Office of Field Education

FINAL EVALUATION OF ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT

SPECIALTY: MENTAL HEALTH

The Council on Social Work Education requires that advanced graduate students demonstrate specialized skills representative of their focus of study in the MSW program.

Your field student was placed with your agency to develop or improve advanced practice behaviors that indicate the student is ready for practice in community and administrative activities.

Please fill out the following survey by checking the boxes to the right of each statement according to your level of agreement with the statement.

Once you complete the survey, please send it to the UTA Field Liaison, and review it with your student.

We appreciate all you do to turn our students into adequate and ethical professionals who are ready for growth.

Thank you for the conscientious evaluation of your field student.

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Advanced Practice Behaviors

The student is able to… SA A D SD1. Demonstrate an understanding of the relevant

organizational world views and culture that influence mental health functioning and relate social work perspectives, the evidence base, and related social and psychological theories/practice models to practice with the multiple and complex issues.

2. Communicate to stakeholders the implications ofpolicies and policy change in the lives of mental health clients..

3. Advocate for policies that advance the social and economic well-being of mental health clients.

4. Recognize disparities in the distribution of resources across various mental health clients and advocate at multiple levels for services to increase effective functioning.

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The student is able to… SA A D SD5. Communicate effectively with diverse mental health clients

and with multiple community systems with which they interact.

6. Demonstrate professional demeanor that reflects awareness of and respect for diverse mental health clients with multiple challenges and issues; advocate for services that enhance well-being and functioning of clients.

7. Select and implement appropriate strength-based assessment, intervention, and evaluation tools.

8. Apply research and knowledge of diverse cultures and perspectives to enhance the well-being of mental health clients.

9. Practice effectively with diverse client systems and identify and use cultural diversity from a strengths perspective.

10. Recognize the stigma and shame associated with mental health issues.

11. Use advanced strategies to search, appraise, select, and implement the most up-to-date evidence-based practice guidelines in the assessment and intervention with mental health clients.

12. Use valid and reliable assessments for identifying client problems, risk and protective factors, vulnerability and resilience factors, and consequences for various individuals and groups.

13. Understand increased risk and protective factors 3

related to bio-psycho-social-spiritual domains and incorporate them in their assessment and intervention.

The student is able to… SA A D SD14. Assess the quality of individuals' interactions within their

social contexts.

15. Develop effective models, programs, policies, and interventions and assess their effectiveness.

16. Develop intervention plans to accomplish systemicchanges that are sustainable.

17. Possess a theoretically informed knowledge base so asto effectively work with mental health clients. This knowledge includes understanding and implementing practice theories (models, perspectives, strategies, techniques, and approaches), and evaluating treatment outcomes and practice effectiveness.

18. Describe causes (empirically validated and theoretical),advanced assessment methods, and the most effective interventions for a variety of problems that affect mental health clients.

19. Demonstrate the use of appropriate clinical techniques for a range of presenting concerns identified in the assessment.

20. Contribute to the theoretical knowledge base in the area of mental health through practice-based research, and use evaluations of the process and/or outcomes to develop best practices with mental health clients.

21. Practice self-reflection and continue to address personal bias and stereotypes to build knowledge and dispel myths regarding diverse mental health issues.

22. Demonstrate professional demeanor that reflects awareness of and respect for diverse mental health clients

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with multiple challenges and issues; advocate for services that enhance the well-being and functioning of clients.

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