Four Year Plan

Social Work, Bachelor of Social Work Four Year Plan  

Degree Audit

Social Work, Bachelor of Social Work  

Social Work Program Mission Statement

Preparing students to fulfill their calls to serve others and create change in the world around them through generalist social work practice.

 Social Work Program Goals

1. To promote identification with the social work profession, commitment to social work values and the ability to apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice.
2. To equip students to engage in the planned change process with systems of all sizes and within a variety of practice contexts.
3. To prepare students to become change agents who think critically about social issues and policies, and are committed to advancing social justice.
4. To encourage respect for human dignity and worth, and a commitment to strengths based practice with individuals, groups, and communities from diverse populations.
5. To create a learning context that fosters critical thinking, and enables students to apply theoretical frameworks and research to practice.
6. To prepare students to integrate faith and spirituality within social work practice with sensitivity to the diversity of settings and populations of practice.

Social Work Program Required Competencies

Graduates of the Social Work Program at Southeastern University will: 

1. Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
2. Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
3. Advance Human Rights and Social and Economic Justice
4. Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-Informed Practice
5. Engage in Policy Practice
6. Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communitiesin research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
7. Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
8. Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
9. Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
10. Integrate Faith and Social Work Practice in a Way that Embraces Diversity and is consistent with both the Christian Faith and the NASW Code of Ethics

Entrance Requirements

Admission to the Social Work Program is intended to be the first step in the student’s “professionalization” and a process through which students and faculty can evaluate the “goodness of fit” between the student’s personal mission, goals, and values and those of the social work profession.  As a professional program, expectations for student success are based on the program’s Student Excellence Standards and exceed academic merit.  In order to meet its responsibilities to provide quality professional education and to ensure that its graduates are able to function in a broad variety of professional situations, the Social Work Program evaluates student readiness for admission in four general areas:

• Basic Abilities to Acquire Professional Skills
• Mental and Emotional Abilities
• Professional Performance Skills
• Scholastic Performance

Students are expected to apply for admission in the second semester of the sophomore year by completing the admissions packet provided by the program prior to enrolling in the Practice sequence.  Students transferring in as juniors may apply in the first semester of their junior year.  Please refer to the BSW Handbook and to the Application for Admission for further details regarding the admissions process.

The Bachelor of Social Work program at Southeastern University is fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Links

BSW Application for Admission  

BSW Student Handbook  

BSW Field Manual  

BSW Student Learning Outcomes  

BSW Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes