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School of Social Work Handbook ©2005 Monmouth University School of Social Work
West Long Branch, New Jersey 07764
Revised December, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AT MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY . 3 Program History . . . . . . . 3
Program Mission, Goals, and Objectives . . . . 4
BSW & Foundation Curriculum Objectives . . . 6
Clinical Practice with Families and Children Concentration . 8
Curriculum Objectives . . . . .
International and Community Development Concentration
Curriculum Objectives . . . . . 11
BSW Curriculum Plan & Degree Requirements . . . 14
MSW Regular Admit Curriculum Worksheet . . . 15
The Liberal Arts Perspective in the MSW Curriculum . .
15
Nondiscrimination Statement . . . . . . 16
Definitions of Practice Areas . . . . . .
16
Generalist Social Work Practice (Foundation Year) . .
16
Clinical Practice with Families and Children
(Concentration Year) . . . . . 16
International and Community Development
(Concentration Year) . . . . . 17
OFFICE OF FIELD AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION . . 17
Field Internship Sequence . . . . . . 18
BSW . . . . . . . . 18
BCWEP . . . . . . . 19
MSW . . . . . . . . 19 Objectives of Specific Field Programs . . . .
21 Generalist Practice . . . . . . 21
Advanced Practice . . . . . . 21
International Field Placement . . . . .
22 Procedures and Policies of Field Practicum . . . .
23 Professional Ethics . . . . . . 23
Assignment to the Field Agency . . . . 23
Change of Practicum . . . . . . 24
Work/Study . . . . . . . 25
Life and Work Experience Credit . . . . 25
Use of Personal Vehicle in Field . . . . 25
Decorum . . . . . . . 25
Background checks . . . . . . 26
Curriculum Design for the Field Practicum . . .
26
Evaluation Criteria for Student Performance . . .
26
Criteria for the Selection of Field Agencies . . .
27
Agreements Between the Field Sites
and the University . . . . 27
Field Supervisors without a Professional
Social Work Degree . . . . 27
Admission to the Field Practicum . . . . . 28
Personal Characteristics . . . . . . 28
Field Placement Responsibilities . . . . . 29 ADMISSION TO BSW . . . . . . . 32
Transfer BSW . . . . . . . . 34 ADMISSION TO MSW . . . . . . . 35
Advanced Standing . . . . . . . 37
Transfer Students . . . . . . . 37 STUDENT POLICY . . . . . . . . 38
Attendance . . . . . . . . 39
Lateness . . . . . . . . 40
Assessment . . . . . . . . 40
Handbook . . . . . . . . 40
Cheating and Plagiarism . . . . . . 41 GRADING & GRADE APPEALS . . . . . . 41 DISMISSAL FROM THE PROGRAM . . . . . 41
BSW Substandard Academic Performance . . . . 42
MSW Substandard Academic Performance . . . . 42
Failure in Field . . . . . . . 43
Gross Maladaptation . . . . . . . 43
Personal Problems . . . . . . . 43 COMMUNICATION PROCEDURES . . . . . 44 RECORDS & CONFIDENTIALITY . . . . 44 APPENDIX
A UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS . . . . 46
B NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL
WORKERS CODE OF ETHICS . . . 53
C ETHICS IN SOCIAL WORK,
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
International Federation
of Social Workers . . . 79
D STUDENT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
AND MONITORING COMMITTEE . 84
Introduction
Welcome to Social Work at Monmouth University! As you enter the
School of Social Work, you will be participating in a dynamic, people-
oriented, academically rigorous program of preparation for a profession
calibrated to present realities and complexities relevant to social work
practice today.
This Handbook is intended to assist you in becoming part of the
School of Social Work. It contains information about the various academic
programs, a summary of the School of Social Work policies and procedures,
and student rights and responsibilities. So that we might offer you a social work education that is
intellectually challenging and professionally sound, the School of Social
Work at Monmouth University is under continuous evaluation and revision.
The Monmouth University Social Work alumni attest to the quality of the
Social Work Program. This is further supported by our graduates having
outstanding success finding social work positions shortly after graduation
and many are employed before they graduate. Even the most complete handbook cannot tell the whole story. After
studying this information, please feel free to ask questions. The Social
Work faculty, administration, and staff are available to help you.
Program History Social Work as an undergraduate major was introduced at Monmouth
University in 1968. The baccalaureate Social Work Program was established
in response to diverse needs with a common theme: a growing awareness of an
economy of human welfare. This was represented by an ever-increasing
demand within the social work community for efficient and accountable uses
of resources. Since that time, Social Work at Monmouth University has grown to meet
the changing demands of its student body and of the social welfare system
by providing a curriculum of expanded breadth and quality. The School of
Social Work encompasses both a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and a Master
of Social Work (MSW) degree program. The BSW Program began with the hiring of a part-time faculty member
in 1968, and was committed to seeking recognition as a Council on Social
Work Education (CSWE) accredited program with the hiring of a full-time
faculty member in September 1973. A second full-time Social Work faculty
member was hired in September 1975. Faculty were hired to bring
complementary skills to teaching, with one member hired primarily to teach
courses in the practice sequence including field work coordination, and the
other faculty member to teach the social welfare policy, planning and
research courses. Initial accreditation occurred for the BSW Program in
1975. Since that time, the BSW Program was re-accredited in Academic Year
(AY) 83-84, a second time in AY 90-91, a third time in AY 98-99, and again
in AY 06-07.
During AY 1997-98, Social Work received notice that the MSW Program
was accepted into candidacy for accreditation by the CSWE. The fall
semester of 1998 saw the first MSW class enrolled in the Program. In June
of 2001, the Program received full accreditation (retroactive to the first
graduating class of 2000) from the Council on Social Work Education. In
July of 2008 what was the Social Work program became the School of Social
Work. The Social Work Programs at Monmouth University have been designed to
provide an understanding of human rights, human diversity and society as
well as prepare students for careers in social work that advance social
justice and human rights. In the spring of 2006 the department received
full reaccreditation for the combined BSW/MSW programs for the full eight
year cycle.
Program Mission, Goals, and Objectives
The central mission of the School of Social Work at Monmouth
University is to prepare its graduates for professional social work
practice that strives to secure social and economic justice, advance human
rights, and improve the quality of life of vulnerable families,
individuals, organizations, communities, and nations on the local, national
and global levels. This mission is delivered through the use of a strengths
based empowerment process for families in a global context. The BSW Pro