Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)

BSW Goals/Core Competencies and Practice Behaviors Competency 1: Professional Identity: Student identifies as a professional social worker and conducts oneself accordingly. PB 1.1: Student advocates for client access to the services of social work. PB 1.2: Student practices personal reflection and self-correction to assure continual professional development. PB 1.3: Student attends to professional roles and boundaries. PB 1.4: Student demonstrates professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and communication. PB 1.5: Student engages in career-long learning. PB 1.6: Student uses supervision and consultation. Competency 2: Values and Ethics: Student applies social work ethical principles to guide professional practice. PB 2.1: Student recognizes and manages personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice. PB 2.2: Student makes ethical decisions by applying standards of the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and, as applicable, of the International federation of Social Workers/International Association of Schools of Social Work Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles. PB 2.3: Student tolerates ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts. PB 2.4: Student applies strategies of ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions. Competency 3: Critical Thinking: Student applies critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments. PB 3.1: Student distinguishes, appraises, and integrates multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based knowledge, and practice wisdom. PB 3.2: Student analyzes models of assessment, prevention, intervention, and evaluation. PB 3.3: Student demonstrates effective oral and written communication in working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities, and colleagues. Competency 4: Diversity: Student engages diversity and difference in practice. PB 4.1: Student recognizes the extent to which a culture’s structures and values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create or enhance privilege and power. PB 4.2: Student gains sufficient self-awareness to eliminate the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse groups. PB 4.3: Student recognizes and communicates their understanding of the importance of difference in shaping life experiences. PB 4.4: Student views themselves as learners and engages those with whom they work as informants. Competency 5: Human Rights and Social/Economic Justice: Student advances human rights and social and economic justice. PB 5.1: Student understands the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination. PB 5.2: Student advocates for human rights and social and economic justice. PB 5.3: Student engages in practices that advance social and economic justice. Competency 6: Research/EBP: Student engages in research-informed practice and practice informed research. PB 6.1: Student uses practice experience to inform scientific inquiry. . PB 6.2: Student uses research evidence to inform practice. Competency 7: Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Student applies knowledge of human behavior and the social environment. PB 7.1: Student utilizes conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of assessment, intervention, and evaluation. PB 7.2: Student critiques and applies knowledge to understand person and environment.