Loyola University Chicago

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK FIELD WORK OFFICE

SECOND LEVEL (MSW) ADVANCED EVALUATION Leadership and Development in the Social Services

Please check one:  Mid-term evaluation (630)  Final evaluation (631)

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Student: ______Student ID:______

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Check the number of areas for Organizational Experience:_____Board/Executive Team Meetings ______Program Evaluation ______Human Resources ______Resource Development ______Finance

Cumulative Hours: ______Recommended Grade:______(Student needs to complete 720 hours total) (P=PASS, NP=NO PASS) Please refer to the Learning Agreement and use the following criteria to rate the student.

You will find bulleted qualifiers under each of the ten competencies. Please note that the bullets listed are suggestions to highlight the behavior of your student. Keep in mind that the rating should reflect the student’s progress at this point in the overall internship. Please also note that although not always specified, practice here refers to practice at the macro level – organizational, community, and administrative. If the student’s internship experience does not include tasks or activities related to the competency circle NA. Please complete the questions at the end of the evaluation. No further write-up is necessary. After you and the student have reviewed the evaluation, sign it and submit it to the field office: Rating Scale Criteria 1 Demonstrates no competency in this area Demonstrates minimal competency, little knowledge or skill, limited evidence of growth or change, rarely 2 demonstrates progress on tasks and behaviors, and takes little initiative for learning. Developing competence with assistance, with some coaching or prompting demonstrates some skill, marginal competency working towards improvement, beginning level of skill development, needs continued practice and 3 assistance, progress on tasks and behaviors is inconsistent, inconsistently takes initiative for learning. Emerging competency, demonstrates the ability to independently apply skills in simple situations, moderate competency, demonstrating ongoing progress, adequate performance just needs more practice, takes initiative for 4 learning. Demonstrates the competency to begin independent social work practice, demonstrates the ability to apply skills in complex situations, consistent growth and change, demonstrates the ability to complete assigned tasks and 5 activities, takes full responsibility for learning 0 Does not relate to the student’s internship experience or not sufficient experience to evaluate skill level. 1 COMPETENCY #1 PROFESSIONALISM Identify with the social work profession, its mission and core values, and conduct oneself accordingly Student demonstrates the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Practice self-reflection and self-correction Competency Competency Competency Competency  Students will independently analyze and reflect on their 1 2 3 4 5 0 practice in the organization and/or institute in which they are practicing B. Advocate for client access to services  Students will participate in management and organizational planning, develop methods for operationalization, and evaluate programs and outcomes as part of their professional advocate role. C. Attend to professional roles and boundaries  Students will be cognizant of and compliant and contribute to the development of social work roles. D. Use supervision and consultation  Students will actively prepare for supervision and constructively analyze their own practice, taking an active role in consultation and supervision.  Students will anticipate and respond to crises and ethical dilemmas. E. Engage in life-long learning & professional growth  Students will evaluate their learning needs and regularly select venues that increase their expertise, e.g., workshops, training and reading professional publications. F. Students at the Advanced level will demonstrate advanced professional use of self with client(s) and/or within organizational settings.

COMPETENCY #2 VALUES AND ETHICS Define and apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice in this setting Students will demonstrate the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Make ethical decisions by applying standards of the NASW Competency Competency Competency Competency Code of Ethics 1 2 3 4 5 0  Students will anticipate areas of potential conflict relevant to their area of specialty and formulate a plan of action should such conflict arise.  Students will assess the intersection of relevant codes of ethics and state/federal laws and justify a reasoned approach when ethics and laws are in conflict. B. Tolerate ambiguity and cultural differences in resolving ethical conflicts  Students will evaluate alternative courses of action and justify their choice of action in resolving an ethical issue. C. Apply ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions  Students will formulate, apply, and evaluate the outcome of a reasoned, critical approach to resolving an ethical issue.

2 D. Articulate the process of ethical decision making in work with client systems and/or within organizational settings.  Distinguish between personal and professional ethics and behaviors.  Students will manage personal values and interpret the values of the profession and relevant codes of ethics in their application to practice situations

COMPETENCY #3 CRITICAL THINKING Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments Student demonstrates the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Critically appraise and integrate multiple sources of Competency Competency Competency Competency knowledge, including research-based knowledge and evidence 1 2 3 4 5 0 informed practice wisdom  Students will critically evaluate different knowledge bases, including research informed practice and practice wisdom, and constructively contribute to the advancement of those sources. B. Analyze models of assessment, prevention, intervention and evaluation  Students will analyze the outcome of their use of differing knowledge sources and further delineate the sources that are most effective with which practice populations and settings  Students will evaluate and make modifications as needed of models of treatment for diverse client systems correcting for any models that oppress vulnerable populations. C. Use various methods of technology to search for information, critically interpret evidence, and communicate with others

D. Demonstrate critical thinking by communicating professional judgment using oral and written communication as appropriate to the practice setting.

COMPETENCY #4 DIVERSITY Engage diversity and difference in practice Student demonstrates the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Exhibit an appreciation for both differences and similarities Competency Competency Competency Competency within social contexts 1 2 3 4 5 0  Inventory and measure one’s own assumptive worldviews of self and others. B. Engage client systems in diverse settings to challenge oppression, discrimination, and privilege at the societal, institutional and personal level. • Appraise the impact of institutional structures that perpetuate inequality, oppression, discrimination and privilege. 3 C. Gain sufficient self-awareness to minimize the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse groups • Evaluate the elements of a culturally competent practice with diverse client systems. • Examine self-awareness of stereotypes, biases and prejudices towards culturally diverse communities in all forms.

D. Recognize and communicate their understanding of the importance of differences and similarities in shaping life experiences  Develop and apply culturally sensitive and appropriate interventions that acknowledge differences in values. E. View themselves as learners and engage those with whom they work as informants

COMPETENCY #5 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE Advance local and international human rights and social and economic justice Student demonstrates the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and Competency Competency Competency Competency discrimination 1 2 3 4 5 0  Evaluate the appropriateness and feasibility of social justice and human rights considerations and models in social work practice. B. Advocate for human rights and social and economic justice  Assess social work client circumstances and then choose ethically sound practice skills in furthering social justice and human rights. C. Engage in practices that advance social and economic justice  Propose and implement collective action and political advocacy to promote social change.  Manage and revise organizational and community change in response to local level service gaps. D. Use knowledge of the effects of oppression and discrimination on clients and client systems to guide programmatic or organizational planning and intervention

COMPETENCY #6 RESEARCH INFORMED PRACTICE Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research. Student demonstrates the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Use research evidence and other disciplines to inform Competency Competency Competency Competency practice 1 2 3 4 5 0  Conduct analysis of social work practice through the lens of practice based research.  Conduct comprehensive review of research related to a practice focused research question to include critical evaluation of research studies as they apply to disenfranchised populations.

4 B. Use practice, policy and administrative experience to inform the formulation of researchable questions  Become more evidence-informed in selecting interventions and conducting program evaluation, particularly with diverse and marginalized clients  Propose practice-based research questions based on practice experience.  C. Understand the process of evidence-informed administrative practice  Critically analyze ethics of research designs particularly related to the potential of differential impact on vulnerable populations D. Demonstrate basic understanding of research design, methods, and statistics  Formulate and propose a research design based on practice- based research questions, the current state of professional research, and resources available.

COMPETENCY #7 HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT (HBSE) Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment Student demonstrates the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Students at the advanced level will select diverse Competency Competency Competency Competency theories of human behavior and the social 1 2 3 4 5 0 environment including organizational theory to guide their administrative practice.  Examine and inspect information from human behavior and the social environment with consideration for social justice.  Distinguish among practice situations where HBSE knowledge may apply.  Distinguish among select conceptual frameworks that best fit the practice situations of diverse client systems.  Evaluate and revise the utility of conceptual frameworks as they are applied to practice.

B. Critique and apply knowledge to understand the reciprocal interactions between people and their environments  Differentially evaluate the applicability of HBSE knowledge to practice situations and diverse client systems.  Assess how relevant HBSE knowledge applies to practice situations and diverse client systems.  Measure and rate how relevant HBSE knowledge applies to practice.

COMPETENCY #8 POLICY Engage in policy practice to address social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services Student demonstrates the ability to:

5 No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Analyze, formulate and advocate for policies that advance Competency Competency Competency Competency social well-being 1 2 3 4 5 0  Conduct analysis of policy system for an issue to include defining the problem or issue, formulate the vision if the problem or issues was resolved, identifying a range of policy options, compare and contrast policy options, and propose a potential policy option that maximizes social work values.  Distinguish theories and models that inform the identification of steps in implementing policy change that leads to the advancement of the social and economic well-being of a target population. For a specific target population, formulate a policy change process securely rooted in these theories and models. B. Collaborate with colleagues, clients, administrators, policy makers and legislators for effective policy implementation and action  For a specific targeted population and problem or issue, formulate a collaborative change plan to include identification of specific stakeholders, the role of the stakeholder in the policy changes, and strategies to engage stakeholders. C. Communicate to stakeholders and policymakers the implications of policies and policy change in the lives of clients.

6 COMPETENCY #9 SHAPING PRACTICE Respond to contexts that shape practice Student demonstrates the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Continuously discover, appraise, and learn about Competency Competency Competency Competency populations, scientific and technological developments, and 1 2 3 4 5 0 emerging social trends to provide relevant social services  Maintain and improve professional skills by engaging with the analysis, evaluation and reformulation of changing demographics, theoretical and scientific developments and emerging social trends as they arise within the profession.  Assess and evaluate one’s own professional efficacy and ethics regularly, within the context of social work practice principles.  Continuously evaluate the current technology that most efficiently communicates social work skills and efficacy.  Analyze ongoing needs for service and construct and/or reformulate leadership skills. B. Provide leadership in promoting sustainable changes in service delivery and practice to improve the quality of social services  Analyze ongoing social work situations and identify areas in need of stronger leadership skills.  Construct strategies for relevant social services with corresponding methods of evaluation. C. Identify ways that to maximize the strengths of the client context to design and promote effective programs for clients.

COMPETENCY #10 ENGAGE, ASSESS, INTERVENE AND EVALUATE

Engagement Students will demonstrate the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Substantively and affectively prepare for action with individuals, Competency Competency Competency Competency families, groups, organizations, and communities 1 2 3 4 5 0  Employ basic administrative skills of engagement adapted to the particular organizational system.  Apply increased advanced competency within diverse administrative settings in skills related to:  Interviewing; recognizing, interpreting, and responding to verbal and non verbal communication; identifying relevant systems needed for next phases of services;  Demonstrate increased competency in the utilization of professional self within diverse organizational settings:  Ability to collaborate with professional colleagues as needed; ability to access and utilize professional scholarship and research; ability to utilize emerging sense of professional self into the engagement process; differentiate use of self learned from experience and self improvement.

B. Use empathy and other interpersonal skills  Demonstrate the professional use of empathy, active listening, effective communication, and interpersonal skills within diverse organizational settings.

7 C. Develop a mutually agreed-on focus of work and desired outcomes  Utilize a collaborative and empowerment perspective approach to understand and develop the focus of work and desired outcomes within diverse organizational settings. D. Demonstrate an understanding of how organizations function in formulating effective communication plans with diverse stakeholders.

Assessment Students will demonstrate the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Collect, organize, and interpret organizational data Competency Competency Competency Competency  Access and utilize relevant professional scholarship and 1 2 3 4 5 0 research needed in organizational practice within diverse contexts.  Demonstrate skills in multidimensional assessment and data collection techniques within diverse organizational systems and contexts.  Demonstrate skills in organizing and interpreting data for the purpose of planning and intervening with diverse organizational systems.  Understand and demonstrate culturally-competent organizational assessment. B. Assess agency strengths and limitations  Recognize and understand systemic factors that impact the strengths and limitations of organizational systems.. C. Develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals and objectives  Utilize a collaborative and empowerment perspective approach to understand and develop the focus of work and desired outcomes for diverse organizational systems.  Understand the impact of the ecological perspective and its impact on organizational systems and outcomes (e.g. ongoing policy changes, economic trends, etc.)  Utilize a collaborative and empowerment perspective approach to understand and develop the focus of work and desired outcomes within organizational settings. D. Select appropriate evidence informed intervention strategies  Analyze and design intervention strategies appropriate to diverse organizational systems, situations, and contexts as informed by current professional scholarship and research.  Devise and construct interventions informed by evidence based practice.  Collaborate with multidisciplinary systems to formulate a comprehensive intervention and service delivery system.  Precisely formulate interventions for the specific system to address target areas of change

8 E. Collect, maintain, interpret and analyze data from both internal and external organizational environments, the community of stakeholders and diverse client groups to assess whether outcome goals have been achieved.

Intervention Students will demonstrate the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Initiate actions to achieve organizational goals Competency Competency Competency Competency  Understand agency structure, function, and policies in relation 1 2 3 4 5 0 to practice with client systems.  Engage in ongoing assessment, integrating new information about diverse client systems as they relate to organizational missions and goals.  Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the process of intervention appropriate to the global and multicultural context.  Understand and respond to the impact of the social, political, and economic environment upon organizational structure, function, policies, and service delivery.  Work with staff and management to evaluate feasibility and effectiveness of agency goals and determine need for change or further advocacy B. Implement prevention interventions that enhance client capabilities  Envision and enact strategies to prevent or mitigate issues that are detrimental to diverse client systems.  Promote public and organizational policies that address diverse client system needs through the differential use of prevention and/or intervention strategies. C. Conduct and design a plan of organizational analysis and change.  Work with relevant constituencies, to evaluate interventions that impact clients and communities utilizing best practice models reflecting social work values, ethics and the mission of the organization

9 D. Help organizations resolve problems  Critically analyze the professional scholarship and research in identifying appropriate intervention techniques for the identified organizational systems.  Select and effectively apply appropriate intervention techniques for the identified diverse client systems in a variety of global and multicultural contexts. To include individual, family, group, agency and more macro interventions as appropriate.  Maintain appropriate professional relationships with diverse client systems.  Apply basic social work values, ethics, and principles as appropriate with diverse client systems in a variety of global and multicultural contexts.  Connect diverse systems to relevant external resources as appropriate.  Promote self-advocacy and self-determination where appropriate for diverse client systems. E. Negotiate, mediate, and advocate for clients  Understand and respond appropriately to the impact of policy on diverse client systems with special attention to issues of human rights and social and economic justice.  Demonstrate the ability to work with various professional colleagues both internal and external to the specific setting.  Advocate for the development of or continuous provision of appropriate services when policies, etc. limit such services. F. Facilitate transitions and endings  Demonstrate use of culturally competent transition and termination skills, in diverse organizational systems..

Evaluation Students will demonstrate the ability to: No Minimal Developing Emerging Competency N/A A. Critically analyze, monitor and evaluate social work interventions Competency Competency Competency Competency  Demonstrate ability to effectively evaluate varied interventions 1 2 3 4 5 0 and outcomes appropriate to diverse client systems in diverse practice contexts.  Utilize outcome information to refine assessment, intervention, and evaluation processes.  Understand the connections among evaluation, agency services and funding sources. B. Devise logic models to assist the organization in evaluating outcomes and justify interventions that reflect evidence based practice.

10 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

1. Identify the methods used to evaluate the student’s performance (example: process recording, observation, etc.)

2. Identify the student’s strengths

3. Identify the area(s) where the student needs improvement.

4. What is the plan to address the area(s) needed for improvement?

5. Summarize the student’s performance, overall, as it relates to these competencies.

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Please make sure that the: · Supervisor and student keep a signed copy of the evaluation and time logs · Student submits a signed copy of the evaluation to the Loyola field office · Evaluation can be submitted to Lewis Tower, Room 850 in person, by fax to 312-915-7090 or by e-mail to internship coordinator 11