Practice placement in social work : innovative approaches for effective teaching and learning /

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

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At a time of acute student placement shortages for all professions, this work proposes original solutions to creating and maintaining high quality opportunities for students. Chapters will explore key concerns including sustainability, food security and preparing social workers for global challenges...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Bellinger, Avril (Editor), Ford, Deirdre (Editor), Doel, Mark, 1950- (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Social work education.
Social service.
Reflective learning.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • PRACTICE PLACEMENT IN SOCIAL WORK
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1. Student-led services
  • Introduction
  • Literature review
  • Specific projects
  • Reflections
  • Making student-led services a reality
  • 2. International placements: learning from a distance
  • Introduction
  • Theme 1: Isolation
  • Theme 2: The changing nature of the relationship
  • Theme 3: Shared learning and reciprocity
  • Conclusion
  • 3. The outside looking in: an independent social worker's experience of practice educator work
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Introduction
  • Being men
  • Becoming a social worker
  • Learning with women
  • Working and studying with women
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendations to social work education
  • 6. Hidden in plain sight: use of an arts-based method for critical reflection
  • Introduction
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Introduction
  • A student perspective
  • A placement supervisor perspective
  • Practice educator perspectives
  • Conclusion
  • 10. Observations of student practice: what difference does observer qualification make?
  • Introduction
  • Context for the study
  • Practice observation
  • The pilot study
  • Findings
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • 11. Filling the gap: constructive responses to the erosion of training standards for practice educators
  • Introduction
  • Historical context
  • A commitment to transformative learning
  • The modules
  • Delivery
  • Assessment
  • Feedback
  • Analysis
  • New initiatives
  • Conclusion
  • 12. The concept of integrity in relation to failing and marginal students
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Introduction
  • 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.
  • A new model for social work education
  • Practice learning and ownership: recognition and equality in the academy
  • Index.

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