Social Work Practice IV

(3 Credits)

This course is designed to help students consolidate their social work identity and to prepare them for entry into the profession. Students are asked to identify and examine ethical and value conflicts and to consider the demands of professional accountability. Collaboration, advocacy, organizational assessment and change, and practice research are stressed. Agency and supervisory practices are considered from the point of view of student, worker, supervisor, and administrator. Selected social policy, service delivery, and professional issues are discussed as is the process of professional growth.