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For Student: After Reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how these will help you engage diversity and difference in practice (be specific): This competency and activities will help me engage in diversity and different practice in various ways including facilitating my interactions with people of different cultures, and reflecting in any personal biases about a particular group of people and eradicating it. As such I will be able to meet the needs of my clients as is their expectations hence make a positive impact on society as a whole.

For Student: Write two goals that you want to achieve to engage diversity and difference in practice:

Ensure that prior to conferences I have a strong understanding of the families cultural and linguistic needs, as it relates to service provision and conference participation

Seek supervision around cultural issues that I am unfamiliar with prior to engagement with families

To gain a strong understanding of different linguistic and cultural needs.

To engage in open consultation with supervisors on cultural issues I find unfamiliar. 

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison: How long are follow up activities especially for individuals from a completely different cultural background still relevant? 

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during the evaluation).

For Student: After Reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how these will help you advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice (be specific): This involves demonstrating an understanding and engaging in practices that promote economic, social and environmental justice and advocate for human rights. These will help me advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice because I will be able to understand the challenges or barriers that clients face  hence incorporate them or put them into consideration when making any recommendations.

For Student: Write two goals that you want to achieve to help you advance human rights and justice:

To understand the different forms of discrimination and oppression.

To engage in practices that promote social, economic justice and advocate for overall human rights.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison: In the contemporary society, is it possible to achieve 100% environmental and social justice? What are some of the ways we can address economic barriers because some clients may not be able to access services because of their economic conditions.

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during the evaluation)

For Student: After Reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how these will help you engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice (be specific). This competency helps in engaging in social work practice as it fosters lifelong learning on best practices within diverse cultures and administering questionnaires to the population to evaluate outcomes. This means any services provided will be more evidence based hence address the exact problem for which they are formulated.

For Student: Write two goals that you want to achieve to help you improve use research in your practice:

To use research evidence to facilitate overall practice at the agency

To use experience in practice to promote scientific inquiry

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison: What is the best scientific research technique for research on my population? 

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during evaluation).

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For Student: After Reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how these will help you engage in policy practice (be specific). I will be more familiar with the state policies hence incorporate them in my practice at all times. As such, I will be keener on advocating for human rights and justice for the betterment of their experience at the agency.

For Student: Write two goals that you want to achieve to engage in policy practice:

To collaborate with clients and other colleagues to help come up with effective policies 

To constantly advocate for policies that enhance the social well-being of clients

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison: Is the delivery of services always affected by state and federal social work policies most of the times?  

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during evaluation)

Social Work Core Competency 6- Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

For Student: After Reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how these will help you engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities (be specific). This competency helps in engaging with the aforementioned as it provides an understanding of the needs of each group and the action required. This will therefore improve satisfaction because long lasting relationships will develop that facilitate openness and smooth delivery of service.

For Student: Write two goals that you want to achieve to help you develop your engagement skills:

To create a rapport with clients while using empathy and interpersonal skills in engaging with them. 

To correctly analyze and interpret client data, while developing interventions that have been mutually agreed upon by all stakeholders.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison: What’s the most ideal follow-up period?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during the evaluation)

Social Work Core Competency 7-Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

For Student: After Reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how these will help you assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities (be specific): Assessment will enable me understand the exact client needs hence address the need accordingly as opposed to using speculation or any perception errors in client evaluation.

For Student: Write two goals that you want to achieve to help you develop your assessment skills:

To work in collaboration with the team so as to correctly assess client needs. 

To assess family support systems for clients that support intervention goals and strategies

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison: What is the most efficient assessment criterion among the ones covered?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during supervision)

Social Work Core Competency 8-Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Communities, and Organizations

For Student: After Reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how these will help you intervene with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations (be specific): These activities will help in intervening with individuals, families, communities, and organizations because they advocate for overall services needed to produce the best outcomes, and in the utilization of prevention techniques.

For Student: Write two goals that you want to achieve to help you apply appropriate intervention strategies:

To advocate for client needs. 

To promote the implementation of prevention interventions which improve client capacities.

For Student: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison: Are there any prevention strategies that are rarely implemented for clients?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during evaluation)

Social Work Core Competency 9- Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

For Student: After Reviewing the Agency Activities and Field Course Assignments, describe how these will help you evaluate your practice and outcomes with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities (be specific). These activities help in evaluating practice outcomes with these groups as they help in assessing progress, outcomes and goal achievement, and making decisions for consequent actions

For Students: Write two goals that you want to achieve to help you understand how to evaluate clients and other systems: 

To document a client’s progress at the agency as required 

To promote the use of evidence-based research methods to evaluate the effectiveness of practice and outcomes

For Students: Write down any questions you have for your instructor/supervisor or faculty liaison: For how long should support resources support client needs long after the first encounter?

Instructor/Supervisor’s Feedback for Evaluation: (To be completed during evaluation)