SOCW623B Culturally Informed Behavioral Health Practice II
This four-course sequence provides students with methods and skills for behavioral health social work practice in California’s publicly funded behavioral health system, including government and non-profit behavioral health agencies, schools, health centers, and hospitals, among other settings. Students will build skills for engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation with individuals, families, and small groups using evidence-based practices. In this second course, students learn attachment focused therapies, including Interpersonal Therapy, Trauma-focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and family systems approaches. The course focuses on integrated behavioral health and conducting home, school, and field visits with consideration of cultural patterns of family dynamics and parenting and domestic violence. Students will gain skills for interprofessional collaboration and leadership in work with health, psychiatric, and school professionals and how to work in short- and long-term psychiatric units and physicians contracted to provide services for individuals with mild-moderate mental and behavioral health conditions. The population of focus is adults and families who are homeless. Students will learn about documentation requirements and how to write case notes.