scholarly journals The reform of social work practice education and training and supporting practice educators

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-66
Author(s):  
Jackie Plenty ◽  
David Gower
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Mandatory Requirement ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Training And Support ◽  
Academic Year

The BA (Hons) Social Work Programme at University Campus Suffolk (UCS) has just completed a full academic year embedding the new Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) produced by The College of Social Work (TCSW, 2012) and the Standards of Proficiency for Social Work (SoPS) (Health and Care Professionals Council, HCPC, 2012). UCS fully began this process a year ahead of the mandatory requirement for all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to introduce these in time for the 2013 -2014 academic year. The new regulatory frameworks were incorporated into the programme to allow an evaluative implementation pilot year and an opportunity for review. This study will set the scene for the important role that practice educators play in social work training and education within the context of recent developments. Despite the disruption created by revision to the teaching and learning on the programme, practice placements and additional training and support required for the social work academics feedback from practice educators and students suggests that the transition was a success. It will also highlight the benefits of the new frameworks in relation to the training and support that was provided, the need for the on-going training and support for practice educators as well as considering lessons to be learned and revisions needed for the next academic year.

scholarly journals Editorial

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulina Green
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Curriculum Renewal ◽  
Work Education

The articles in this issue of Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk cover topics related to the innovative utilisation of approaches and methodologies for teaching and learning in social work education and for intervention in social work practice. The first two articles examine the incorporation of technology-enhanced teaching and learning in social work education in the digital era. The first article provides insights into the emerging developments of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, especially for curriculum renewal to prepare prospective practitioners to operate in both online and offline environments. The second article describes how an authentic e-learning framework can provide a pedagogically improved method of course design for groupwork education.

scholarly journals Cri-de-Coeur

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 126-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justine McGovern
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Traditional Practice ◽  
Working Through ◽  
The City ◽  
Academic Year

This essay consists of a reflection on how the pandemic has affected my social work practice as a social work professor at the City University of New York, in the Bronx. It describes my thoughts and feelings, and identifies ways I intend to move forward in the coming academic year. It focuses on working through uncertainty by blurring boundaries between traditional practice expectations and practice during extraordinary times.

scholarly journals Social Work With Migrants and Refugees

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. i-x ◽  
Author(s):  
Marciana Popescu ◽  
Kathryn Libal
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Global Context ◽  
The Past ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
And Migration

This special issue of Advances in Social Work focuses on current challenges and best practices with migrants and refugees, in an increasingly difficult global context. Over the past decade, forced migration and displacement reached record numbers, while complex geopolitical, economic, and environmental factors contributed to escalating current challenges. International human rights and migration laws provide a framework too narrow and too limited for these recent developments. Political pressure and a growing identity crisis add to the xenophobia and climate of fear, in which security has in some cases become the primary rationale underpinning rapidly changing migration policies. Social work as a profession – in education and practice – has an important (if largely unfulfilled) role to play in advancing the human rights of migrants and refugees. In this commentary, we outline the macro contexts that shape social work practice with migrants and refugees, highlighting the great potential for social work to do much more to advance the rights and interests of those fleeing conflict, economic or natural disasters, or other upheavals.

Robust Responses to the Impact of Climate Change in Zimbabwe: Social Work’s Contribution

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatenda Goodman Nhapi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training ◽  
The Impact

It has become important that social work confronts environmental challenges associated with climate change. Environmental social work is an approach to social work practice founded on ecological justice principles. A literature review was conducted to analyse social work’s contribution to robust responses to the impact of climate change in Zimbabwe. Despite an enabling legal and policy environment, the degradation of natural resources has become pervasive owing to Zimbabwe’s socio-economic dynamics. Institutions such as the Council of Social Workers Zimbabwe (Council of Social Workers), and the National Association of Social Workers Zimbabwe complemented by the four universities that offer social work training are found to contribute to social work when mitigating the impact of climate change in Zimbabwe. These strategies enrich social work’s responses to the challenges of climate change and environmental degradation. This is achievable by engaging in research opportunities of applied action that explore communities’ public and social spaces. The article concludes by offering pathways for more proactive social work contributions towards mitigating climate change impacts in Zimbabwe.

An exploration of issues affecting the assessment of social work students on practice placement in England

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget Caffrey
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Field Education ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Training And Support ◽  
The Impact

Abstract;This PN explores issues affecting assessment of social work students on practice placements in England.  The authors have many years of experience in this area of social work and aim to highlight concerns about the complexity of assessment in practice settings. The PN reports on research presented by (author) at the 12th International Conference on Practice Teaching and Field Education in Health and Social Work, September 2018 to consider student perspectives. These highlight a sense of feeling powerless and judged. The PN also explores the wider issues potentially impacting on the assessment of students practice. Acknowledging the challenges of all assessments the PN considers how assessment of student practice may be further complicated by factors including the role and demands of universities, the impact of training and support for practice educators and pressures within current social work practice. The PN highlights longstanding inequalities within social work assessment on placements for some student groups, including BAME students. The authors draw on Brookfields (1998) reflective lenses and encourage the social work profession to reflect and consider how current practice might be improved. The authors invite ideas and feedback to stimulate a professional debate and new ideas.

An Exploration of Issues affecting the assessment of social Work students on practice placement in England

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 68-82
Author(s):  
Bridget Caffrey ◽  
Helen Fruin
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Current System ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Field Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training

The authors of this practice note acknowledge the centrality of practice learning in social work training in England. They recognise it is a defining feature of social work training. However they critically discuss the current model used to assess social work students on placement in England; a process prompted by research one of the authors presented at the 12th International Conference on Practice Teaching and Field Education in Health and Social Work, September 2018.The PN reviews persitant issues in the assessment of students on placement  and argues these have been exacerbated by changes to practice within the English  higher education system and social work practice. They argue the current system is fundamentally flawed and encourage the SW profession  to reflect using imagination and creativity to envisage alternative ways to assess students practice and to identify new ideas to pilot. 

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