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The mission of the SCSSW is to
advance the aims of the profession through education for excellence
in clinical social work practice and through the development of knowledge.
Clinical social work practice
is concerned with the interdependence between individuals
and their environments and the use of theoretically grounded, relationship based, culturally informed interventions to promote
healing, growth and empowerment. Clinical social work recognizes
and responds to the complexities of the human condition: its
strengths, possibilities, systems of meaning, resilience, vulnerabilities,
and tragedies. As a collaborative process, clinical social
work expresses the core values of the profession, including
recognition of client self-determination, growth and change in the client system, and pursuit of social justice. It rests
upon a liberal arts base and integrates evolving theories
about individuals, families, groups, communities, and the
larger social systems in which they are embedded.
In its educational practices, the School promotes critical
thinking and self-reflection to help students expand their
knowledge in the substantive areas of human behavior and the
social environment, social work practice, research, social
policy, field , values and ethics, diversity, populations-at-risk and social and economic justice. The School educates students in
the application of professional values and ethics, collaboration with other disciplines and the evaluation
and dissemination of evolving theories and practice models.
The School shares with the social work profession its historic
commitment to serve oppressed, disadvantaged and at risk members
of our society. It is committed
to implementing a curriculum that addresses the concerns,
issues, and interests of these populations. The School joins with the profession to struggle against inequality and oppression based on such variables as: race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, and disability. The School and
Smith College are committed to promote social justice,
service to society, and appreciation of individual
and cultural diversity in a multicultural community. The School recognizes
the pernicious consequences of racism and works to identify
and diminish the overt and covert aspects of racism. Smith College School for Social Work is committed to work toward becoming an anti-racism institution.
The School implements its educational mission through its
masters and doctoral degree programs, as well as through
its Program of Continuing Education. Through its scholarship, publications
and research and program initiatives, the School contributes
to the development and dissemination of knowledge relevant
to social work. In its affiliation with a liberal arts college,
the School places priority on the process of teaching and
learning and community service. The School maintains relationships of mutual respect
and influence with its affiliated agencies, major professional
organizations and other representatives of the social work
practice community to aid in curriculum renewal and to contribute
to the development of the profession as a whole.
Racism in the United States is a system of privelege, inequality, and oppression based on perceived categorical differences, values assigned to those differences, and a system of oppression that rewards and punishes people based on the assigned differences. It is manifested politically, socially, economically, culturally, interpersonally and intrapersonally and grounded in the unique history of racism in the United States.
Smith College School for Social
work is committed to addressing the pernicious and enduring multi-layered effects of racism. Anti-racism initiatives promote respect for and interest in multiple worldviews, values, and cultures. The School for Social Work develops and teaches knowledge, skills and values that enhance the ability to mutually affirm each other's equal place in the world. In addition, self-reflection and deepening conversations about race shape the Schools' anti-racsim mission and promote culturally responsive practice, research and scholarship, and other anit-racism activities.
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About
the Handbook
Table
of Contents
Introduction
Master's
Program, Summer
Master's
Program, Winter
The
Academic and Field Work Performance Standing Committee
Administrative
Policies & Procedures
Other
School Policies
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