Assignment Overview
Mentorship and engaging with colleagues are important components of professional development. In this assignment, you engage with an experienced social work supervisor as a means of better understanding the field and best practices within the profession. Through this glimpse into the real world of social work, you will better understand the concepts and theories you are learning in your course.
By successfully completing this assignment, you demonstrate your proficiency in the following EPAS and the advanced generalist specialized behaviors:
- Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.
- C1.SP.A: Apply professional use of self and leadership skills with colleagues, clients, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 8. Explain the importance of self-care in social work practice when acting as a supervisor.
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- C1.SP.A: Apply professional use of self and leadership skills with colleagues, clients, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.
- C1.SP.B: Articulate and provide leadership in the application of the core values and ethical standards of the social work profession through an ethical problem solving model to aid in critical thinking, affective reactions and ethical decision making related to individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to guide and inform ethical practice in the specialization of advanced generalist social work.
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- 3. Connect the NASW Code of Ethics to social work and best practices in supervision.
- 4. Explain how education, training, and practice support can help protect the code of ethics and best practices of social work supervisors.
- 5. Explain how technology supports best practices and ethical standards used in social work practice.
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- C1.SP.B: Articulate and provide leadership in the application of the core values and ethical standards of the social work profession through an ethical problem solving model to aid in critical thinking, affective reactions and ethical decision making related to individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to guide and inform ethical practice in the specialization of advanced generalist social work.
- Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice.
- C2.SP.A: Analyze dimensions and differentiation in diversity and apply the influence of relationships and affective reactions to intervention techniques and technologies with diverse clients, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 6. Explain dimensions of diversity and how they influence leadership and supervision in social work.
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- C2.SP.A: Analyze dimensions and differentiation in diversity and apply the influence of relationships and affective reactions to intervention techniques and technologies with diverse clients, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice.
- C3.SP.C: Analyze and respond to evolving leadership, technological, political, economic, social cultural, geographical, and environmental contexts to shape the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
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- 2. Identify best practices and standards related to supervision and leadership integrated into the social work profession.
- 5. Explain how technology supports best practices and ethical standards used in social work practice.
- 7. Describe how leadership skills advance social and economic well-being when working collaboratively.
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- C3.SP.C: Analyze and respond to evolving leadership, technological, political, economic, social cultural, geographical, and environmental contexts to shape the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice.
- C5.SP.A: Apply leadership skills and decision making as social change agents to collaborate with clients, colleagues, and identified stakeholders to advance social and economic well-being in the delivery of effective and technology-assisted social work services to individuals, families, and groups.
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- 7. Describe how leadership skills advance social and economic well-being when working collaboratively.
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- C5.SP.A: Apply leadership skills and decision making as social change agents to collaborate with clients, colleagues, and identified stakeholders to advance social and economic well-being in the delivery of effective and technology-assisted social work services to individuals, families, and groups.
- Competency 6: Engage With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C6.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when engaging with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 10. Apply critical thinking through written communication in analyzing social work best practices and supervision.
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- C6.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when engaging with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 6: Engage With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C6.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when engaging with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 9. Describe conflict theories that support best practices as an advanced generalist supervisor.
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- C6.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when engaging with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C7.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when assessing colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 10. Apply critical thinking through written communication in analyzing social work best practices and supervision.
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- C7.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when assessing colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C7.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when assessing individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 9. Describe conflict theories that support best practices as an advanced generalist supervisor.
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- C7.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when assessing individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 8: Intervene With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C8.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when intervening with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 10. Apply critical thinking through written communication in analyzing social work best practices and supervision.
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- C8.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when intervening with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 8: Intervene With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C8.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 9. Describe conflict theories that support best practices as an advanced generalist supervisor.
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- C8.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 9: Evaluate Practice With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- C9.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology evaluations with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 10. Apply critical thinking through written communication in analyzing social work best practices and supervision.
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- C9.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology evaluations with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 9: Evaluate Practice With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C9.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- 9. Describe conflict theories that support best practices as an advanced generalist supervisor.
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- C9.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
- Competency 9: Evaluate Practice With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
- C9.SP.D: Analyze and respond to evolving leadership, technological, political, economic, social cultural, geographical, and environmental contexts to shape the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- 2. Identify best practices and standards related to supervision and leadership integrated into the social work profession.
- 5. Explain how technology supports best practices and ethical standards used in social work practice.
- 7. Describe how leadership skills advance social and economic well-being when working collaboratively.
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- C9.SP.D: Analyze and respond to evolving leadership, technological, political, economic, social cultural, geographical, and environmental contexts to shape the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation.