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  • SW 8007: Dual Diagnosis

    2.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This course will focus on social work treatment and case management with persons presenting with a Mental Illness and a Psychoactive Substance Abuse Disorder. The historical schism between the mental health and addiction treatment models will be reviewed in the context of the current treatment and philosophical environment. The significance of co-morbidity; medication treatment; the role of families; use of self-help organizations; hospitalization intervention; environmental issues such as living arrangements, legal status, and financial needs; physical health; vocational development; client sexuality and the risk for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV; and community based support and personal support systems will be examined using a biopsychosocial framework. Students will apply assessment and empirically based interventions modalities to theoretical and practice cases as well as identifying ethical dilemmas and developing resolution strategies.
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  • SW 8020: Practice and Program Evaluation for Direct Practice

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This course is designed to teach students different methods to evaluate clinical practice and program efficacy. The use of the scientific method to inform practice and program decisions is a theme throughout the course. The course will stress the necessity for social workers to demonstrate effectiveness and efficiency in all of their professional roles and tasks. The organizational and administrative supports that facilitate the measurement and record keeping necessary to demonstrate worker effectiveness and evaluate programs will be discussed. Throughout the course, attention will be paid to the ethical, practical, and evaluation contexts. Course topics will also include ways in which research can be made sensitive to the needs of minorities and women and respect differences in values. Ways in which research results can be abused and misinterpreted to support policy and program change will be discussed.
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  • SW 8025: Supervision and Leadership

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This advanced practice course will focus on the development of knowledge and skills involved in the role of social worker as supervisor and supervisory leader. It introduces and examines a range of models of social work supervision, with specific emphasis on the principles and practices of first-line supervision in micro, mezzo and macro practice settings. Special attention is given to developing the interpersonal and analytic functions of supervision, including supervision as a leadership function, power and authority, professional boundaries, staff recruitment, selection, performance evaluation, and addressing staff-related performance problems. Throughout the course, students will be sensitized to biases based on differences and their potential impact on supervisory understanding, support, education and evaluation of supervisees. Ethical dimensions of supervision are critically examined, and specific legal obligations and related liabilities of supervisors are identified. In addition, the course will provide opportunities for students to conceptualize their own approaches to supervision and supervisory leadership and begin the development of applicable strengths-oriented empowering strategies.
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  • SW 8030: Social Welfare Administration and Advanced Macro Practice: Theory and Methods

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    The course focuses on the development of macro practice knowledge and skills in social work management and administration. It examines the attributes, skills, and behaviors associated with administrative roles in human service organizations. Management theories consistent with social work values are provided for students to understand the roles and responsibilities of the social work administrator. Attention is given to leadership and planning skills that guide the implementation of administrative practice in organizational settings. Emphasis is on planning context for diverse settings, decision making, information management, personnel management, board operations within complex political, organizational and community social service settings. The course also examines ethical and justice implications of management and administrative practice. The course addresses issues of social and organizational accountability, the ethics of policy and administrative practice and the impact of social work administrative practice on at risk populations in urban environments.
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  • SW 8031: Human Resources Management

    2.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This course develops the student's skills in the areas of basic principles of managing a nonprofit agency's human resources. A series of human resource planning tools are presented that address ethical, legal, and motivational aspects of effectively and ethically managing human resources. The course includes an overview of the knowledge and skill sets required to manage staff, volunteers, and members of a volunteer nonprofit board. Special attention will be paid to issues of diversity among staff, volunteers, and board members.
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  • SW 8032: Strategic Management and Community Practice

    2.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This course provides managerial and community practice skills that guide the implementation of policy and practice in community and organizational settings. It prepares students with specialized knowledge and skills for advanced macro practice within a broad array of organization and community systems. The two primary content areas of the course are: (1) strategic management, including strategic planning and the development and use of management information systems in the human services; and (2) advanced community practice, with an emphasis on knowledge, theories, and frameworks relevant to community practice interventions. Specific attention to issues related to ethics, values, diversity, and discrimination will be interwoven throughout the course.
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  • SW 8033: Program Planning and Evaluation

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This course focuses on theoretical and strategic issues in designing and implementing formative or summative evaluations of social work macro-level programs, including the influence of the socio-cultural and political contexts on these interventions. The course builds on the ecological systems perspective that views program planning and evaluation as arenas for social change. It illustrates how ethics, values and resources influence program design and decision-making. Integration of the course concepts takes place through the development of a comprehensive program proposal that makes use of students' practicum sites or other identified community organizations and initiatives.
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  • SW 8034: Financial Planning and Management

    2.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This course develops the student's skills in the basic principles of managing and controlling the financial resources of a nonprofit agency. A series of financial management planning tools are presented to help students develop an understanding of budget planning, translating objectives into cost factors, understanding the role and scope of fundraising and grant-writing in agency fiscal stability, resource planning and forecasting, and legal and ethical issues relevant to agency financial management. Special attention will be paid to cultural diversity in the community and how this impacts fund-raising and grant writing efforts designed to support the agency.
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  • SW 8040: Child and Family Services: Programs and Policies

    2.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This course provides an overview of the programmatic and policy issues which govern the service systems impacting children and their families. Special attention is given to the public and private child welfare systems. Specifically, this course builds on the policy content explored in the first year by examining how welfare reform, managed care/privatization, and legal procedures affect the delivery of services to children and their families. This course also helps the student evaluate policy decisions/implementation in light of social work's value base. Students will learn how to navigate the system in order to advocate for clients and promote system change. Finally, policies and programs are examined for their differential impact on oppressed and vulnerable populations.
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  • SW 8041: Advanced Practice with Children and Families I

    3.00 Credits
    University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

    This is the first of a two-semester sequence designed to prepare students for advanced practice in social work with children and families. The course begins with a survey of issues in this field of practice. Students will review developmental and human behavior theories and knowledge of human diversity and culture for use in understanding the experiences of children and families. Engagement, interviewing and assessment skill development specific to working with children and their families will be a primary focus. Specialized assessment tools and risk assessment procedures along with an introduction to interventions common across child and family practice will enhance the practice knowledge and skill development focus of the course. Students will develop skills in determining interventions common across child and family practice. Ethical issues that impact child and family practice will also be examined.
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