1. -1-
Bethel University Social Work Program
Learning Contract Senior Field Instruction I, II, III
2014-2015
Student Name: Shelby Dahlheimer
Faculty Liaison: Julia Moen
Agency: Sherburne County Children’s Mental Health and Hillside Hope Thru Hooves
Address: 13800 Business Center Dr. NW Elk River, MN
Field Instructor: Marcy Mears
Phone:
Task Supervisor: Terry Bateman
Phone:
Beginning Month/Date: Sept. 2014 Ending Month/Date: May, 2014
Student Weekly Schedule: Wed. 8:30-4:30 and Thursdays 8:30-4:30
Supervision Time: Every other week at 10:00 am
Brief Description of Assignments, Roles and Responsibilities:
Number and types of assignments including student's work with individual, families, groups,community and organization.
[See Learning Contract-Initial Agreement]
Individuals: __Direct contact with children mental health and adult mental health clients, shadowa mental health professiona l with a
client participating in EAP services bi-weekly with HHTH. ______________________________________________
Groups: _Lead/Assist in ALS activities for a group attending HHTH before May 2015, Facilitate adult mental health CSP group o nce
a month till May 2015_____________________________
Families: ___Direct contact with families with child welfare and children’s mental health concerns____________________________
Community: _Outreach activities to greater community for outreach in mental health happening occasionally u ntil May 2015. Help
with HHTH fundraiser preparation and implementation in order to inform community about HHTH services._____________
Organization: _Documentation support for Social Workers in the Children’s and Adult mental health units at Sherburne Cou nty
HHTH means at Hillside Hope Thru Hooves,The rest of Material is from Sherburne County.
1. Professional Identity: Students will identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
1.1 Advocate for client access to the services of social work
1.2 Practice personal reflection and self-correction to assure continualprofessional development
1.3 Attend to professional roles and boundaries
1.4 Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and communication
1.5 Engage in career-long learning
1.6 Use supervision and consultation
Tasks:
1.1 I will assist clients in connecting with community resources and help make referrals to community based services until May,
2015.
1.2 I will practice self-reflection about my experiences at the County and Hillside on my commute home after every session until
May, 2015.
1.2 I will process my experience after every client visit or interaction with the Social Worker that I am shadowing until May , 2015.
1.3 I will strictly observe EAGALA sessions staying within the boundaries set and not verbally participate in front of the client, but
offer ideas and questions at the end of each session with the staff until December, 2014. (HHTH)
1.4 I will adhere to the Counties guidelines for attire and dress in business causalclothing until May 2015.
1.5 I attended Part 1 & 2 training for EAGALA certification, an ongoing process for best practice in equine therapy on Oct. 23-25,
2014. (HHTH)
1.6 I will meet with Marcy individually every other week to discuss questions,concerns,and new ideas I have while being in their
setting until May 2015.
I will have a conversation with my Field Instructor regarding my Professional Identity Paper. ____ Yes  No
2. Ethical Practice: Students will apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice.

2. -2-
2.1 Recognize/manage personalvalues in ways that allow professionalvalues to guide practice
2.2 Make ethical decisions by applying standards of the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics
2.3 Tolerate ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts
2.4 Apply strategies of ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions
2.5 Apply an ethical integration of one’s own faith and spirituality in practice
Tasks:
2.1 I attended a faith integration conference hosted by HACC to gather relevant tools and insight from other professionals on
collaborating personaland professionalvalues on Oct. 10, 2014. (HHTH)
2.2 I will work professionally with clients and show that they are valuable through the words that I choose even when their choices
re not the ones that I might have made, work on completion until May. 2015.
2.3 I will discuss any conflicts between professional and personalvalues with my supervisors and with weekly field group until
May 2015.
2.4 I will consult with other co-workers and/orstudents about strategies ofethical reasoning in my practice setting for one
particular case before May 2015.
2.5 I will integrate my faith into practice by upholding and honoring each person’s value and worth in all interactions until May,
2015
I will have a conversation with my Field Instructor regarding my Ethics Case. ____Yes ____ No
3. Critical Thinking: Students will apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
3.1 Distinguish, appraise and integrate multiple sources of knowledge including research based knowledge and practice wisdom
3.2 Analyze models of assessment,prevention,intervention, and evaluation
3.3 Demonstrate effective oral and written communication in working client systems and colleagues
Tasks:
3.1 I will attend children’s mental health group meetings to gain knowledge about cases and observe collaboration about best
practice every Wednesday untilDec. 2014.
3.2 I will analyze case notes and files from current and past clients to see models of assessment,prevention,intervention, and
evaluation every other week until Dec. 2014.
3.3 I will compose 2-3 case notes or reports of client visits before May, 2015.
I will have a conversation with my Field Instructor regarding my Senior Research Project. ____ Yes ____ No
4. Diversity in Practice: Student will be able to engage diversity and difference in practice.
4.1 Recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures/values may oppress,marginalize, alienate, or enhance privilege/power
4.2 Gain sufficient self-awareness to eliminate the influence of personalbiases/values in working with diverse groups
4.3 Recognize and communicate understanding of the importance of differences in life experience
4.4 View themselves as learners and engage those with whom they work as informants
Tasks:
4.1 I will read material on cultural competence protocol at the County and watch for integration of material in shadowing Social
Workers in the field until May 2015.
4.2 I wrote a diversity paper on my own self-awareness about cultural competency in October, 2015 and sent it to my supervisorto
review.
4.3 I will interview someone who is an Arab American and write a paper explaining my experience learning about a culture
different then my own. I then will share this with my field supervisorbefore May, 2015.
4.4 I will attend home visits with clients in order to observe and learn multiple ways to work with diverse clients until Dec. 2014.
I will have a conversation with my Field Instructor regarding my Diversity in Practice Paper. ____ Yes ____ No
5. Human Rights & Justice: Students will advance human rights and social and economic justice.
5.1 Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination that impact client systems
5.2 Advocate for human rights and social and economic justice
5.3 Engage in practices that advance social and economic justice
Tasks:

3. -3-
5.1 I will attend 2 court hearings and work with culturally diverse youth to understand the risk of oppression and discrimination
before May, 2015.
5.2 I will work as an educatorto client systems and personal relationships about client strengths and promoting social justice until
May, 2015.
5.2 I attended HHTH Fundraiser and assisted in raising awareness for the needs associated will clientele accessing our services on
Oct. 18, 2014. (HHTH).
5.3 I will program, and implement a support group for adolescent girls needing skills development over the course of an 8 week
sessions fromMarch to May, 2015.
I will have a conversation with my Field Instructor regarding my Policy Practice Project. ____ Yes ____ No
6. Research Based Practice: Student will engage in research informed practice and practice informed research.
6.1 Use practice experience to inform scientific inquiry and research
6.2 Use research evidence to inform practice
Tasks:
6.1 I will do a quantitative study at HHTH to gain further knowledge about the population Equine therapy best serves in Feb.
2015(HHTH).
6.2 I will write a grant for HHTH to gain funding for program development before May, 2015. (HHTH)
I will have a conversation with my Field Instructor regarding my Senior Research Project. ____ Yes ____ No
7. Human Behavior: Students will apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment.
7.1 Utilize conceptualframeworks to guide process of assessment,intervention and evaluation
7.2 Critique and apply knowledge to understand person and environment
Tasks:
7.1 I applied experimental learning activities in a group setting with youth from an Alternative Learning School on Sept. 21, 2014.
7.2 I developed a timeline of a client systemby my supervisors chose to synthesis information for best practice in November, 2014.
I will have a conversation with my Field Instructor regarding my Case Study. ____ Yes ____ No
8. Policy Practice: Students will engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective
social work services.
8.1 Analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance social well-being
8.2 Collaborate with colleagues and clients for effective policy action
8.3 Recognize faith and spiritual diversity in communities and advocate for policies that respect diversity
Tasks:
8.1 I met with the Social Service Planner to discuss policy work in Oct. 2014.
8.2 I will learn about how policy implementation affects current client populations at county children’s mental health service
ongoing until May, 2015.
8.3 I researched and identify 4 community based services that are faith based for my policy project in Oct. 2014.
I will have a conversation with my Field Instructor regarding my Policy Practice Project. ____ Yes ____ No
9. Practice Contexts: Student will respond contexts that shape social work practice.
9.1 Discover, appraise, and attend to changing locales, populations,scientific, technological developments, and societal trends to
provide relevant services in the organization
9.2 Provide leadership in promoting sustainable changes in service delivery and practice to improve the quality of social services
Tasks:
9.1 I will compare and contrast yearly data reports in county health and human services and identify 5 areas that require services
before May, 2015.
9.2 I assisted in program development for HHTH in the months of Nov. and Dec. 2014. (HHTH)
I will have a conversation with my Field Instructor regarding my Agency Presentations and Organizational Change Paper.
____ Yes ____No
10. Professional Practice: Student will engage, assess,intervene and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations
and communities.
10.1 Engagement:
10.1.1 Prepare for action with individuals, families, groups,organizations, and communities

4. -4-
10.1.2 Use empathy and other interpersonal skills
10.1.3 Develop a mutually agreed-on focus of work and desired outcomes
10.1.1 I will engage in conversation with Social Work staff to learn about past and present information about client in
order to best understand the current person in environment, ongoing until May, 2015.
10.1.2 I will interact with clients 1 on 1 and receive feedback form social worker on interpersonal skills before Dec. 2014.
10.1.3 I will work with 2 clients, establishing goals of methods to use in engaging them, and the review the process before
May, 2015.
10.2. Assessment:
10.2.1 Collect, organize and interpret written and verbal client information
10.2.2 Assess client resources,strengths and limitations
10.2.3 Develop mutually agreed-upon intervention goals and objectives
10.2.4 Select appropriate intervention strategies and roles
10.2.1 I will complete a functional assessment toolfor one client before May, 2015
10.2.1 I will assist socialworker with filing of important case notes when needed until May, 2015.
10.2.2. I will complete a list of strengths and needs for one client before May, 2015.
10.2.3 I will assist with creating an Individual Family and Community Service Plan for one client before May, 2015.
10.2.4 I will identify community resources the meet the needs of one client before May, 2015.
10.3. Intervention:
10.3.1 Initiate actions to achieve organizational goals
10.3.2 Implement prevention interventions that enhance client capacities
10.3.3 Help clients resolve problems
10.3.4 Negotiate, mediate, and advocate for clients
10.3.5 Facilitate transitions and endings
10.3.1 I will complete referral forms for linking client to one community based service before May, 2015.
10.3.2 I will complete Adult Mental Health Crisis Plan for one client before May, 2015.
10.3.3 I will assist socialworker in resolving crisis situations with two clients before May, 2015.
10.3.4 I will assist clients with having a voice two times in a community setting before May, 2015.
10.3.5 I will assist a social worker in helping a child move from one living setting to anotherbefore May, 2015.
10.4. Evaluation:
10.4.1 Critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions.
10.4.1 I observed the process for how and assessing when to close a case in Children’s Mental Health with a client in
December 2014.
Tasks:
I will have a conversation with my Field Instructor regarding my Case Analysis and SW Skills Self-Appraisal and Interview Rating
Scale. ____ Yes ____ No
Signatures
(separate page)
Student Signature: Date:
Field Instructor Signature: Date:
Task Supervisor Signature: Date:
Faculty Liaison Signature: Date: