Field Instruction II is the capstone internship course of the BSW program. Students learn to draw on all areas of the Undergraduate Social Work curriculum in the application of their skills within an agency, school, or other social service organization serving the needs of clients.

This course includes a supervised block field placement completed over 30-35 hours a week, with a 2-hour seminar class for theoretical integration held one day a week. The seminar includes weekly assignments designed to facilitate the integration of the program’s core competencies and learning from the classroom and the field. A specific focus of this course is the application of knowledge, skills, and values in an actual setting designed to enhance the wellbeing of clients served within the organization.

This course addresses the development of the core competencies of social work practice within the field setting environment. Significant emphasis is placed on the professional roles and boundaries of social work; the importance of diversity and difference in providing services to clients; the policy context of services; the application of aspects of Evidence-based Practice; the demonstration of effective oral and written communication in working with client systems; the utilization of conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of intervention; and the function of social workers in the engagement, assessment, planning, and evaluation phases of planned change. 

Prerequisite: All other social work courses.