review agencys employee handbook and volunteer code of conduct and discuss expectations in working with
clients.
c. Tolerate ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts; and apply
strategies of ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions. - CORE trainings.

- Student will participate in programs with client, student will engage directly with client, encourage client, and help
redirect clients behavior and habits to benefit current established goals for client.
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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. The use of critical thinking is augmented by creativity and curiosity.
Critical thinking also requires the synthesis and communication of relevant information.

Practice Behaviors Learning Experiences

- Student will develop skills in client analysis.
a. Distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of
knowledge, including research-based knowledge and practice - Student will complete through case notes on any interaction with client and family while working with agency.
wisdom; - Student will assist in scheduled home visits with potential clients and family, which includes client history, information
b. Analyze models of assessment, prevention, intervention, and collection, applying on prior knowledge of social policies and establish goals for client and family.
Staff meetings.
evaluation; and
c. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication in
working with individuals, families, groups, organizations,
communities, and colleagues.

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 persons life experiences may include oppression, poverty, marginalization,
and alienation as well as privilege, power and acclaim.

Practice Behaviors Learning Experiences

- Student will become familiarized with cultural diversity in agencys International programs.
a. Recognize the extent to which a cultures structures and values
may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create or enhance - Student will attend scheduled inquires with potential clients.
privilege and power;
- Student will engage in weekly supervision with field instructor/supervisor to help refine skills and utilize knowledge in
b. Gain sufficient self-awareness to eliminate the influence of social work field.
personal biases and values in working with diverse groups; - Student will assist in scheduled home visits with clients and family, which includes client history, information
collection, applying on prior knowledge of social policies and establish goals for client and family.
c. Recognize and communicate their understanding of the
importance of difference in shaping life experiences; and
d. View themselves as learners and engage those with whom they
work as informants.

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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, and 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 Learning Experiences

- Student will advocate and provide resources for clients.
a. Advocate for human rights and social and economic justice; and
- Student will discuss with supervisor state policies that create the policies and procedures for the agency.
b. Engage in practices that advance social and economic justice.
- Student will assist in scheduled home visits with potential clients and family, which includes client history, information
collection, applying on prior knowledge of social policies and establish goals for client and family.

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 Learning Experiences

a. Use practice experience to inform scientific enquiry; and
b. Use research evidence to inform practice.
- During meeting with supervisor, student will articulate application of bio-psycho-social-spiritual and ecological
perspectives with respect to assessment of clients needs.
- Student will review professional literature in regards to improving Nightlights ability to provide effective services and
interventions.

- Student will become familiarized with program, client base, staff and overall organization needs.

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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 Learning Experiences

- Student will assess clients home environment through home study visits.
a. Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of
assessment, intervention, and evaluation; and - Student will assist in scheduled home visits with clients and family, which includes client history, information
collection, applying on prior knowledge of social policies and establish goals for client and family.
b. Critique and apply knowledge to understand person and
environment.

Competency 8: Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services.
Social workers 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 Learning Experiences

a. Analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance - Student will assist in scheduled home visits with potential clients and family, which includes client history, information
collection, applying on prior knowledge of social policies and establish goals for client and family.
social well-being; and
- Student will learn from the agencys policy and learn how the states policies will affect the agency services.
b. Collaborate with colleagues and clients for effective policy
action.

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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 Learning Experiences

a. Continuously discover, appraise, and attend to changing locales, - Student will review agencys employee handbook and in supervision discus all matters regarding dress code policy,
attendance, and any other areas of questions/concerns.
populations, scientific and technological developments, and
emerging societal trends to provide relevant services; and - Student will review mandatory videos.

b. Provide leadership in promoting sustainable changes in service - Student will attend one-on-one orientation to review all policies, paper work, scheduling and child abuse prevention
delivery and practice to improve the quality of social services. strategies.

- Finger print and background check.

- Student will become familiarized with cultural differences in international programs.

Student will take the lead and help create effective marketing materials for birth mothers experiencing an un-planned
pregnancy.

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
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.

Practice Behaviors
a. Engagement Learning Experiences
i. Substantively and affectively prepare for action with - Prepare binders for CORE training.

individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities; - Prepare binders for domestic adoptions.

ii. Use empathy and other interpersonal skills; and - Student will engage with individuals and organizations through marketing for Nightlights domestic infant program.

iii. Develop a mutually agreed-on focus of work and desired - Student will demonstrate empathy and interpersonal skills by directly engaging, intervening, and evaluating families in
outcomes. the foster care system.

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b. Assessment and Planning Learning Experiences

i. Collect, organize, and interpret client data; - Student will assist in scheduled home visits with client/family, which includes client history, information collection,
applying prior knowledge of social policies and establish goals for client and families.
ii. Assess client strengths and limitations; - Student will demonstrate empathy and interpersonal skills by directly engaging, intervening, and evaluating families in
iii. Develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals and objectives; the foster care system.

and
iv. Select appropriate intervention strategies.

c. Intervention Learning Experiences

i. Initiate actions to achieve organizational goals; - Student will participate in programs with client, student will engage directly with client, encourage client, and help redirect
clients behavior and habits to benefit current established goals for client.
ii. Implement prevention interventions that enhance client
- Student will demonstrate empathy and interpersonal skills by directly engaging, intervening, and evaluating families in
capacities;
the foster care system.
iii. Help clients resolve problems;
iv. Negotiate, mediate, and advocate for clients;
v. Facilitate transitions and endings.

d. Evaluation Learning Experiences

i. Social Workers critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate - Student will shadow field instructor during family evaluations during home study process.

interventions. - Student will demonstrate empathy and interpersonal skills by directly engaging, intervening, and evaluating families in
the foster care system.