Course Description
This is the second of four practicum experiences. Practicum Education is community-based, experiential, transformational learning for practice as a social worker. It allows students to participate in direct social work practice with diverse client populations in various social work settings. Students will complete 120 practicum hours for this course (min of 15 hours per week).
Students will advance human rights and social, social, economic, and environmental justice, engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice, and engage in policy practice. Students will transition into leaders and change agents through conceptualizing and evaluating their social work practice through the CSWE competencies. Additionally, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics will be integrated into student social work practice. (2 credits)
Prerequisites
- ENG 101: English Composition 1
- ENG 102: English Composition 2
- SWK 370: Social Work Practicum Experience 1
- SWK 371: Social Work Seminar 1
- SWK 373: Social Work Seminar 2**
** May be taken concurrently.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
- Make ethical decisions by applying the National Association of Social Worker Code of Ethics, relevant laws and regulations, models for ethical decision making, ethical conduct of research, and additional codes of ethics withing the profession as appropriate to the context.
- Demonstrate professional behavior, appearance, oral, written, and electronic communication.
- Utilize technology ethically and appropriately to facilitate practice outcomes.
- Utilize supervision and consultation to guide professional judgment and behavior.
- Demonstrate anti-racist and anti-oppressive social work practice at the individual, family, group, organizational, community, research, and policy levels.
- Demonstrate cultural humility by applying critical reflection, self-awareness, and self-regulation to manage the influence of biases, power, privilege, and values in working with clients and constituencies, acknowledging them as experts of their own lived experiences.
Course Activities and Grading
| Assignments | Weight |
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Practicum Paperwork | 10% |
Learning Agreement | 20% |
Timesheets & Supervision Notes | 30% |
Practicum Midterm Evaluation | 20% |
Practicum Final Evaluation | 20% |
Total | 100% |
Required Textbook
None
Additional Resources
- Additional reading materials, assignments or activities can be determined by the Practicum Agency. For example, Agency training about documentation and client files.
Course Schedule
** Note: Two Timesheets and two Supervision Notes are due each week.
Week | SLOs | Readings and Exercises | Assignments |
1 | 1,2 | Topic: Welcome to Social Work Practicum Experience 2
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2 | 2,5,6 | Topic: Practice Experience |
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3 | 1-4 | Topic: Practice Experience |
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4 | 1-4 | Topic: Practice Experience
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5 | 2,3,6 | Topic: Practice Experience |
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6 | 2,3,6 | Topic: Practice Experience |
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7 | 2,3,5,6 | Topic: Practice Experience |
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8 | 2,3,6 | Topic: Practice Experience |
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COSC Accessibility Statement
Charter Oak State College encourages students with disabilities, including non-visible disabilities such as chronic diseases, learning disabilities, head injury, attention deficit/hyperactive disorder, or psychiatric disabilities, to discuss appropriate accommodations with the Office of Accessibility Services at OAS@charteroak.edu.
COSC Policies, Course Policies, Academic Support Services and Resources
Students are responsible for knowing all Charter Oak State College (COSC) institutional policies, course-specific policies, procedures, and available academic support services and resources. Please see COSC Policies for COSC institutional policies, and see also specific policies related to this course. See COSC Resources for information regarding available academic support services and resources.