SW 449 Social Work W/Jewish Clients
Required for all Simmons MSW/Hebrew College Certificate students. This course, taken concurrently with the students field placement in a Jewish agency, considers the development of Jewish values, foundations of Jewish identity, family structure, roles and responsibilities as members of a community, and relationships to other groups in a multicultural society. Family, synagogue, and communal organizations are also discussed. From this foundation, issues of clinical practice and practice theory are addressed, including case illustrations. Non-MSW/HC students and doctoral students may also take this course as an open elective.