Social Work

COURSE DESCRIPTION 
This course focuses on critical integration and transfer of knowledge, values, and skills derived from academic course work, experience, and within field placements. Students will be expected to identify, apply, critique, and evaluate social work practice methods and conceptual frameworks in a practice setting, using structured reflection and self-evaluation to understand their own practice in terms of ethics, values, policies, theoretical models, structural models, and agency expectations. Emphasis is placed on critical reflection and evidence-informed advanced practice theory and skill development.

STRUCTURE & FORMAT
Integration seminars occur bi-weekly during the practicum and are part of the evaluative component of this course (April 17th to June 26th, 2025). Students are expected to attend and actively participate in all synchronous seminars and are expected to present ongoing cases to integrate the course content with their actual practice experience. Students will also be expected to participate in an asynchronous final assignment. **Please note students are asked and expected to disguise the names of people and content that is shared in the classroom to ensure client and agency confidentiality is maintained. **        

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course students will be able to: 
a)    Demonstrate advanced competence for direct and indirect practice roles within a particular setting based on critical appraisal, effective intervention approaches, professional judgement, systematic inquiry, and ethical responsibility.
b)    Integrate critical thinking, research, and evaluation methods with practice theory. 
c)    Integrate an ethical, structural, anti-oppressive and professional approach to issues affecting service navigation and delivery.
d)    Foster support and exchange with their peers/colleagues 

Attendance is mandatory. If a student is unable to attend a seminar class, they should contact their Faculty Liaison and the seminar Instructor (Prof. Furlotte) as soon as possible.