Management Concentration

The purpose of this course is to help students become more effective leaders and to better understand the demands of leadership. The student will learn leadership knowledge and skills required to succeed in the workplace. The course defines leadership as a process of influencing an organized group to accomplishing its goals. Major research findings will be presented that can give leaders insight about how to become more effective in analyzing and responding to situations. The course builds on macro content taught in social work courses and theories of individual and group behavior presented in foundation courses on human behavior in the social environment.

This course will examine a number of conceptual frameworks and advanced clinical theories and interventions to prepare students to analyze, assess, and intervene with individuals, couples, families,groups, and organizations in the workplace setting. Students will receive historical, theoretical, andclinical information sufficient to work with individuals, couples, families, groups, and organizations.

This course examines the theories and applications of supervision in organizations through the framework of the social work profession's approach to supervision. Students will be taught supervisory processes and skills to apply to issues that arise between supervisors and supervisees. Analysis of social service agency administration will be examined and compared with other types of organizations' administration.

This course is an advanced practice class that is required in both the advanced clinical practice and management concentrations. The course provides an overview of mental health assessment and diagnostic tools, including the Diagnostic Statistical Manual diagnostic criteria, and examines treatment strategies and techniques. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between the social environment, cultural influences, and emotional and mental health.

This course builds upon the basic concepts and methods of scientific inquiry used to facilitate knowledge and evaluate practice. The following topics are explored: single case designs, needs assessment, program evaluation, and application of evaluation methods results to social work practice in both clinical and managerial settings.

The purpose of Field Practicum III is to give the student the opportunity to implement advanced social work practice theory and skills in either the advanced clinical practice concentration or the management concentration. The student is expected to participate at their field agency placement two days a week (16 hours a week). The student is expected to carry a caseload of 3-5 cases in order to implement interventions integrating advanced theories and interventions on all levels: micro, mezzo, and macro. Students will be prepared for autonomous advanced social work practice. A seminar will be offered in conjunction with the field practicum. It will facilitate the process of integrating social work knowledge, skills, values, and a liberal arts base into a set of practice competencies necessary for the performance of advanced social work practice. The seminar will meet one hour per week for sixteen weeks.

This course focuses on the development of innovative managerial practices that value and promote diversity in the workplace in a global economy for social workers working in for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Effective management practices that address the needs of employees who are adapting to complex economic and social environments are essential for a workplace to minimize and avoid potential problems such as group conflicts, discrimination, and even violence in the workplace. Building on content learned in foundation courses in social policy, human behavior theories, and practice on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels, this course will examine the inclusion and exclusion experiences of people from diverse communities using social psychological theories to provide social workers with the skills to assist organizations in developing productive environments within the organizations and within their larger communities.

The purpose of Field Practicum IV is to give the student the opportunity in implementing advanced social work practice theory and skills in either the advanced clinical practice concentration or the management concentration. The student is expected to participate at their field agency placement two days a week (16 hours a week). The student is expected to carry a caseload of 3-5 cases in order to implement interventions integrating advanced theories and interventions on all levels: micro, mezzo, and macro. Students will be prepared for autonomous advanced social work practice. A seminar will be offered in conjunction with the field practicum. It will facilitate the process of integrating social work knowledge, skills, values, and a liberal arts base into a set of practice competencies necessary for the performance of advanced social work practice. The seminar will meet one hour per week for sixteen weeks.