Please check the box in each row that best matches your observationally-based appraisal of the student: Engagement with Individual, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities: Establishes contact, builds rapport, forms working relationships, and invites a diverse array of clients, stakeholders, and/or community partners to participate in clinical services and/or administrative projects. Improvement Desired Competence Mastery Unable to introduce self, role and goals to clients Introduces self, role and goals to clients in a reasonably clear manner Introduces self, role and goals to clients clearly, concisely, and creatively Unable to assess Unable to establish rapport with clients; unable to discover the clients’ perspective Establishes rapport and trust with most clients; elicits the clients’ perspective Establishes rapport quickly, even with highly reluctant clients; elicits and clarifies clients’ needs, values, and strengths Unable to assess Unable to alter approach to different types ofclients; does not demonstrate cultural humility Recognizes the importance of difference and adjusts approach to different clients accordingly Quickly adjusts approach to fit a wide range of child clients, demonstrating high levels of creativity, responsiveness, and respect Unable to assess Fails to achieve an acceptable retention rate or level of engagement with mental health clients Achieves an acceptable retention rate or level of engagement with mental health clients Achieves an impressive retention rate and/or level of engagement with mental health clients Unable to assess Considering the above items and other relevant factors, how would you rate the student’s overall level of competence related to engagement? 1 2 3 4 5 Unable to Assess Not Proficient Competent Exceptional Mastery Assign a number to the nearest .50 increment: Unable to Assess Student strengths or accomplishments: Specific ways student could enhance or improve competency in this area:
Intervention Implementation and Evaluation: Executes activities and interventions consistent with the intervention plan in a thoughtful, sequenced, and responsive manner. Modifies activities, pacing, methods, and/or goals so as to increase the likelihood of reaching the intended outcome(s). Improvement Desired Competence Mastery Unable or unwilling to execute activities that support goal acquisition and fit the context Selects activities, techniques, and/or intervention methods that generally support goal acquisition and fit the context Selects the best available and most relevant activities, techniques, and methods to promote recovery Unable to assess Unable to provide evidence-based intervention of any kind Able to provide motivational or interviewing and brief supportive or interventions Provides advanced evidence-supported intervention for common, co-occurring mental health diagnoses and problems Unable to assess Does not respond to client system resource needs Provides information about related benefits, programs, resources, and makes referrals to assist clients Advocates, coordinates, and facilitates utilization of comprehensive benefits and services as needed Unable to assess Does not gather feedback or establish or review indicators; does not modify approach Periodically gathers feedback from key sources, reviews basic indicators, modifies approach, and discusses Consistently elicits feedback from key sources, reviews key indicators, synthesizes, adjusts and collaborates Unable to assess Demonstrates impatience or lack of persistence with the intervention process; imposes change on client Usually demonstrates patience and persistence with the intervention process; matches clients’ stage of change Consistently demonstrates high levels of patience and persistence with the intervention process Unable to assess Considering the above items and other relevant factors, how would you rate the student’s overall level of competence related to implementation and evaluation? 1 2 3 4 5 Unable to Assess Not Proficient Competent Exceptional Mastery Assign a number to the nearest .50 increment: Unable to Assess Student strengths or accomplishments: Specific ways student could enhance or improve competency in this area:
Professional Ethics: Considers and applies the professional code of ethics for social workers so as to recognize ethical conflicts and arrive at principled decisions. Improvement Desired Competence Mastery Unable to understand, adopt, and/or abide by key ethical values and principles Consistently demonstrates the key values of the profession of social work Instills social work values in colleagues and social systems through contributions and example Unable to assess Unable to recognize or manage personal values or biases related to mental health clients Able to recognize most ethical dilemmas, review standards, and initiate consultation Provides others with consultation and training on key ethical values and principles Unable to assess Unable to tolerate ambiguity and/or to engage in appropriate resolution strategies Able to tolerate ambiguity and discomfort so as to explore sensitive topics during instructional and consultation processes Accepts ambiguity and fully engages in consultative conversations about highly sensitive matters Unable to assess Unable to identify or discuss the needs of underserved groups or populations Explores continued access to mental health services for underserved groups or populations Advocates for continued access to prevention and mental health services for underserved groups or populations Unable to assess Makes decisions that are reflexive, secretive, and/or unethical Able to openly weigh, consider, and balance competing needs and arrive at a principled decision Consistently resolves complex dilemmas through a reasoned, principled, transparent, and interactive process Unable to assess Considering the above items and other relevant factors, how would you rate the student’s overall level of competence related to ethics? 1 2 3 4 5 Unable to Assess Not Proficient Competent Exceptional Mastery Assign a number to the nearest .50 increment: Unable to Assess Student strengths or accomplishments: Specific ways student could enhance or improve competency in this area:
Professional Growth and Development: Takes responsibility for learning and demonstrates initiative. Receives, considers, and integrates feedback from instructors. Demonstrates commitment to continual professional development and life-long learning. Improvement Desired Competence Mastery Approaches learning in an overly anxious or overly confident manner Demonstrates an appropriate level of initiative and independence Challenges self with diverse assignments that are within reach Unable to assess Unprepared for the instructional hour; participates passively Prepares for the instructional hour most of the time; actively participates Prepares thoughtful questions for the instruction; links conceptual and practical aspects of social work Unable to assess Does not sufficiently review own work; lacks insight Able to reflect on performance strengths and challenges Consistently demonstrates rigorous self-reflection Unable to assess Appears personally wounded by feedback and responds defensively or with helplessness Receptive to suggestions and accepts constructive feedback when offered Consistently invites feedback from others and demonstrates high levels of emotional maturity and responsiveness Unable to assess Unwilling or unable to correct performance at expected rate Demonstrates observable improvements at expected rate Consistently integrates feedback and improves performance at a rapid rate Unable to assess Does not appear interested in assuming future leadership roles; prefers to follow Demonstrates emerging capacity to occupy future clinical or administrative leadership roles Perceived by others to have passionate convictions, to be inspiring, and to possess strong leadership potential Unable to assess Considering the above items and other relevant factors, how would you rate the student’s overall level of competence related to professional development? 1 2 3 4 5 Unable to Assess Not Proficient Competent Exceptional Mastery Assign a number to the nearest .50 increment: Unable to Assess Student strengths or accomplishments: Specific ways student could enhance or improve competency in this area: