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Practice placement in social work : innovative approaches for effective teaching and learning / edited by Avril Bellinger and Deirdre Ford.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social workers--Training of.
- Social workers.
- Social service--Practice.
- Social service.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of innovative approaches to social work placements offers hope in the current climate of cuts to services and over-regulation. The international contributions offer practical guidance and challenge conventional approaches to placement finding, teaching and assessment in field education.
- Contents:
- A new model for social work education
- Practice learning and ownership: recognition and equality in the academy
- Index.
- 7. Getting our hands dirty: reconnecting social work education as if the earth matters
- Introduction
- The earth matters
- Professional reconnection
- Personal reconnection
- Getting down to earth
- Conclusion
- 8. Social media for students in practice
- Definitions
- Background
- Social media and social work practice
- The British Association of Social Workers' code of practice for social media
- Social media in social work practice education
- Professional boundaries
- Summary
- 9. Developing placement capacity in the third sector
- A student perspective
- A placement supervisor perspective
- Practice educator perspectives
- 10. Observations of student practice: what difference does observer qualification make?
- Context for the study
- Practice observation
- The pilot study
- Findings
- Discussion
- 11. Filling the gap: constructive responses to the erosion of training standards for practice educators
- Historical context
- A commitment to transformative learning
- The modules
- Delivery
- Assessment
- Feedback
- Analysis
- New initiatives
- 12. The concept of integrity in relation to failing and marginal students
- Applying the lens of integrity in relation to social work competence and the marginal student
- Addressing the issue of failing or marginal students
- 'Integrity moves' within the student journey
- The concept of integrity in practice
- Conclusion: maintaining integrity in the social work programme
- 13. Cultivating discretion: social work education in practice and the academy
- The impact of neoliberalism on social work practice
- The impact of neoliberalism on higher education
- The impact of neoliberalism on learning to be a professional.
- Intro
- PRACTICE PLACEMENT IN SOCIAL WORK
- Contents
- Foreword
- Notes on contributors
- 1. Student-led services
- Literature review
- Specific projects
- Reflections
- Making student-led services a reality
- 2. International placements: learning from a distance
- Theme 1: Isolation
- Theme 2: The changing nature of the relationship
- Theme 3: Shared learning and reciprocity
- 3. The outside looking in: an independent social worker's experience of practice educator work
- My social work journey
- Working as an independent social worker
- Independent social worker practice and social work education
- Personal foundations for the practice educator role
- Widening the net
- valuing practice learning opportunities from all sectors
- Supporting innovative practice learning
- In conclusion
- 4. 'Do you have to be white to pass this course?' Developing support for black and minority ethnic students in a predominantly white area
- The context for a support group
- Support groups as a safe space
- The student response
- Conclusion and future practice
- Recommendations
- 5. Men in social work education: building a gendered alliance
- Being men
- Becoming a social worker
- Learning with women
- Working and studying with women
- Recommendations to social work education
- 6. Hidden in plain sight: use of an arts-based method for critical reflection
- The case for an additional method
- Why use arts-based methods to further critical reflection?
- Critical reflection
- The method
- Using visual autoethnography for evaluation
- Evaluation and learning for future practice
- The potential of visual imagery for social work education.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2022).
- a Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447318644
- 1447318641
- 9781447318620
- 1447318625
- 9781447318637
- 1447318633
- OCLC:
- 934793841
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