Work Plan for MSW Advanced Field Internship SW 653/654

Name:
Suzanne Martin
MSW Supervisor:
Kim Andreaus
Agency:
Office for Institutional Equity & Diversity (OIED), at NC State
University
MSW Supervisors email:
khandrea@ncsu.edu
Address:
Campus Box, 7530 Raleigh, NC 27695-7530
Task Supervisor:
Beverly Jones Williams
Phone:
919-513-3836
Task supervisors email:
bjwilli6@ncsu.edu
Faculty Field Liaison:
Mary Morris
Faculty liaisons email:
mmmorris@ncsu.edu
Student Email:
slmarti3@ncsu.edu


CSWE Educational Policy 2.3Signature Pedagogy: Field Education

Signature pedagogy represents the central form of instruction and learning in which a profession socializes its students to
perform the role of practitioner. Professionals have pedagogical norms with which they connect and integrate theory and
practice.4 In social work, the signature pedagogy is field education. The intent of field education is to connect the
theoretical and conceptual contribution of the classroom with the practical world of the practice setting. It is a basic
precept of social work education that the two interrelated components of curriculumclassroom and fieldare of equal
importance within the curriculum, and each contributes to the development of the requisite competencies of professional
practice. Field education is systematically designed, supervised, coordinated, and evaluated based on criteria by which
students demonstrate the achievement of program competencies.



Educational Policy M2.2Advanced Practice

Advanced practitioners refine and advance the quality of social work practice and that of the larger social work
profession. They synthesize and apply a broad range of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary knowledge and skills. In
areas of specialization, advanced practitioners assess, intervene, and evaluate to promote human and social well-being. To
do so they suit each action to the circumstances at hand, using the discrimination learned through experience and self
improvement. Advanced practice incorporates all of the core competencies augmented by knowledge and practice
behaviors specific to a concentration.

Directions for completing Work Plan:
1. This work plan covers fall/spring semester. Field hours should be completed each semester before the last day of final exam period.
2. Student and field supervisor discuss and complete work plan together prior to initial field visit by faculty field liaison. Students field
performance is measured by the demonstration of practice behaviors.
3. Faculty Field Liaison will discuss work plan with student and Field Instructor/Supervisor to make sure the internship adequately
addresses the practice behaviors and fully integrated the classroom experience into the internship experience.
4. Field supervisor and student will discuss student progress mid fall semester and the end of fall/spring semester. Form will be discussed
and completed by field instructor/supervisor and student prior to conference with field liaison. An additional form called Field
Evaluation will be used at the end of each semester. It can be found on website. Field supervisor will recommend grade and discuss
with faculty field liaison and students.
5. At end of fall/spring semester supervisor and student will complete the final evaluation prior to final visit by faculty field liaison.
6. Supervisor will make recommendation for final S/U grade. Based on the result of this meeting and the completed evaluation form, the
faculty field liaison will assign a grade for the student.
7. Signed evaluation is returned to faculty liaison at end of fall semester.


How to rate the practice behaviors: [(3-5) is satisfactory (S) and (1-2) is unsatisfactory
This is the rating scale that will be used on your end of semester evaluation. It is not part of the work plan it is just to give you a
heads up.

5 The intern has excelled in this area as demonstrated by practice behavior.
4 The intern is functioning above expectations in this area as demonstrated by practice behavior.
3 The intern has met the expectations for in this area as demonstrated by practice behavior.
2 The intern has not as yet met the expectations in this area through demonstration of practice behaviors, but gives indication s/he can do so
in the near future.
1 The intern has not met the expectations in this area through demonstration of practice behaviors, and does not give indications s/he can do
so in the near future.

Outcome
Practice behaviors (Tasks)
(How will outcome be attained?)
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your agency if the outcome is
achieved? List specific tasks/example of work) Student will:
Competency 1
Identify as a professional social
worker and conduct oneself
accordingly.

Social workers serve as
representatives of the profession, its
mission, and its core values. They
know the professions history.
Social workers commit themselves
to the professions enhancement
and to their own professional
conduct and growth.
Distinguish the social work perspective
from the perspectives of other
professional approaches
Inform constituents that am a social work student. Adhere
to NASW Code of Ethics and professional standards at all
times.
Demonstrate skill in representing the
profession and the agency in community
change efforts, community events and
inter agency meetings
Represent and share information about OIED at
career/volunteer fairs. Represent OIED goals at all times
when acting as liaison for agency in the community or
during OIED events.
Assess and address own personal biases as
they relate to professional practice
Attend and participate in diversity awareness workshops
(Multicultural Perspective on Suicide Prevention, Project
Safe, Transgender 101, Protected Class of Veteran
Status)


Outcome Practice behaviors
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
Competency 2
Apply social work ethical
principles to guide professional
practice.

Social workers have an obligation
to conduct themselves ethically and
to engage in ethical decision-
making. Social workers are
knowledgeable about the value base
of the profession, its ethical
standards, and relevant law.
Support the rights of others to act on
perspectives and positions different from
ones own
Encourage EOI participants to speak openly about their
own experiences and promote tolerance of others
perspectives. Suggest participants seek
guidance/mentorship from people different than
themselves. During EOI Orientation goal setting session
provided examples of goals participants could set to
expand awareness.
Resolve value conflicts in ones
professional practice, consistent with
NASW Code of Ethics
Seek supervision when a conflict in personal values
presents itself. Co-create work plan and performance
evaluation. Engage in conversations regarding interacting
with different personalities in the work environment.
Identify and analyze power differentials to
ensure that all positions are taken into
account
Advocate for program participants to have the opportunity
to express their position during workshops and other
OIED events. Be cognizant of group dynamics are/can be
affected by power differentials and diversity among
people.

Outcome Practice behaviors
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
Competency 3
Apply critical thinking to inform
and communicate professional
Judgments.

Social workers are knowledgeable
about the principles of logic,
scientific inquiry, and reasoned
discernment. They use critical
thinking augmented by creativity
and curiosity. Critical thinking also
requires the synthesis and
communication of relevant
information.
Evaluate and integrate evidence from
multiple sources to inform practice

Identify several peer-reviewed intergroup dialogue
programs from scholarly journals when conducting
research. Review EOI program evaluations and
participant reflections to make recommendation for
program improvements.
Use evidence to anticipate and articulate
likely consequences of interventions,
projects, and programs developed to
respond to client problems
Research intergroup dialogue programs across diverse
campus settings to ensure evidence-based practice.

Outcome Practice behaviors
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
Competency 4
Engage diversity and difference
in practice.

Social workers understand how
diversity characterizes and shapes
the human experience and is critical
to the formation of identity. The
dimensions of diversity are
understood as the intersectionality
of multiple factors including age,
class, color, culture, disability,
ethnicity, gender, gender identity
and expression, immigration status,
political ideology, race, religion,
sex, and sexual orientation. Social
workers appreciate that, as a
consequence of difference, a
persons life experiences may
include oppression, poverty,
marginalization, and alienation as
well as privilege, power, and
acclaim.
Practice effectively across differences of
race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status,
gender, age, sexual orientation or ability
Reach out to engage diverse groups on campus to ensure
equitable access to information & resources. Educate
others about the impact of culture and life experiences
through presenting A Multicultural Perspective on
Suicide Prevention and Exploring Oppression.
Apply effective, empowering and
culturally appropriate change strategies in
ones everyday practice to promote social
justice and behavioral and social change
Promote self-awareness and self-reflection to constituents
as well as encourage people to think critically about
current policies/systems in order to raise awareness about
social justice issues and strengthen social change. .
Educate others on strategies for communication with
diverse populations through presenting A Multicultural
Perspective on Suicide Prevention
Recognize affective content, underlying
messages and themes embedded in client
and collegial presentation and behavior

Provide meaningful and respectful feedback to
participants as well as colleagues to increase constructive
dialogue as a means to highlight potential affective
materials/messages/themes.

Outcome Practice behaviors
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
Competency 5
Advance human rights as well as
social and economic justice.

Each person, regardless of position
in society, has basic human rights,
such as freedom, safety, privacy,
and adequate standard of living,
health care, and education. Social
workers recognize the global
interconnections of oppression and
are knowledgeable about theories of
justice and strategies to promote
human and civil rights. Social work
incorporates social justice practices
in organizations, institutions, and
society to ensure that these basic
human rights are distributed
equitably and without prejudice.
Use power and authority ethically to
advocate for and with marginalized
constituents
When representing OIED use professional role to promote
ethical engagement with all campus community members
as well as the surrounding community at-large. Help
create welcoming and tolerant campus climate in all
settings.
Collaborate to create new, modified or
improved services, resources and
opportunities for marginalized populations
Collaborate with different agencies/departments/offices to
create, strengthen, and expand resources as well as
opportunities for marginalized populations across campus.
Encourage/Promote EOI participants to set program goals
related to social justice issues.
Design agency policies to maximize equal
opportunity, access and treatment
Be cognizant of opportunities to create/modify programs
in order to increase equality on a systemic level, as well as
an individual level.

Outcome Practice behaviors
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
Competency 6
Engage in research-informed
practice and practice-informed
research.

Social workers use practice
experience to inform research,
employ evidence-based
interventions, evaluate their own
practice, and use research findings
to improve practice, policy, and
social service delivery. Social
workers comprehend quantitative
and qualitative research and
understand scientific and ethical
approaches to building knowledge.
Disseminate research findings that diverse
constituents can understand and use
Student will provide supervisor with data from published
best practices for use in the Uniting NCSU initiative.
Use research-informed findings to guide
practice interventions
Student will incorporate and utilize research-informed
findings. Review EOI program evaluations and
participant reflections to make recommendation for
program improvements. Implement or plan for intergroup
dialogue programs across diverse campus settings based
on research collected.
Promote use of evidence informed
practice within practice setting

Student will continuously evaluate and re-evaluate current
practices and established procedures looking for areas of
improvement to better enhance content in support of
evidence informed practices utilization. Participate in
OIED assessment.

Outcome Practice behaviors
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
Competency 7
Apply knowledge of human
behavior and the social
environment.

Social workers are knowledgeable
about human behavior across the
life course; the range of social
systems in which people live; and
the ways social systems promote or
deter people in maintaining or
achieving health and well-being.
Social workers apply theories and
knowledge from the liberal arts to
understand biological, social,
cultural, psychological, and
spiritual development.
Select and apply an appropriate theoretical
framework and model(s) to guide
interventions with complex systems
Student will seek subject matter experts and utilize data to
select and apply most appropriate interventions for the
benefit of and optimum outcome for Uniting NCSU
participants. Enhance effectiveness of Protected Class of
Veteran Status through recruiting diverse veterans to share
experience with workshop participants.
Design interventions related to loss,
change, and transition across the life span
Student will help create intergroup dialogue that addresses
the changing nature of the NC State University campus
climate with individuals in almost every stage of the life
span. Present Multicultural Perspectives on Suicide
Prevention workshop.

Outcome Practice behaviors (Tasks)
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
Competency 8
Engage in policy practice to
advance social and economic
well-being and to deliver effective
social work services.

Social work practitioners
understand that policy affects
service delivery, and they actively
engage in policy practice. Social
workers know the history and
current structures of social policies
and services; the role of policy in
service delivery; and the role of
practice in policy development.
Build coalitions and collaborative
relationships that impact services
Student will establish good rapport and effective working
relationships with campus and community resources to
achieve optimum outcomes on behalf of EOI and Uniting
NCSU participants. Attend and participate in OIED
annual planning retreat and quarterly full staff meetings.
Involve constituents in identifying the
strengths and barriers inherent in
community or policy changes
Student will provide education and guidance in support of
advocacy. Student will help constituents identify strengths
and barriers to understand and seek changes required in
support of improving campus climate for diverse
populations. Assist with Exploring Oppression workshop.
Conduct asset and needs assessments
designed to inform policy development
and evaluation
Student will bring concerns of noted area(s) of
improvement in policy or practice effectiveness to the
attention of the supervisor for their analysis and input at
weekly meetings.

Outcome Practice behaviors (Tasks)
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
Competency 9
Respond to contexts that shape
practice.

Social workers are informed,
resourceful, and proactive in
responding to evolving
organizational, community, and
societal contexts at all levels of
practice. Social workers recognize
that the context of practice is
dynamic, and use knowledge and
skill to respond proactively.
Design and implement assessments that
identify familial, agency, community and
societal needs, resources and trends
Student will communicate and share any updates and
changes for participants as the student receives this
information from the program(s) participants. Assist with
revision of EOI program participants final reflection
journals.
Critically assess organizational efforts to
incorporate evidence-informed practice
and policy
Student will attend staff meetings and will collaborate in
the performance improvement process. Assist with OIED
assessment. Evaluate current trends in social justice
dialogue.
Demonstrate leadership in organizing
stakeholders to meet the needs and issues
of changing environments
Student will establish and maintain positive working
relationship with campus departments and community
partners to enhance leadership opportunities in support of
campus diversity needs. Assist EOI participants with
question or concerns regarding their experience and goals
for gaining social justice knowledge.

Outcome Practice behaviors
Success Indicators
(What does success look like in your agency if the outcome is
achieved?) Student will:
Competency 10
Engage, assess, intervene, and
evaluate with individuals,
families, groups, organizations,
and communities.

Professional practice involves the
dynamic and interactive processes
of engagement, assessment,
intervention, and evaluation at
multiple levels. Social workers have
the knowledge and skills to practice
with individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and communities.
Practice knowledge includes
identifying, analyzing, and
implementing evidence-based
interventions designed to achieve
client goals; using research and
technological advances; evaluating
program outcomes and practice
effectiveness; developing,
analyzing, advocating, and
providing leadership for policies
and services; and promoting social
and economic justice.
a)Engagement
Initiate action with complex client
systems


Student will educate participants to facilitate their
navigation of workshop software systems. Demonstrate
empathy, leadership, and initiation through EOI
Orientation, Moodle communication, e-mail
communications, workshops and department career fair.
Continue to engage complex client
systems throughout all phases of social
work intervention
Maintain ongoing engaging relationship with various
groups such as EOI participants and OIED workshop
participants.
b)Assessment
Use evidence-informed and culturally
sensitive approaches to plan interventions
and monitor practice effectiveness
Review EOI program assessments to make
recommendations that will be appropriate for campus
climate and community members.
Conduct comprehensive assessment of
complex client systems
Review annual assessments plans of OIED units with
OIED Outreach and Education Director, Beverly Williams
to ensure that appropriate measures and outcomes are
identified and future recommendations are made.
Administer and interpret standardized
assessment and diagnostic tools that are
appropriate for use with complex client
systems
Assist EOI participants in completing and interpreting
Diversity Awareness Profile at EOI Orientation. Assist
with collection and interpretation of EOI participant data.

Intervention
c) Develop clear, timely and appropriate
goals and objectives with complex
systems
Collaborate with EOI participants to select program goals.
Use an iterative process to respond
sensitively to changing conditions with
complex client systems
Review goals and make suggestions to expand/elaborate
EOI participant goals. Assist participants in assessing
progress towards goals at EOI reflection meeting and
through participant final reflection journals.
Apply financial, organizational,
administrative processes to the delivery of
services
Program forms (e.g. EOI program goals, Moodle and
individuals plans) will be systematically reviewed for
completion.
Evaluation
d) Articulate any disjuncture that exists
between the organizations
structure/policy and the clients needs,
resources and preferences
Evaluate the effectiveness of OIED workshops and EOI
program based on feedback from participants.
Identify and apply outcome indicators
which can reliably measure the effects of
service delivery variables on desired
outcomes
Examine the overall scores from several workshop
evaluation forms.
Re-evaluate and adjust goals and
objectives with complex client systems
If any workshops are deemed ineffective, make
recommendations to instructor for improvement and/or
make recommendation of additional workshop options.

SUMMARY OF STUDENT SELF REFLECTION
Advanced Field Internship

I. Students Strengths:

Suzanne is reliable, compassionate, open-minded, well-organized and enthusiastic. She has a positive attitude and approach to
learning. She is willing to be open to working around issues of oppression and advocating for equal rights and equal access to
public resources.

II. Students Limitations or Areas Identified for Additional Experience

Suzanne was not able to attend NCBI training (due to limited departmental resources). Need for additional experience with OIED
unit annual evaluations and assessments.


Signature of Field Instructor (supervisor) _________________________ Date __________

Signature of Student _________________________ Date __________

Signature of Faculty Liaison _________________________ Date __________


Rev. 6/9/11