The Field Education program strives to:

• Foster professional development wherein personal and professional skills are promoted in the interest of competent professional practice
   
• Develop practice competence as an entry level professional in generalist social work practice within the organization, the community, social work skills of assessment, planning and evaluation, and the profession
   

• Support the development of effective and efficient delivery of social welfare services and the process of quality improvement through professional evaluation
   
• Develop substantive understanding of social work knowledge, values and skills and demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the principles, which underlie professional social work practice
   
• Apply professional skills and techniques as well as analytical competence to work with direct and indirect systems in an agency setting and develop an understanding of the relationships between human behaviour and societal processes
   
• Develop self-awareness and self-discipline sufficient to enable students to apply their knowledge, values, and skills when working with client systems
   
• Develop critical thinking skills and an inquiring interest in professional issues and knowledge along with a commitment to the ethical principles of Social Work and the development of a professional identity
   
• There are seven educational objectives addressed within four areas: the organizational context of practice, the community context of practice, the social work skills context of practice and the professional context of practice.

• The Code of Ethics and the Guidelines for Ethical Practice as set out by the Canadian Association of Social Workers
• Accountability
• Professionalism
• Equity
• Suitability

Placement II Learning Objectives