Customizable Supervision Template
How will your internship experience support your intern’s learning objectives? Consider breaking up your learning objectives,activities and projects based into topicsgroups during weekly supervision each month. This will help you and intern map out and align your responsibilities with your learning and development goals.
TOPICSMonth 1: Orientation / Competency / Specific Internship Activities Related to Competency
- Orientation-Welcome to Agency
- Review of agency’s Mission Statement
- Discuss Expectations from student
- Protocol when absent
- Method of communication
- Dress code/Being on Time
- Learning Assessment Tool
- Learning Agreement
- Review of Evaluation Process
Month 2: Professionalism Communication/Critical Thinking
- Accountability to Social Work Profession
- Field Site Protocols
- What to do if you don’t know what to do.
- Use of Technology in communication
- Oral and written communication
- Email Etiquette
Month 3:Engagement and Assessment w/Client - Population
- Community of agency and client populations
- Engage
- Build rapport
- Create trust
- Establish boundaries/parameters
- Diversity
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Month 4: Interventions with Client Population, Community
- Agency appropriate interventions
- Client and age appropriate interventions
- Individual Work
- Group work
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice
Competency 6: Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Month 5: Evaluate Practice
- Service Delivery
- Programs Development
- Program Evaluation and outcomes
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice
Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
Month 6: Ethics and Ethical Dilemmas/
- Common ethical dilemmas for social worker
- Share ethical dilemmas
- Student presents an ethical dilemma for discussion
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice
Month 7: Policy, Advocacy and Law
- Policies of your agency
- Implications of policies
- Impact of local, state and federal policy on agency and client work
- Ways to advocate at micro, mezzo and macro level
Competency 2: Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
Competency 4: Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice
Month 8:Termination
- Discuss termination process
- When does it begin?
- Gift giving/Gift receiving
- Expected behavior/protocol when student completes field placement
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice
Month 9: Reflect on Experience/ Next Steps/Career Goals
- Reflect on Experience
- Discuss strengths and skills gained and opportunities for growth
- Give student feedback on resume and description of internship
- Short and Long-term Career Goals
- Professional development opportunities
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities