Presenter: Jennifer D. Street, LCSW Class Meeting Week One

 Agenda  Welcome & Introductions  General Guidelines  Overview of the course  Review syllabus & assignments  Review Practice Behaviors & Learning Plan  The Stages of Internship

 You will be randomly assigned a partners. Find out… Where they are placed for internship Where they are placed for internship The thing they are most excited about in their field placement The thing they are most excited about in their field placement The thing they are more worried about in the field placement The thing they are more worried about in the field placement Be prepared to introduce that person to the class. Be prepared to introduce that person to the class. Welcome & Introductions

 Meet Your Instructor

 General Guidelines

  Contact me directly  Timeliness to class  Use approved headset  Power Outage Protocol  Technical Difficulty Protocol  Familiarity with Elluminate and Ecollege  Resources for Success  Using the classroom  Video camera:  Chat function should not be used during role plays

 Supplemental Course Website

 Syllabus Please read along with syllabus on the screen or your paper copy

 Learning Plans

 The Learning Contract OVERVIEW- Map to success in field placement Insures the integrity of your academic work Helps you to translate your sense of purpose in the internship Provides a clear measure for evaluation of performance

 3 key people Feed the contract… You Your field instructor Your seminar instructor To maximize your experience,  Your work must be worthwhile  You will be given opportunities to complete tasks, be acknowledged & respected for this work

 Maximizing Placement Experience  You will need to create your own work and push your limits  Your supervisor & co-workers will be demonstrating responsible relationships in working with you (competent supervision & collegiality)  Your supervisor needs to be willing to actively & consciously involve you in the placement

 Contract Fundamentals Learning contract has: Goals Activities to reach those goals (strategies) Assessment measures The contract is dynamic; it is revised as the student learner achieves and completes goals and is ready for more challenging ones

 Learning Contract Goals In this program, goals are fixed Strategies or activities to reach the goals are specific to each student and placement situation The contract should be demanding and ambitious, stretching you while enhancing your knowledge It must be grounded in realistic time frames

 Student Learning Plan Competencies and Practice Behaviors are already written. Competencies and Practice Behaviors are already written. The Practice Behaviors are developed to show growth towards the Competencies. The Practice Behaviors are developed to show growth towards the Competencies. Students will write a strategy and a way to measure that strategy for each Practice Behavior in their Learning Plan. Students will write a strategy and a way to measure that strategy for each Practice Behavior in their Learning Plan. Some strategies may be used more than once. Some strategies may be used more than once.

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 Competency 1: Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly. Practice Behavior (1.1) Knows the profession’s history Strategy-Research social workers who have had an impact on how we treat clients with drug abuse problems Measurement- discuss my research with FI by week 8 Practice Behavior (1.2) Has a commitment to enhancing the profession Strategy- Will participate in University or Agency Social Work functions Measurement- Bring copy of event agenda to share with Field Instructor during supervision by week 10 Practice Behavior (1.3)- Has a commitment to conducting himself/herself as a professional social worker Strategy-Adherence to all agency policies and NASW Code of Ethics Measurement-Observation by FI and other agency personnel

 Competency 2: Apply Social Work Ethical Principals to guide professional practice. Practice Behavior (2.1) Is knowledgeable about the value base of the profession Strategy- Discuss during supervision the social work values that impact their daily work with clients Measurement- Complete by week 12 Practice Behavior (2.2) Is knowledgeable of and abides by the ethical standards of the profession Strategy- Discuss during supervision the social work ethical standards that impact their daily work with clients Measurement- Complete by week 12 Practice Behavior (2.3) Is knowledgeable, and abides by, laws relevant to social work Strategy-Will study Agency Process for Mandatory Reporting. Measurement-Will discuss with FI by week 4

 Internship… Are you ready??? Understanding the stages of development as a student intern

 Similarities Exist….  Students are placed in a variety of placement sites  Similarities cut across those experiences  Concerns & challenges for students appear to come in a predictable order  Studying this phenomena can prevent unnecessary anxiety, unrealistic views & unsuccessful outcomes. Why not let it work?

 The Five Stages are…. 1.Anticipation 2.Disillusionment 3.Confrontation 4.Competence 5.Culmination These occur over the three semesters of field placement Task accomplishment : the attitudes, skills, & knowledge that you hope to acquire at each stage

 Anticipation Stage  A time of excitement!  Along with eagerness & hope, there is inevitably some anxiety  Anxiety may not be visible to you; there are enough unknowns in this experience to cause some anxiety and concern in anyone.  Anxiety centers around self, supervisor, co-workers & sometimes clients & community

 Anticipation, cont’d…  This is the “can I handle it?” stage? Often at this stage, the “it” isn’t necessarily defined yet  Depending on your personal situation, you may carry concerns that your vocational choice expressed through the internship may affect those you care about  It is a demanding experience

 Anticipation cont’d….  Task accomplishment at this stage is relatively low. You might get frustrated that you are not learning the specific tasks yet that you went to the agency to learn.  Most important work at this stage is:  defining specific and achievable goals  identifying what skills you need to reach them

 Internship Stages  Each week we will discuss a new stage of internship to help you process your experience as a whole, not just compartmentalized into separate semesters.  I challenge you to be aware of the growth and change that happens throughout the program and track your successes and areas for growth.

 Questions?

 For Next Week  Module 1 in eCollege  Draft Learning Contract  Update contact information in IPT program and begin using timesheet

 Have a great week!