Challenges, opportunities and innovations in social work field education / edited by Ronnie Egan, Nicole Hill and Wendy Rollins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Egan, Ronnie, editor.

Hill, Nicole, editor.

Rollins, Wendy, editor.

Series:

Routledge advances in social work.

Routledge advances in social work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work education.

Social service--Fieldwork.

Social service.

Fieldwork (Educational method).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2021

Biography/History:

Dr. Ronnie Egan is Associate Professor of Field Education in Social Work at RMIT University. She has specialised in research about supervision and practice for social workers and students, published widely in these areas and has extensive and active networks in the human service sector. Her relationships with the field span her career as a practitioner and academic, and this has enabled the development of innovative ways of understanding and facilitating the nexus between universities and the community. She chairs the National Field Education Network. Dr. Nicole Hill is a lecturer in the Department of Social Work at the University of Melbourne. Her position is dually focused on coordinating the Master of Social Work and strengthening the research profile of Field Education. In October 2019 she was appointed as Chair of the National Field Education Network (NFEN) and as the Field Education representative on the Australian and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research (ANZSWWER). She has a strong clinical history in acute and crisis health and mental health work and continues the work of her doctoral studies in the field of suicide prevention. Dr. Wendy Rollins is Senior Lecturer in social work at Victoria University, Melbourne. Wendy has extensive social work practice experience in a wide range of government and non-government settings in Victoria, Queensland and the ACT. Her teaching and research interests are in social work education, in particular, field education and in the relationship focus of social work practice that has resulted in publication. Wendy is a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers, Australian and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research and a founding member of National Field Education Network.

Summary:

"Social work field education is an integral component of social work education. This book collates and analyses the current research, debates, opportunities and practices in social work field education into one volume and contextualises this material within the broader context of social work. The sustainability of social work field education is gaining attention, with growing interest in challenges such as finding enough placements with accredited social workers, curriculum development, student diversity, student experience of placement and placement assessment of learning are also being examined by researchers and practitioners. This represents a challenge for the social work profession generally. Drawing on traditional and alternative pedagogical perspectives on field education and constructions of risk and uncertainty evident in current discourse, the book presents innovative responses to existing challenges and provides a reference point for future knowledge building in sustainable field education pedagogy and practice. Addressing the nature of the risks faced by universities in their provision of social work field education, as well as current research and practice learning innovation, this book will be of interest to university field education programs and industry field educators internationally."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section I Contextualising the Landscape of Social Work Field Education

1 Outlining the Context: Australian Social Work Field Education

2 Australian Field Education in the International Context

3 Field Education Stakeholders: Untangling the Rhetoric from the Reality

4 Regulating Field Education: Challenges and Prospects

5 Pedagogies Informing Social Work Field Education

Section II Current Research, Practice and Innovation in Social Work Field Education

6 Integrating Cultural Responsiveness into the Social Work Field Education Curriculum: Lessons from the Community

7 Preparing Students for Field Education Using Simulation-Based Learning

8 Fit, Suitable or Ready?: Taking a Strengths Approach to Student Transition to Placement

9 The Contribution of Field Education towards Professional Capability

10 Assessment in Field Education: Capability, Competence and Contradictions

11 Conceptualising the Liaison Role

12 Collaboration in Social Work Field Education

13 Thinking Outside the Square: The Quality and Sustainability of Placement Models

14 The Value of Community-Academic Partnerships in Field Education

15 Reinvigorating Fields of Practice Through Placement Innovation

16 Collaborating for the Future of Field Education

Postscript

Appendix: Field Education Pedagogical Statement

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-84323-2

0-429-45361-2

9780429453618

OCLC:

1159623974