MSW COMPETENCIES AND BEHAVIORS
CSWE CORE COMPETENCIES AND 2015 EPAS AND PRACTICE BEHAVIORS
Foundation Competencies and Practices
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
Make ethical decisions by applying the standards of the NASW Code of Ethics, relevant laws and regulations, models for ethical decision-making, ethical conduct of research, and additional codes of ethics as appropriate to context;
Use reflection and self-regulation to manage personal values and maintain professionalism in practice situations;
Demonstrate generalist professional demeanor in behavior; appearance, and oral, written, and electronic communication;
Use technology ethically and appropriately to facilitate practice outcomes;
Use supervision and consultation to guide professional judgment and behavior; and
Tolerate ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts.
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
Apply and communicate understanding of the importance of diversity and difference in shaping life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels;
Present themselves as beginning learners and engage clients and constituencies as experts of their own experiences; and
Apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse clients and constituencies.
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
Apply understanding of social, economic, and environmental justice to advocate for human rights at the individual and system levels at a beginning generalist level;
Engage in practices that advance social, economic, and environmental justice at a beginning generalist level; and
Recognize the extent to which culture, structure, and values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create or enhance privilege and power.
Competency 4: Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice
Use practice experience to inform scientific practice;
Apply critical thinking to engage in analysis of quantitative and qualitative research methods and research findings; and
Use and translate research evidence to inform and improve practice, policy, and service delivery.
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice
Identify social policy at the local, state, and federal level that impacts well-being, service delivery, and access to social services;
Assess how social welfare and economic policies impact the delivery of and access to social services; and
Apply critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice.
Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment, and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks to engage with clients and constituencies at the generalist level; and
Use empathy, personal reflection and interpersonal skills to effectively engage diverse clients and constituencies at the generalist level.
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations and Communities
Collect and organize data, and apply critical thinking to interpret information from clients and constituencies;
Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment, person-in-environment, and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks in the analysis of assessment data from clients and constituencies;
Develop mutually agreed on intervention goals and objectives based on the critical assessment of strengths, needs and challenges within clients and constituencies; and
Select appropriate intervention strategies based on the assessment, research knowledge, values and preferences of clients and constituencies.
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations and Communities
Critically choose and implement interventions to achieve practice goals and enhance capacities of clients and constituencies;
Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment, person-in-environment, and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks in interventions with clients and constituencies;
Use inter-professional collaboration as appropriate to achieve beneficial practice outcomes;
Negotiate, mediate, and advocate with and on behalf of diverse clients and constituencies; and
Facilitate effective transitions and endings that advance mutually agreed-on goals.
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations and Communities
Select and use appropriate methods for evaluation of outcomes;
Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment, person-in- environment, and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks in the evaluation of outcomes;
Critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate intervention and program processes and outcomes; and
Apply evaluation findings to improve practice effectiveness at the micro, mezzo and macro levels.
School Competency 10: Demonstrate knowledge of the Afrocentric Perspective with individuals, Families, Groups, Organization, and Communities
Identify and describe the concepts of the Afrocentric Perspective.
Apply and communicate an understanding of the importance of Afrocentric Perspective in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.
WMYJSSW Concentration Competencies and Practice Behaviors
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
Employ strategies of ethical reasoning to address the use of technology in clinical practice and its effect on client rights;
Identify and use knowledge of relationship dynamics, including power differentials;
Recognize and manage personal biases as they affect the professional relationship in the service of the client system’s well- being;
Apply the NASW Code of Ethics, relevant laws, and regulations, ethical decision-making principles and frameworks to issues specific to micro social work practice.
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
Identify and use practitioner/client differences from a strengths perspective;
Demonstrate awareness of historical and contemporary forms of privilege, power, oppression, discrimination, and marginalization and their impact on clients; and
Engage clients as experts in their own experiences.
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
Use knowledge of the effects of oppression, structural discrimination, and historical trauma on client and client systems to guide treatment planning and intervention; and
2. Advocate of behalf of clients to secure basic human rights, including availability and
accessibility of services to meet biopsychosocial needs.
Competency 4: Engage in Practice-Informed Research and Research-informed Practice
Use the evidence-based practice process in clinical assessment and intervention with clients;
Participate in the generation of new clinical knowledge, through research and practice; and
Use research methodology to evaluate clinical practice effectiveness and/or outcomes.
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice
Communicate to stakeholders the implication of policies and policy change in the lives of clients;
Use evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence in advocacy for policies that advance social and economic well-being; and
Advocate with and inform administrators and/or legislators of policies used by the agency that impact clients and services.
Competency 6: Engage With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations and Communities
Develop a culturally responsive clinical relationship;
Attend to the interpersonal dynamics and contextual factors that both strengthen and potentially threaten the therapeutic alliance; and
Establish a relationally based process that encourages clients to be equal participants in the establishment of treatment goals and expected outcomes.
Competency 7: Asses Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations and Communities
Use multidimensional biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment tools;
Assess client’ and systems’ readiness for change;
Assess client coping strategies to reinforce and improve adaptation to life situations, circumstances, and events;
Select and modify appropriate intervention strategies based on continuous clinical assessment; and
Assess biopsychosocial needs and diagnose psychopathology using DSM-5 and other relevant assessment protocols.
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations and Communities
Critically select, evaluate, and apply best practices and evidence-based interventions;
Demonstrate the use of appropriate clinical techniques for a range of presenting concerns identified in the assessment; and
Collaborate with other professionals to coordinate treatment interventions.
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations and Communities at the Advanced Level
Apply the theoretical knowledge base of the social work profession thorough practice-based research.
Apply clinical evaluation of the process and outcomes to develop best practice interventions for a range of bio-psycho-social-spiritual conditions.
Communicate evaluation results to the appropriate audience: clients, co-workers, supervisors, administrators.
School Competency 10: Apply The Concepts Of The Afrocentric Perspective In Advanced Direct Practice With Individuals, Families, Couples, Groups
Select the core concept(s) of Afrocentric Perspective appropriately for clinical social work practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Apply to engagement of clients;
Apply to assessment of clients;
Apply to intervention of clients; and
Apply to evaluation of clients.
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