Field Manual for 2013-2014 - University of Maryland School of ...

c. The differential use of language by different client populations.
G. Knowledge of the professional role.
* Self-awareness
1. Recognizes the importance of self-awareness in work with both clients and colleagues.
2. Recognizes the reciprocal nature of the clinical transaction--which both student and client influence
and are influenced by each other.
3. Recognizes how both student and client participate in promoting or hindering the transaction.
4. Identifies the impact of culture, gender, race, and age, upon clinician-client transactions.
* The meaning of professional and ethical relationships
1. Understands that clarity of purpose is essential to the helping relationship.
2. Recognizes that giving and receiving help can hold a range of meanings for oneself and one’s clients.
3. Understands that relationships must conform to the Code of Ethics.
* The range of professional roles and relationships
1. Identifies the different professional roles and relationships that student-worker has with clients,
colleagues, instructor, staff, etc.
2. Identifies different roles assumed by the social worker, such as broker, advocate, mediator, and
counselor.
H. Elaborate the ways in which individuals’ diverse characteristics (e.g. social status, race, ethnicity, age,
sexual orientation, spirituality, and health status) impact their abilities to access services and affect client
transactions.
I. Develop knowledge of evidence-based interventions.
II. SKILL OBJECTIVES
A. Ability to implement the role demands of an Advanced clinical student.
1. Carries out task assignments responsibly, effectively, and promptly.
2. Complies with agency work routines.
3. Takes initiative in setting one’s own work priorities and in organizing one’s time.
4. Identifies one’s own work rhythms and assesses one’s own productivity.
5. Takes initiative in using instructional conferences for focused learning (i.e., using agenda, preparing
questions, self-assessment).
B. Ability to engage clients in a professional relationship.
1. Communicates one’s purpose in the helping relationship.
2. Communicates one’s willingness and confidence as a helper.
C. Ability to assess the request and need for help.
1. Enables clients to clarify their purposes in seeking help.
2. Enables clients to share relevant information and to request needed information.
3. Enables the client to know the steps involved in receiving help: what can be
expected of the worker, the agency, and the client.
4. Identifies the client’s need for environmental supports and explains the agency’s capacity to provide
these supports.
D. Ability to judge the degree of urgency in the client’s request for service.
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