proposal for MSW internship
Amber Taylor
goals and learning contract
- Advanced social workers in children and families practice active self-reflection and continue to address personal bias and stereotypes to build knowledge and dispel myths regarding diverse family structures, families with complex family dynamics and families with multiple challenges and issues.
- Advanced social workers in children and families develop an action plan for continued growth including use of continuing education, supervision, and consultation.
- Advanced social workers in children & families implement an effective decision-making strategy for deciphering ethical dilemmas specific to the multiple and diverse needs of families and children.
- Advanced social workers in children and families evaluate, select, and implement appropriate assessment intervention and evaluation tools for use with diverse groups of families and children.
- Advanced social workers in children and families understand and can apply the relevant cultural, class, gender, race, age, disability, and other diversity issues to enhance the well-being of children and families from a strengths perspective.
- Advanced social workers in children and families recognize the stigma and shame associated with "family dysfunction."
- Advanced social workers in children and families recognize disparities in the distribution of resources across families.
- Advanced social workers in children & families use advanced strategies to search, appraise, and select for application the most up to date evidence and evolving practice guidelines in the assessment and interventions with children and families.
- Advanced social workers in children and families develop effective models, programs, policies and interventions and assess their effectiveness using valid and reliable assessments for identifying family problems, risks and protective factors, vulnerability and resilience factors and consequences for different family groups and family members.
- Advanced social workers in children and families will be able to compare the various etiology and interventions relevant to children and families.
- Advanced social workers in children and families understand the relevant organizational world-views and culture that influence how families function, and can relate social work perspectives, the evidence base, and related theories to practice with the multiple and complex issues that face families.
- Advanced social workers in children and families communicate to stakeholders the implication of policies and policy change in the lives of children and families.
- Advanced social workers in children and families advocate for policies that advance the social and economic well-being of children and families.
- Advanced social workers in children and families assess the quality of family member's interactions within their social contexts.
- Advanced social workers in children and families develop intervention plans to accomplish systemic change that is sustainable.
- Advanced social workers effectively use interpersonal skills to engage children and families in a collaborative therapeutic relationship.
- Advanced Practitioners in Children and Families use multidimensional bio-psycho- social- spiritual assessment tools.
- Advanced social workers in children and families will be able to describe empirically - validated and theoretical causes, advanced assessment methods, and the most effective interventions treatments for a variety of problems that effect children and families.
- Advanced social workers in children and families contribute to the theoretical knowledge base in the area of children and families through practice-based research, and use evaluation of the process and/or outcomes to develop best practices with children and families.
projects and tasks
Observe and work with LISD social workers
Open hours for counseling
Groups
ISS and/or Wednesday groups for restorative discipline
Food pantry
Clothes closet
Global citizenship group
Diversity lessons and activities
Work with counselors to determine needs
Work with SROs
hours (240 per semester, about 15 hours per week)
3rd period conference = 2.5 hours each day = 12.5 hours each week
before or after school
Marauder Time
other work for preparation of activities
Field Instructor Needs
facilitate directed learning opportunities and skill building activities related to learning contract
evaluate progress and development
verify documentation of supervision, corrective action, hours, evaluation, etc.
meet for one hour each week to discuss progress (can be done via phone)attend UTA training (can be done online or in person)