Mentorship and engaging with colleagues are important components of professional development. In this assignment, you?engage with an experienced social work supervisor as a means of better

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Mentorship and engaging with colleagues are important components of professional development. In this assignment, you engage with an experienced social work supervisor as a means of better understanding the field and best practices within the profession. Through this glimpse into the real world of social work, you will better understand the concepts and theories you are learning in your course.

By successfully completing this assignment, you demonstrate your proficiency in the following EPAS and the advanced generalist specialized behaviors:

• Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.
  • C1.SP.A: Apply professional use of self and leadership skills with colleagues, clients, groups, organizations, and communities.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 8. Explain the importance of self-care in social work practice when acting as a supervisor.
• Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.
  • C1.SP.B: Articulate and provide leadership in the application of the core values and ethical standards of the social work profession through an ethical problem solving model to aid in critical thinking, affective reactions and ethical decision making related to individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to guide and inform ethical practice in the specialization of advanced generalist social work.
    • Related Assignment Criteria:
      • 3. Connect the NASW Code of Ethics to social work and best practices in supervision.
      • 4. Explain how education, training, and practice support can help protect the code of ethics and best practices of social work supervisors.
      • 5. Explain how technology supports best practices and ethical standards used in social work practice.
• Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice.
  • C2.SP.A: Analyze dimensions and differentiation in diversity and apply the influence of relationships and affective reactions to intervention techniques and technologies with diverse clients, families, groups, organizations, and communities. 
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 6. Explain dimensions of diversity and how they influence leadership and supervision in social work.
• Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice.
  • C3.SP.C: Analyze and respond to evolving leadership, technological, political, economic, social cultural, geographical, and environmental contexts to shape the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
    • Related Assignment Criteria:
      • 2. Identify best practices and standards related to supervision and leadership integrated into the social work profession.
      • 5. Explain how technology supports best practices and ethical standards used in social work practice.
      • 7. Describe how leadership skills advance social and economic well-being when working collaboratively.
• Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice.
  • C5.SP.A: Apply leadership skills and decision making as social change agents to collaborate with clients, colleagues, and identified stakeholders to advance social and economic well-being in the delivery of effective and technology-assisted social work services to individuals, families, and groups.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 7. Describe how leadership skills advance social and economic well-being when working collaboratively.
• Competency 6: Engage With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
  • C6.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when engaging with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 10. Apply critical thinking through written communication in analyzing social work best practices and supervision.
• Competency 6: Engage With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
  • C6.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when engaging with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 9. Describe conflict theories that support best practices as an advanced generalist supervisor.
• Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
  • C7.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when assessing colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 10. Apply critical thinking through written communication in analyzing social work best practices and supervision.
• Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
  • C7.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when assessing individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 9. Describe conflict theories that support best practices as an advanced generalist supervisor.
• Competency 8: Intervene With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
  • C8.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology when intervening with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 10. Apply critical thinking through written communication in analyzing social work best practices and supervision.
• Competency 8: Intervene With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
  • C8.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 9. Describe conflict theories that support best practices as an advanced generalist supervisor.
• Competency 9: Evaluate Practice With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
  • C9.SP.A: Apply critical thinking and decision making in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology evaluations with colleagues, individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 10. Apply critical thinking through written communication in analyzing social work best practices and supervision.
• Competency 9: Evaluate Practice With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
  • C9.SP.B: Apply and integrate theories of human behavior and the social environment in the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
    • Related Assignment Criterion:
      • 9. Describe conflict theories that support best practices as an advanced generalist supervisor.
• Competency 9: Evaluate Practice With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
  • C9.SP.D: Analyze and respond to evolving leadership, technological, political, economic, social cultural, geographical, and environmental contexts to shape the specialization of advanced generalist practice evaluation.
    • Related Assignment Criteria:
      • 2. Identify best practices and standards related to supervision and leadership integrated into the social work profession.
      • 5. Explain how technology supports best practices and ethical standards used in social work practice.
      • 7. Describe how leadership skills advance social and economic well-being when working collaboratively.

Assignment Instructions

As you prepared for your interview, you designed questions to ask the social worker supervisor about each of the following content areas. You also need to conduct a literature review to gather additional evidence-based information to enhance the information you gathered from the interview. It might be helpful to conduct the literature review synchronously to designing the interview questions. This written assignment is your opportunity to synthesize the information gathered from the interview and your literature review into a comprehensive and concise discussion about best practices in supervision. You must make clear connections between the interview and the theories and standards involved in the profession.

Complete the following:

Section 1

Copy and paste the e-mail that confirms, by reply of your interviewee, your meeting with the social work supervisor you met with for this assignment. The confirmation must include the name, credentials, agency, and contact phone and e-mail address of the person interviewed. It must also include the meeting date, time, and location of your meeting. This information is subject to confirmation by your instructor. If this information is not included in the assignment, it will be returned to you with a grade of zero.

Section 2

Organize your paper, using headings, to address each of the content areas. Be sure that you synthesize information from the interview with content learned from the text, articles, NASW resources, and additional resources into these categories.

• Identify best practices and standards that are a part of supervision and leadership within the social work profession and how they are integrated into the social work profession. Why are they important to the profession?
• Connect the NASW Code of Ethics to Best Practice Standards in Social Work Supervision.
• Explain how education, training, and practice support can help protect the NASW Code of Ethics and Best Practice Standards in Social Work Supervision.
• Explain how technology supports best practices and ethical standards used in social work practice.
• Explain dimensions of diversity and how they influence leadership and supervision in social work.
• Describe how to use leadership skills when working with a supervisee to advance social, economic, and environmental well-being? How does this affect supervisee performance in addressing social, economic, and environmental well-being?
• Explain the importance of self-care in social work practice when serving as a supervisor. Why is this important and include examples of best practices in self-care.
• Describe critical or conflict theory that support best practices as an advanced generalist supervisor.
• Apply critical thinking through written communication in analyzing social work best practices for supervision.

Additional Requirements

The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards. Include a title page, reference page, headers, and appendices as applicable. For example, the list of questions used for the consolation should be in an appendix. Reference the appendices as needed within your paper.
• Cited resources: Minimum of four scholarly sources. All literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
• Length of paper: Minimum of four double-spaced pages.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.