Introduction to communication skills and the importance of the helping relationship as the foundation and context for the problem-solving effort. The assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, and termination phases of the problem-solving process are examined. Students acquire skills in communication, interviewing, group processes, and apply their knowledge of social systems, human development, diversity, and difference in implementing the phases of the problem-solving process. This course examines the historical and theoretical foundations of residential treatment for children. The focus is on the application of generic social work knowledge, values, and skills, and the problem-solving process to the field of residential treatment.
Special emphasis is on the interplay of the components of the child welfare system.
Emphasizes the acquisition of advanced knowledge and skill in methods of interventions designed to enhance the social and physical environments of client systems. Concurrent enrollment in SWRK 202, SWRK 235, SWRK 289A, and SWRK 290A. Examination of the characteristics of social welfare policy, its development, formulation, and implementation. Systems theory is used to examine major social legislation and opportunities and strategies for improving policies and services at various levels. Issues, concepts, problems, and programs are studied within the context of how they interact and influence one another. Under supervision, students spend 240 hours engaged in direct generalist social work practice in an approved public or private social welfare agency.