Social Work

Score Column: After checking off a skill, assess yourself on that skill using the following scale:
5 = Demonstrates a high level of competency
4 = Clearly demonstrates competency
3 = Demonstrates a minimum level of competency
2 = Demonstrates an inadequate level of competency
1 = Demonstrates no competency
Student Assessment Column: Then, how you will demonstrate the skill and any other relevant information to support your self-assessment.
* = Skills that are required

Example:

✓ Create a safe environment (setting up ground rules)* 4 In Day 1 Session 2, I developed group rules with input from group members. I attended to the needs of potentially introverted members by setting a ground rule that each person should participate according to their abilities and comfort level.

Diversity and Inclusion
✓ Skills to Demonstrate Score Student Assessment
Create an inclusive environment

Demonstrate sensitivity to accessibility

Demonstrate an openness to difference*

Demonstrate an ability to solicit information regarding an individual’s cultural and spiritual background*

Articulate resources to improve one’s own knowledge regarding diverse populations*

Group Facilitation
✓ Skills to Demonstrate Score Student Assessment
Create a safe environment*

Provide verbal encouragement*

Provide nonverbal encouragement

Enlist feedback from group members

Address disruptive group members

Demonstrate the ability to effectively and professionally work within a group*

Close a meeting

Micro Skills
✓ Skills to Demonstrate Score Student Assessment
Nonverbally attend to an individual’s situation*

Demonstrate open-ended questions*

Demonstrate the ability to assess client needs*

Gather specific information

Demonstrate paraphrasing*

Ask questions to uncover client strengths*

Convey client strengths

Demonstrate the ability to address a hostile individual

Demonstrate appropriate self-disclosure

Demonstrate a SOAP note*

Community
✓ Skills to Demonstrate Score Student Assessment
Demonstrate the ability to advocate with and for a population*

Demonstrate how to assess community needs*

Demonstrate an understanding of how to engage key stakeholders

Demonstrate the ability to identify and understand community resources*

Explain the role of a community organization within the context of the needs of a community

Professional Demeanor
✓ Skills to Demonstrate Score Student Assessment
Demonstrate appropriate dress*

Use professional language to convey ideas*

Use person-first language*

Show respect for colleagues through verbal communication*

Show respect for colleagues through nonverbal communication*

Demonstrate understanding of social work concepts, values, and ethics*

Accept feedback in a positive manner*

Give feedback in a positive manner*