scholarly journals Challenges in adapting field placement during a pandemic: A Jamaican perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 002087282097673
Author(s):  
Cerita S Buchanan ◽  
Sarah J Bailey-Belafonte
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Home Visits ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Short Essay ◽  
Information And Technology

The field experience component of social work training had to be quickly adjusted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and various factors guided this process. This short essay briefly explores how information and technology, home visits, insurance and liability, and licensing and regulation have impacted the adjustment of social work field placements in Jamaica during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also highlights the different methods of field placements that have been used in light of the challenges.

Factors Affecting BSW Students' Choices in Initial Field Placement: A Racial/Ethnic Comparison

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Marina Pereira ◽  
Jessica Retrum ◽  
Steven Forness
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Field Education ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Initial Field ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Social Work Field Education

Field placement experiences have long been viewed as a critical component of social work training. However, little research has focused on choice of initial undergraduate field placement experience and on factors affecting this choice, particularly as they relate to race or ethnicity. This study addressed this research gap in initial field placements for students seeking an undergraduate degree. Data from a survey of 220 students, collected through six semesters from their initial field placement course, are analyzed. Results suggest that students of color differ significantly from their White counterparts not only in choice of field placement but also in certain aspects of the decision process related to this choice. Implications for social work field education are discussed.

scholarly journals Social Work Training and Readiness for Trauma-Informed Care in Nursing Homes

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 718-718
Author(s):  
Nancy Kusmaul ◽  
Todd Becker
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Trauma Informed Care ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Bachelor Of Social Work ◽  
Trauma Informed

Abstract Most adults have experienced traumatic events (SAMHSA, 2017). Late-life traumas may compound upon trauma histories (Maschi, et al., 2013), accentuating the risks confronting older adults. Per CMS’ updated Requirements for Participation, nursing homes (NHs) must implement trauma-informed care (TIC) approaches, effective November 2019. Many NHs do not staff Masters of Social Work (MSWs), despite their expertise in providing mental health care. Notwithstanding, employed MSWs feel unprepared to help their NHs implement TIC. This presentation discusses findings from a national survey of NH social service directors (N = 932). Results showed 71% (n = 650) reported moderate to strong interest in TIC training. A Kruskal-Wallis H test revealed a statistically significant difference in TIC training interest χ2(1) = 43.690, p < .001, such that MSWs reported higher interest (M = 486.47) than non-MSWs (M = 375.23). There was no difference between those with and without a Bachelor of Social Work.

Modifying Attitudes and Adjustment through Social Work Training in an Agency Serving the Visually Handicapped

1976 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
Friedericka Mayers
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Visually Handicapped ◽  
Schools Of Social Work

Social work training oriented specifically toward the visually handicapped is not widely available in schools of social work, and it is consequently the responsibility of rehabilitative agencies to provide such training programs. A fieldwork program at an unidentified state center for the visually handicapped is described under the headings of seven “themes” or dimensions of training.

Practice Note: Supporting Social Work Students with Additional Needs when on Field Placement

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Barry Fearnley ◽  
Sarah Farah ◽  
Roisin McNally ◽  
Jade Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Further Development

This practice note focuses on work undertaken at a UK university to support social work students with additional needs when on their field placement. Following a brief introduction, it will provide an overview of social work field placements, illustrate some of the complexities surrounding field placements when social work students have additional needs, and highlight some of the work undertaken. It will conclude with some areas for further development and recommendations. It is hoped that the Practice Note will generate discussions about the importance of supporting social work students with additional needs when on placement and share good practice.  

scholarly journals From clients as fellow citizens to service users as co-producers of social work

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Peter Beresford ◽  
Suzy Croft
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Income Security ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Probation Service

Social work training remained the required pattern for probation officers for the first half of the last fifty years. With the abandonment of that link probation has gradually shifted its focus from ‘advise assist and befriend’ to surveillance and risk assessment. With that shift has come incoherence in management and organisation culminating in the disaster of Transforming Rehabilitation, the flagship reform introducing the private sector and payment by results. The policy on adult offenders is contrasted with the relative success of the Youth justice Board.Despite the absence of relationships from probation service publicity material, social work skills are required to engage with the issues of housing, employment and income security which blight lives of offenders after discharge.

Behavioural social work: Training and application

Practice ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Hollin ◽  
James Wilkie ◽  
Martin Herbert
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Training ◽  
Work Training
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