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Practice placement in social work : innovative approaches for effective teaching and learning / edited by Avril Bellinger and Deirdre Ford.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bellinger, Avril, editor.
Ford, Deirdre, editor.
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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