Competency #1
Integrates supervision and consultation to guide professional judgement and behavior.
Demonstrates professional development by identifying the specialized skills and theoretical knowledge needed for competent advanced social work practice.
Competency #2
Demonstrates cultural awareness by recognizing and integrating diverse populations' varying values, cultures, norms, and beliefs throughout the engagement, assessment, and intervention process.
Communicates in a culturally responsive way while recognizing various community structures, values, and norms.
Competency #3
Considers the effects of oppression, discrimination, structural social inequality, and historical trauma on clients/constituents and their systems to guide intervention planning.
Advocates for underserved populations and communities and works to help them build capacity for self-advocacy.
Competency #4
Develops intervention plans based on the best available research and "best practices."
Identifies the strengths and challenges of current evidence-based practices when applied across systems and populations.
Competency #5
Critically evaluates and creates awareness about agency and/or government policies and regulations that impact the well-being of clients and communities.
Applies critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that support the needs of clients and communities.
Competency #6
Applies knowledge of advanced theory and skills when choosing engagement strategies.
Engages in interprofessional teams and stakeholders associated with clients' needs.
Competency #7
Develops mutually agreed-upon evidenced-based interventions that consider culture, values, and safety.
Assesses how the agency's mission, structure, and vision connect to client outcomes.
Competency #8
Implements interventions based on the strength's perspective, biopsychosocial needs, and current evidenced-based practice appropriate for the setting and client needs.
Promotes effective transitions and endings that incorporate mutually agreed-upon goals.
Competency #9
Utilizes evaluation data to inform new intervention strategies.
Evaluates the effectiveness of community services and resources for clients and agency functioning.

I am currently participating in an advanced social work internship in an addiction medicine clinic. I will begin by shadowing a member of the Inpatient Addiction Consult team. I will then move on to completing biopsychosocial assessments, providing brief interventions for patients in the areas of crisis management, motivational interviewing, Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), and psychoeducation on various topics such as harm reduction, intoxication, and withdrawal from substances, goal setting, managing triggers, and developing coping skills. Additionally, I will participate in discharge planning and identification of resources in the community to assist patients once discharged.Further tasks will include assisting in developing patient education materials and conducting screenings for resources to serve clients with substance use in the community. Finally, I will help with data coding and tracking of patients through the RedCAP system to include engagement calls with discharged patients at 30, 60, 180-day intervals.

In my course, we are being asked to construct SMART goals in relation to the Nine Competencies of Social Work set forth by the Council on Social Work Education. Below I have included the areas I would like to focus on within each competency. Where I am struggling with is coming up with SMART goals for each. By SMART, I mean Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time Bound. Example: Student will insert practice behaviorby date, as evidenced by measurement. Example Macywill utilize appropriate resources and services for clients weekly,as evidenced by client chart documentation.

I must have two goals for each competency. Any assistance with how to break this down would be appreciated.