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List of contents
Part 1 Pre-placement planning
1. Preparing for placement – student
2. Preparing for placement – supervisor
Part 2 Beginning placement
3. Getting started – student
4. Getting started – supervisor
5. Charting the course for placement – contracts and agreements
Part 3 Teaching and learning on placement
6. Critical reflection for teaching and learning
7. Developing good supervisory practices
8. Teaching and learning tools
9. Linking learning and practice in placement
Part 4 Methods and contexts of practice
10. Community work
11. Research and policy
12. Rural and international placements
13. Working with vulnerable adults
Part 5 Keeping on course
14. Challenging issues in supervision
15. Working with cultural and power differences
16. Ethical and legal issues
Part 6 Evaluating, assessing, and finishing placement
17. Assessment and evaluation – students and supervisors
18. Finishing well
19. Forging your transition from a student to a professional social worker
Appendix: Useful resources
About the author
Dr Helen Cleak is Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Allied Health, Human Service and Sport, La Trobe University, and has been a Visiting Fellow at Trinity College, Republic of Ireland and Queens College, Northern Ireland. She has a strong practice and research background in field education and was the Director of Field Education and International placements for over 20 years. She is on the Editorial Board of Australian Social Work and is a member of the accreditation Panel of the AASW and a member of the Expert panel to review the ASWEAS guidelines on field education. She is an active researcher in field education with colleagues in Australia, Ireland and United Kingdom and collaborates with health practitioners to research aspects of domestic and family violence.Professor Jill Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Social Work in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Queensland. Her research background is in aged care issues and disability. Currently she is the lead Investigator on an ARC grant exploring hospital social work responses to elder abuse. She has had extensive practical experience as a field educator and in teaching supervision and practice skills to students and field educators.
Summary
Learn how to get the most from your placements with this user-friendly text. The bestselling Making the Most of Field Placement offers a practice-based approach to teaching and learning during placement experiences. Written for both students and supervisors, it follows the stages of a placement from planning through to evaluation. The core practice issues and ideas discussed can be used for a wide range of fields including social work, welfare work, disability work, youth work, community work and other human services. This edition has been updated to reflect the 2020 Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards along with new chapters on working with vulnerable people and becoming a professional.
