learning and are committed to continually updating their skills to ensure they are relevant and effective. Social workers also understand emerging forms of technology and the ethical use of technology in social work practice. Observable Behaviors: Select appropriate learning activities and/or add additional activities in the “other” box. LC Activities: 1-5 Rating Scale Evaluation 1-5 Rating Scale Final Evaluation Behavior 1.1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Make ethical decisions by applying standards of the NASW Code of Ethics, relevant laws and regulations, models for ethical decision making, ethical conduct of research, and additional codes of ethics as appropriate to context. Review agency policies and NASW Code of Ethics and analyze similarities and differences in weekly supervision. VKC Identify ethical concerns and explain how the NASW Code of Ethics guides your response to clients and client systems. SC Identify how your personal values may conflict with social work professional values and develop plan for guiding your practice. C Review and discuss with FI agency policies related to confidentiality, client rights, and social work disclosure requirements. K Respond to ethical concerns at the time of occurrence and resolve appropriately with the guidance of the FI. C Discuss cross-cultural issues with FI and other agency professionals. (CSWE dimensions: K Discuss with FI the ambiguity inherent in ethical dilemmas and your reaction to this complexity. C Review an ethical decision-making model and apply to an experience or potential situation in field. Discuss with FI. C Other: Other: Behavior 1.2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Use self-reflection and to manage personal values and maintain professionalism in practice situations. Utilize regular strategies for personal reflection to work with clients and client systems. VC Use appropriate boundaries and use of self-disclosure with client systems, agency staff.and community partners. VKSC Identify how your personal values may conflict with social work professional values and develop an appropriate plan for guiding your practice with clients and client systems.VKSC Other: Other: Behavior 1.3 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Competency 1 - Evaluation Totals and Comments Mid-term Total Score: End-of-semester Total Score: Competency 2 – Engage diversity and difference in practice Social workers understand how diversity and difference characterize and shape the human experience and are critical to the formation of identity. The dimensions of diversity are understood as the intersectionality of multiple factors including but not limited to age, class, color, culture, disability and ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, marital status, political ideology, race, religion/spirituality, sex, sexual orientation, and tribal sovereign status. Social workers understand that, as a consequence of difference, a person’s life experiences may include oppression, poverty, marginalization, and alienation as well as privilege, power, and acclaim. Social workers also understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination and recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures and values, including social, economic, political, and cultural exclusions, may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create privilege and power. Observable Behaviors: LC Activities: 1-5 Rating Scale Evaluation 1-5 Rating Scale Final Evaluation Behavior 2.1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Apply and communicate understanding of the importance of diversity and difference shaping life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Discuss with FI the impact of race, class, culture, disability, ethnicity, family structure, marital status, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic status on client system. KSC Review literature on best practices with diverse client systems. .K Observe social work interactions and interventions with client systems. KSC Seek consultation from other social workers and team members related to intersectionality. K Identify mechanisms of possible discrimination and oppression in the field agency and community. C Other: Other: Behavior 2.2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Present themselves as learners and engage client and constituencies as experts of their own experiences. Learn and use interviewing techniques in work with clients, client systems, and colleagues taking into account the variety intersection of identities. K Discuss with FI the challenges of respecting right of clients and client systems to maintain different perspectives and positions than your own. VKC Participate in trainings related to cultural competency/humility and discuss with FI in weekly supervision. KC Utilize weekly supervision to discuss oppressive and discriminatory practices and seek solutions to these. VC