Baccalaureate Social Work Degree Generalist Practice Competency-based
Education Model | Master's Social Work Degree Specialized Practice Competency-based
Education Model | Practice Doctorate Social Work Degree Doctoral Practice Practitioner-Scholar
Perspective | Research Doctorate Degree | PhD |
- Generalist practice is grounded in the liberal arts and the person-in-environment framework.
- To promote human and social well-being, generalist practitioners use a range of prevention and intervention methods in their practice with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities, based on scientific inquiry and best practices.
- The generalist practitioner identifies with the social work profession and applies ethical principles and critical thinking in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.
- They engage in research informed practice and are proactive in responding to the impact of context on professional practice.
| - Demonstrate an ability to engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate across client populations, problem areas, and methods of intervention.
- Extends and enhances the nine social work competencies that are demonstrated in observable behaviors indicative of competence in specialized areas of professional practice.
- Specialized practitioners synthesize and use the knowledge and skills necessary for interprofessional collaborations based on scientific inquiry and best practices, consistent with social work values.
- They engage in both research and advocacy in their commitment to changing structural inequities and to informing and improving practice, policy, and service delivery.
| - Develop, translate, and advance
social work practice knowledge; use and evaluate research-informed practice critically to translate and innovate social work practice; engage in systematic inquiry; and apply and disseminate research-informed knowledge, values, ethics, and skills in social work through practice, professional leadership, and/or teaching. - Core expertise and skills:
- advance practice through innovative approaches;
- use and critically evaluate research and knowledge;
- engage in scientific inquiry that reflects doctoral level scholarship;
- develop and disseminate practice-relevant research-informed knowledge through a variety of channels, such as teaching, scholarship, professional presentations, mentoring, and administration;
- provide leadership in social work practice and/or education; and
- develop and maintain substantive expertise in one or more areas of social work practice.
| - “Aims to prepare students to be scientists, scholars, and stewards of the discipline.”
- “Prepare graduates to develop substantive knowledge in an area of specialization, be able to conduct independent research, and have transferable skills and competencies for productive employability.”
Source: 2023 GADE Quality Guidelines for PhD Programs in Social Work |
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