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Master of Social Work Program

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) explicitly provides the nine competencies, or program outcomes, needed to be a competent and successful social worker. The USM Social Work Program will adopt these nine competencies and not add any additional ones.

The program develops social workers who:

1. Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
2. Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
3. Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
4. Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice
5. Engage in Policy Practice
6. Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
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

Generalist: Foundational Social Work  

The foundational, generalist curriculum plan is based on generalist social work practice and is guided by the 9 generalist competencies and 31 behaviors of the Educational Policies and Accreditation Standards (2015) by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). The generalist curriculum plan lays the foundational knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive and affective processes necessary for generalist practice of social work. The generalist, foundational curriculum also provides the framework for more advanced and specialized social work practice at the graduate level. Social work is competency-based education. The CSWE explicitly provides the nine (9) generalist social work competencies, or program outcomes, needed to lay the foundation for master of social work practice. 

Specialist: Health and Mental Health Social Work

The specialization of Health and Mental Health Social Work is the clinical and direct practice of social work with diverse populations within health and mental health care systems. The specialization supports bio-psycho-social-spiritual and trauma-informed knowledge bases of direct practice social work in the context of the biomedical model of health and mental care services. The specialization emphasizes the values of social justice and dignity and worth of all people to promote adequate standards of living and comprehensive health care in the context of health disparities and unjust health and mental health care policies. The specialized curriculum trains students in comprehensive skills of engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation to address the diverse needs of individuals, families, groups, and organizations in the health and mental health care system. The Health and Mental Health specialization focuses on the curriculum and competencies necessary for advanced knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive and affective processes for social work in health and mental health systems of care. The Health and Mental Health specialization is guided by 9 health and mental competencies and 22 behaviors that extend and enhance the generalist social work curriculum and competencies.

Specialist: Forensic Social Work 

The specialization of Forensic Social Work is the intersection of the profession of social work and the law. The specialization emphasizes systems theory, restorative justice, therapeutic jurisprudence, and human rights and social justice systems perspectives that gird forensic social work practices with individuals, families, and communities.  Forensic social work education emphasizes the values of human rights, social justice, and dignity and worth of all people in the context of existing policy and legal issues with populations that contribute to social injustices and human rights violations. The specialized curriculum equips students with translatable engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation skills that are necessary to help a variety of populations interfaced with the legal system. The population areas of forensic social work include: adult and juvenile criminal justice, family violence, child welfare, mental health, substance abuse, immigration, public education, and disability and aging populations. The Forensic Specialization focuses on the curriculum and competencies necessary for advanced knowledge, values, skills, and cognitive and affective processes for social work in forensic systems of care. The Forensic Specialization is guided by 9 forensic social work competencies and 22 behaviors that extend and enhance the generalist social work curriculum and competencies.

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In compliance with CSWE, the 花椒直播 MSW program Form AS 4(M) with the most recent assessment outcomes for each program option is available at this link:

Form AS 4(M)