University of Georgia School of Social Work. BSW Program Summary of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

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1 1 University of Georgia School of Social Work BSW Program Summary of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment The Council on Social Work Education, the national accrediting body for schools of social work, requires that all accredited programs make assessment findings related to the core competencies available to the public on an annual basis. According to the Council on Social Work Education the core competencies are measurable practice behaviors that are comprised of knowledge, values, and skills (CSWE, 2008, p.3). In the BSW program at UGA, students are assessed on their attainment of the core competencies via the use of two measures: The Student Self- Scale for Evaluation of Learning and The Evaluation Survey. A measurement benchmark has been set by the BSW program to mark adequate attainment of each competency; assessment scores at or above that benchmark is considered to represent mastery of each particular competency. The benchmark for the BSW program is that at least 75% of our students would attain a 3.0 or higher (on a 5-point scale), on both the student self-rating and field instructor evaluation scales. The following table denotes each competency and its associated practice behaviors as well as the percentage of students achieving each benchmark. Summary: The data below indicate that for each of the core competencies and associated practice behaviors, the University of Georgia School of Social Work BSW Program met or exceeded the benchmark of student mastery 100% of the time.

2 2 1: Identify as a professional social worker N % N % Advocate for client access Met to the services of social work *Practice personal reflection and selfcorrection to assure continual professional development Met Attend well to professional roles and boundaries 2. Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice *Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and communication Engage in career-long learning *Use supervision and consultation effectively Recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice Make ethnical decisions by applying standard of the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethnic and, as applicable, of the International Federation of Social Workers/International Association of Schools of Met Met Met

3 3 Social Work, Statement of Principle *Tolerate ambiguity in Met resolving ethnical conflicts Apply strategies of ethnical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions Met : Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments 4. Engage diversity and difference in practice *Distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based knowledge, and practice wisdom Analyze models of assessment, prevention, intervention, and evaluation Demonstrate effective oral and written communication in working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities Recognize the extent to which a culture's structures and values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create or enhance privilege and power *Gain sufficient selfawareness to eliminate the influence of personal biases and values in Met Met Met Met

4 4 working with diverse groups Recognize and Met communicate their understanding of the importance of difference in shaping life experiences View themselves as learners and engage those with whom they work as informants Met : Advance human rights and social and economic justice 6. Engage in researchinformed practice and practiceinformed research 7. Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment *Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination Advocate for human rights and social and economic justice *Engage in practices that advance social and economic justice *Use practice experiences to inform scientific inquiry *Use research evidence to inform practice Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of assessment, intervention, and evaluation Met Met Met Met Met

5 5 Critique and apply knowledge to understand person and environment 8. Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services 9. Respond to contexts that shape practice 10. Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities *Analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance social well-being *Collaborate with colleagues and clients for effective policy action Continuously discover, appraise, and attend to changing locales, populations, scientific technological developments, and emerging societal trends to provide relevant services *Provide leadership in promoting sustainable changes in service delivery and practice to improve the quality of social services *(Engagement) Substantively and affectively prepare for action with individuals, families, groups, Met Met Met Met Met

6 6 organizations, and communities (Engagement) Use empathy and other interpersonal skills *(Engagement) Develop Met mutually agreed-upon focus of work & desired outcomes *(Assessment) Collect, Met organize, and interpret client data (Assessment) Assess client strengths and limitations (Assessment) Develop Met mutually-agreed-on intervention goals and objectives (Assessment) Select Met appropriate intervention strategies (Intervention) Initiate actions to achieve organizational goals *(Intervention) Implement Met prevention interventions that enhance client capacities (Intervention) Help clients Met resolve problems (Intervention) Negotiate, Met mediate, and advocate for clients *(Intervention) Facilitate Met transitions and endings *(Evaluation) Critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions Met *Indicates a practice behavior for which meeting or exceeding benchmarks was not 100%.