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The mission of the Master of Social Work Program is to prepare competent, compassionate and research-informed social work professionals to advocate for social and economic justice and human well-being, while honoring diversity and within the context of the social environment. An emphasis on caring human relationships, and freedom from all forms of oppression, while supporting strengths, empowerment, and enhancing quality of life, will be the focus of practice. As advanced generalist practitioners, students will become effective leaders through planning and problem solving, multi-system and interdisciplinary collaboration, and excellence in service to individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations, all from a global perspective. In line with the greater mission of Ramapo College, the MSW Program will emphasize individual attention to students and promote diversity, inclusiveness, sustainability, student engagement, and community involvement through interdisciplinary and experiential learning, and international and intercultural understanding.
The goals and outcomes of the MSW program are derived from the program’s mission as follows:
Preparation of students for advanced generalist practice is based on a person-in-environment perspective that is global and dynamic, respect for human diversity, advocacy for human rights, a strengths perspective, and scientific inquiry. The program’s aim is to equip students for practice in an ever-changing world fraught with infinite variation and persistent obstacles to justice. Excellent advanced generalist practice results from understanding and acknowledging the transitory nature of human interaction and the incremental development of services necessary to respond with a client-centered approach, whether that client is an individual, family, group, community, or organization.
The central means to accomplish the MSW program’s mission and goals is through an integrated learning process that values classroom and practicum learning equally. The classroom integrates on-site learning in agency practicum internships with knowledge, values, and skills. Practicum experiences are arranged through the Social Work Office of Practicum Education. Each student completes 600 hours of practicum internship per year in qualified agencies under qualified practicum instructors to graduate.
The Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS 2015) of CSWE measure learning outcomes according to competencies defined by practice behaviors appearing at foundation and concentration levels of learning. The MSW program at Ramapo College has adopted CSWE’s competencies, practice behaviors, and advanced generalist practice behaviors.
All programs accredited by the Council on Social Work Education’s Commission on Accreditation (COA) are required to measure and report student learning outcomes. All students are assessed using a minimum of two measures on their mastery of the nine competencies that comprise the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) and any additional competencies programs may choose to add. These holistic competencies reflect the dimensions (knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive & affective processes) of social work practice that all social workers are expected to master during their professional
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