SWK 645: Field Practicum IIIPresenter: Jennifer D. Street, LCSW

Class Meeting Week One

Agenda

Welcome & Introductions General Guidelines Overview of the course Review syllabus & assignments Review Practice Behaviors &

Learning Plan The Stages of Internship

You will be randomly assigned a partners.

Find out…• Where they are placed for internship• The thing they are most excited about in

their field placement• The thing they are more worried about in

the field placement• Be prepared to introduce that person to the

class.

Welcome & Introductions

Meet Your Instructor

General Guidelines

General Guidelines Contact me directly Timeliness to class Use approved headset Power Outage Protocol Technical Difficulty Protocol Familiarity with Elluminate and Ecollege Resources for Success Using the classroom Video camera: Chat function should not be used during role plays

Supplemental Course Website

www.helpingsocialworkstudents.weebly.com

Syllabus

Please read along with syllabus on the screen or your paper copy

Learning Plans

The Learning Contract

OVERVIEW- Map to success in field placement Insures the integrity of your academic work Helps you to translate your sense of purpose

in the internship Provides a clear measure for evaluation of

performance

3 key people Feed the contract…

You Your field instructor Your seminar instructor To maximize your experience,

Your work must be worthwhile You will be given opportunities to

complete tasks, be acknowledged & respected for this work

Maximizing Placement Experience

You will need to create your own work and push your limits

Your supervisor & co-workers will be demonstrating responsible relationships in working with you (competent supervision & collegiality)

Your supervisor needs to be willing to actively & consciously involve you in the placement

Contract Fundamentals

Learning contract has: Goals Activities to reach those goals (strategies) Assessment measures The contract is dynamic; it is revised as the

student learner achieves and completes goals and is ready for more challenging ones

Learning Contract Goals

In this program, goals are fixedStrategies or activities to reach the

goals are specific to each student and placement situation

The contract should be demanding and ambitious, stretching you while enhancing your knowledge

It must be grounded in realistic time frames

Student Learning Plan

•Competencies and Practice Behaviors are already written.

•The Practice Behaviors are developed to show growth towards the Competencies.

•Students will write a strategy and a way to measure that strategy for each Practice Behavior in their Learning Plan.

•Some strategies may be used more than once.

Examples of Practice Behaviors &

Strategies

Competency 1: Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.

Practice Behavior (1.1) Knows the profession’s historyStrategy-Research social workers who have had an impact on how we treat

clients with drug abuse problemsMeasurement- discuss my research with FI by week 8Practice Behavior (1.2) Has a commitment to enhancing the professionStrategy- Will participate in University or Agency Social Work functionsMeasurement- Bring copy of event agenda to share with Field Instructor during supervision by week 10Practice Behavior (1.3)- Has a commitment to conducting himself/herself

as a professional social workerStrategy-Adherence to all agency policies and NASW Code of EthicsMeasurement-Observation by FI and other agency personnel

Competency 2: Apply Social Work Ethical Principals to guide professional practice.

Practice Behavior (2.1) Is knowledgeable about the value base of the professionStrategy- Discuss during supervision the social work values that impact their daily work with clientsMeasurement- Complete by week 12Practice Behavior (2.2) Is knowledgeable of and abides by the ethical standards of the professionStrategy- Discuss during supervision the social work ethical standards that impact their daily work with clients Measurement- Complete by week 12Practice Behavior (2.3) Is knowledgeable, and abides by, laws relevant to social workStrategy-Will study Agency Process for Mandatory Reporting.Measurement-Will discuss with FI by week 4

Internship…Are you ready???

Understanding the stages of development as a student intern

Similarities Exist….

Students are placed in a variety of placement sites

Similarities cut across those experiences Concerns & challenges for students appear to

come in a predictable order Studying this phenomena can prevent

unnecessary anxiety, unrealistic views & unsuccessful outcomes. Why not let it work?

The Five Stages are….

1. Anticipation2. Disillusionment3. Confrontation4. Competence5. Culmination

These occur over the three semesters of field placement

Task accomplishment: the attitudes, skills, & knowledge that you hope to acquire at each stage

Anticipation Stage

A time of excitement! Along with eagerness & hope, there is

inevitably some anxiety Anxiety may not be visible to you; there are

enough unknowns in this experience to cause some anxiety and concern in anyone.

Anxiety centers around self, supervisor, co-workers & sometimes clients & community

Anticipation, cont’d…

This is the “can I handle it?” stage? Often at this stage, the “it” isn’t necessarily

defined yet Depending on your personal situation, you

may carry concerns that your vocational choice expressed through the internship may affect those you care about

It is a demanding experience

Anticipation cont’d….

Task accomplishment at this stage is relatively low. You might get frustrated that you are not learning the specific tasks yet that you went to the agency to learn.

Most important work at this stage is: defining specific and achievable goals identifying what skills you need to reach them

Internship Stages

Each week we will discuss a new stage of internship to help you process your experience as a whole, not just compartmentalized into separate semesters.

I challenge you to be aware of the growth and change that happens throughout the program and track your successes and areas for growth.

Questions?

For Next Week

Module 1 in eCollege

Draft Learning Contract

Update contact information in IPT

program and begin using timesheet

Have a great week!