Social Work Learning Outcomes

Goal 1: Acquire substantive theoretical knowledge and analytical skills pertaining to social work practice in its broadest sense at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice.

SLO 1: CSWE Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Collect, organize, and interpret client data
- Develop mutually agreed upon intervention goals and objectives
- Assess complex problems with systems of all sizes and types
- Identify the range of legalities and/or legal risks that may exist for a client or client system that may be considering accessing social services
SLO 2: CSWE Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Facilitate transitions and endings
- Critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions
- Evaluate complex problems with systems of all sizes and types
- Synthesize and apply a broad range of interdisciplinary knowledge and skills consistent with current evidence informed practice

Goal 2: Integrate social work values, ethical principles, and standards relative to clients, agencies and organizations, the social work profession, and society in general.

SLO 3: CSWE Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
- Employ (models) conscious use of self, self-reflection, self-monitoring, and self-correction in practice
- Model professional demeanor in behavior and written and oral communications
- Articulate the mission of social work to multiple constituencies
- Consistently adhere to and model professional roles and boundaries
- Articulate and advocate social work values and ethics among interdisciplinary situations and settings
- Conduct oneself ethically and engage in ethical decision-making using different approaches and strategies, e.g., moral reasoning, cultural perspective, professionalism in research and practice
- Apply appropriate social work values to resolve ethical issues
- Analyze and communicate professional judgments, reasoning, and process in practice
SLO 4: CSWE Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
- Engage in practices that advance social, economic, and environmental justice in agencies and organizations
- Incorporate an understanding of regional and global interconnections of oppression and applies this understanding to social work practice
- Take action to redress mechanisms of oppression and discrimination
- Embrace the obligation to advance human rights and foster social, economic, and environmental justice
- Engage in community collaborations that foster social, economic, and environmental justice and social change

Goal 3: Develop a special sensitivity to the struggles of vulnerable populations which includes an understanding of the dynamics of oppression and issues pertaining to cultural diversity.

SLO 5: CSWE Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
- Transform one’s behavior in response to a recognition of one’s biases based in difference and culture
- Apply an understanding of privilege and power within an anti-oppressive practice
- Consistently recognize and describe the impact of culture and diversity on one’s personal and professional behavior
- Modify and adapt mainstream interventions to meet needs of diverse populations and that challenge oppression
- Actively promote opportunities for diverse perspectives and participation of diverse constituents
SLO 6: CSWE Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice
- Articulate the impact of policies on service delivery
- Develop and promote agency policies and professional behavior that affect change
- Identify gaps in policies at varied levels, e.g., agency policies, public policies, regulations

Goal 4: Function autonomously in social work practice and assume leadership roles in public and private social service organizations.

SLO 7: CSWE Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
- Employ (model) conscious use of self, self-reflection, self-monitoring, and self-correction in practice
- Model professional demeanor in behavior and written and oral communications
- Articulate the mission of social work to multiple constituencies
- Consistently adhere to and model professional roles and boundaries
- Articulate and advocate social work values and ethics among interdisciplinary situations and settings
- Conduct oneself ethically and engage in ethical decision-making using different approaches and strategies, e.g., moral reasoning, cultural perspective, professionalism in research and practice
- Apply appropriate social work values to resolve ethical issues
- Analyze and communicate professional judgments, reasoning, and process in practice
SLO 8: CSWE Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Use empathy and other interpersonal skills
- Implement a mutually agreed upon focus of work and desired outcome
SLO 9: CSWE Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Select appropriate intervention strategies
- Implement prevention strategies that enhance client capacities
- Assist clients to resolve problems
- Intervene in complex problems with systems of all sizes and types
- Negotiate, mediate, and advocate for client systems
- Demonstrate one’s ability to move a client system through the practice intervention process

Goal 5: Develop skills in both quantitative and qualitative research to increase the effectiveness of social work practice, policies, and programs.

SLO 10: CSWE Competency 4: Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice
- Use evidence-based research findings to improve practice
- Evaluate social policies and programs
- Integrate qualitative and quantitative research in all aspects of advanced generalist practice
- Work collaboratively across disciplines to assess intervention effectiveness, ways to engage in practice evaluation, and opportunities to build cross-discipline research approaches
SLO 11: CSWE Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice
- Articulate the impact of policies on service delivery
- Develop and promotes agency policies and professional behavior that affect change
- Identify gaps in policies at varied levels, e.g., agency policies, public policies, regulations
SLO 12: CSWE Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Facilitate transitions and endings
- Critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions
- Evaluate complex problems with systems of all sizes and types
- Synthesize and apply a broad range of interdisciplinary knowledge and skills consistent with current evidence informed practice

Goal 6: Commit to bringing about a socially just society through the promotion of public-spirited citizenship.

SLO 13: CSWE Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
- Engage in practices that advance social, economic, and environmental justice in agencies and organizations
- Incorporate an understanding of regional and global interconnections of oppression and apply this understanding to social work practice
- Take action to redress mechanisms of oppression and discrimination
- Embrace the obligation to advance human rights and foster social, economic, and environmental justice
- Engage in community collaborations that foster social, economic, and environmental justice and social change
SLO 14: CSWE Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice
- Articulate the impact of policies on service delivery
- Develop and promote agency policies and professional behavior that affect change
- Identify gaps in policies at varied levels, e.g., agency policies, public policies, regulations