An Innovative Social Work Fellowship Program Addressing Staffing Shortages

Module 1

• Who Am I As a Social Worker?
  • The social worker - self-awareness and use of self

Module 2

• Who We Work With: Patients and Families
  • Who do we work with?

Module 3 - 5

• The needs of our clients - assessment, diagnosis, and planning
  • What do our patients need?

Module 6

• Social, Physical, and Cultural Environments
  • What is our patients’ context?

Module 7

• How Do We Effectively Help Our Clients?
  • Are our interventions meeting the needs of clients?     

Module 8 - 11

• Client Interventions - effective interventions with patients and groups (micro-mezzo-macro)
  • What do we do with our patients?

Module 12

• The Social Worker Growing and Leading
  • Who am I, the social worker, going to be?

Each module is set up to cover a specific topic and include case-based simulations and discussions related to the module topic. Additionally, a lesson focused on Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) is included in each module.

Fellows will engage with their Clinical Supervisors who will assist with case-based work and support the Fellow with their Capstone Project throughout the year. Over the course of 40-60 hours, Fellows will choose a project of relevance to their context and interests that will demonstrate your motivation and capacity to make a definitive difference to care delivery, as well as contribute to your professional development. The completed projects will be presented to peers, and be evaluated by the facilitator.

Topics covered:

• Interprofessional collaboration
• Human growth and development (social work across the lifespan)
• Assessment and diagnosis (including high-risk cases)
• Trauma, abuse, neglect and trafficking
• Psychotherapy and clinical interventions
• Health care system - payment, language, key policies and historical context/expectations
• Advocacy, policy and macro practice in healthcare
• Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging
• Treatment modalities
• Social Determinants of Health/Social needs

• Clinical Supervisors for each fellow
• Module Facilitators
• Program Sponsor / Director

• 12 months of online curriculum
• LMS Platform and Support
• Impact Dashboard
• 1 month of clinical supervisor training related to the fellowship