This course involes supervised study and practice. Students spend three days a week in a social service agency. After an initial orientation period, students are expected to assume responsibility for assigned agency duties in order to enhance their knowledge, skills, values and attitudes in social work methods. During agency work attention is given to teaching students specific skills, developing competence in terms of offering services to clients and participating in overall agency program. Biweekly seminars will focus on integrating relevant social work knowledge, values and attitudes with students' work in the field.
Students spend three days a week in a social service agency.
After an initial orientation period students are expected to assume responsibility for assigned work in order to enhance their knowlege, skills, values and attitudes in social work methods and actively engage in social work practice. During agency work attention is given to teaching students specific skills, developing competence in terms of offering services to clients and participating in overaall agency program. Biweekly seminars will focus on integrating relevant social work knowledge, values and attitudes with students' work in the field. SLWK 397 is open only to Social Work students who have successfully completed all Social Work courses in the First Year and Fall of the Second Year.