A Field Guide for Social Workers: Applying Your Generalist Training / Edition 1

by Shelagh J. Larkin

Overview

Integrating theory with practice, A Field Guide for Social Workers: Applying Your Generalist Training helps students understand and overcome the challenges of field education. This comprehensive text provides the necessary tools to develop and demonstrate core competencies set forth by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) using author Shelagh Larkin’s generalist field education approach grounded in generalist practice literature. Integrative activities and reflection questions directly apply generalist training to field experience. Students will be equipped to meet the goals of the field and realize their potential as generalist practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506379241
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/27/2018
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Chapter 1: Field Education: A Generalist Approach
Social Work Education
Field in Social Work Education
Reflection Question 1.1
The Generalist Field Education Approach
Table 1.1 The Generalist Field Education Approach
Figure 1.1 The Relationship of Classroom and Field in the Development of Competent Generalist Practitioners
Developing and Demonstrating Competence in Field
Integrative Activity 1.1: Translating Core Competencies into Field Competencies and Tasks
Reflection Question 1.2
The Who’s Who of Field Education
The Learning Triangle
Figure 1.2 The Learning Triangle
The University
The Agency
The Student
Reflection Question 1.3
Process and Content in Generalist Field Education
Reflection Question 1.4
Socialization to the Profession
The Use of Portfolios in Field
Integrative Activity 1.2: The Field Portfolio
The Role of Reflection in Field
Integrative Activity 1.3: The Field Journal
Final Thoughts on the Importance of Field
Frequently Experienced Situation
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Chapter 2: The Organization: Orientation and Training
Field Education as Immersion
The Organization
Student-in-Organization
Reflection Question 2.1
Multilevel Orientation
Individual Level
Agency Level
Larger System Level
Integrative Activity 2.1 Orientation and Training
Agency Analysis
Integrative Activity 2.2 Agency Analysis
The Role of Curriculum in Orientation
Integrative Activity 2.3 Curriculum Review
The Training Plan
Table 2.1 Five-Step Training Plan
Frequently Experienced Situation
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Chapter 3: The Plan and Pace of Learning in Field
The Learning Plan
Elements of the Learning Plan
Integrative Activity 3.1 Identifying Multilevel Learning Tasks
Integrative Activity 3.2 Identifying Foundational Roles of Social Work in Field
Table 3.1 Developing Objectives for Learning
Reflection Question 3.1
Developing Your Learning Plan
Integrative Activity 3.3 Constructing the Field Learning Plan 64
The Pace of Learning
Reflection Question 3.2
Frequently Experienced Situation
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Chapter 4: Safety in Field
Safety in Field Education
SAFE Field Education
Table 4.1 SAFE Field Education
Three Areas of Personal and Professional Well-Being
Physical Well-Being
Psychological Well-Being
Reflection Question 4.1
Professional Well-Being
Reflection Question 4.2
Assessing Safety in Field
Integrative Activity 4.1 Field Safety Assessment
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Chapter 5: Field Supervision
Field Supervision
Functions of Field Supervision
Administrative Function of Field Supervision
Educational Function of Field Supervision
Supportive Function of Field Supervision
The Structure and Logistics of Supervision
Timing
Content
Integrative Activity 5.1 The Supervision Outline
Integrative Activity 5.2 The Supervision Agenda
Integrative Activity 5.3 Documenting Your Supervision Session
The Tools of Supervision
Reflection Question 5.1
Frequently Experienced Situation
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Chapter 6: Effective Communication Skills for Field
Communication Skills for Generalist Practice
Reflection Question 6.1
Oral Communication Skills
Interviewing
Integrative Activity 6.1 Assessing Interviewing Skills
Integrative Activity 6.2 The Process Recording
Nonverbal Communication
Telephone Communication
Reflection Question 6.2
Written Communication Skills
Integrative Activity 6.3 Writing a Case Note
Communication and Technology
Internet and E-Mail Use in Agencies
Cell Phone Usage
Social Media
Computer Systems
Reflection Question 6.3
Communication Challenges in Field
Reflection Question 6.4
Frequently Experienced Situations
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Chapter 7: Ethical Practice in Field
Values and Ethics in Social Work
Reflection Question 7.1
The Agency Ethics Audit
Integrative Activity 7.1 The Agency Ethics Audit
Reflection Question 7.2
Ethical Decision Making
Reflection Question 7.3
Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Figure 7.1 Resolving an Ethical Dilemma: A Flowchart
The Role of the Law in Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Integrative Activity 7.2 Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Reflection Question 7.4
Frequently Experienced Situations
Chapter 8: Diversity and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice in Field
Understanding Key Aspects of Diversity
Culture
Cultural Competence
Cultural Humility and Intersectionality
Integrative Activity 8.1 Understanding Diversity in Field: A Multilevel Approach
Reflection Question 8.1
Developing Culturally Competent Practice Skills
Integrative Activity 8.2 Developing Culturally Competent Practice Skills in Field
Understanding Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice in Field
Integrative Activity 8.3 Identifying Social, Economic, and Environmental Injustice in Field
Reflection Question 8.2
Advancing Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice in Field
Advocacy and Policy Practice
Integrative Activity 8.4 Policy Analysis and Practice
Reflection Question 8.3
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Chapter 9: Critical Thinking in Field
Task Analysis
Integrative Activity 9.1 Task Analysis
Evidence-Based Practice in Field
Integrative Activity 9.2 The Literature Review
Reflection Question 9.1
Case Presentation
Integrative Activity 9.3 Case Presentation
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Chapter 10: The Planned Change Process in Field
Table 10.1 Five-Step Process of Using the Planned Change Process in Field
The Phases of the Planned Change Process
Integrative Activity 10.1 The Phases of the Planned Change Process in Field
The Planned Change Process: Multilevel
Reflection Question 10.1
Multilevel Assessment and Implementation of Multilevel Plans
Conducting Multidimensional/Multilevel Assessments
Integrative Activity 10.2 The Multidimensional/ Multilevel Assessment
Developing and Implementing Multilevel Plans
Table 10.2 Theoretical Perspectives and Practice Theories and Models
Integrative Activity 10.3 Identifying Theoretical Perspectives, Practice Models, and Commonly Used Interventions in Field
Reflection Question 10.2
Integrative Activity 10.4 Developing and Implementing Multilevel Plans
The Planned Change Case Analysis
Integrative Activity 10.5 The Planned Change Case Analysis
Frequently Experienced Situations
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Chapter 11: Professional Development of Self in Field
Reflection Question 11.1
The Professional Defined
Reflection Question 11.2
Ethical Responsibilities of the Professional
Professional Development
Professional Development: A Spiritually Sensitive Perspective
Reflection Question 11.4
Reflection Question 11.5
Reflection Question 11.6
Professional Development of Self Capstone Paper
Integrative Activity 11.1 Professional Development of Self Capstone Paper
Frequently Experienced Situation
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Chapter 12: Endings in Field Education
Endings in Social Work Practice
Reflection Question 12.1
Types of Endings in Practice
Reflection Question 12.2
Endings in Field Education
Ending Your Relationship with Your Agency
Reflection Question 12.3
Ending Your Relationship with Your Field Instructor
Reflection Question 12.4
Ending Your Field Education Experience
Integrative Activity 12.1 Curriculum Analysis
Pulling It All Together
Integrative Activity 12.2 Pulling It All Together
What’s Next?
Finding a Job
Going to Graduate School
What About Something Completely Different?
Advanced Field Education
Reflection Question 12.5
Frequently Experienced Situation
Suggested Field Tasks
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

It is extremely readable; provides integrative activities that are well structured in every chapter. The importance of knowledge, values, and skills are interwoven in the fabric of this text in such a way that their importance to the foundation of the social work profession and generalist practice at every level and interaction is evident. I have long waited for a text like this. I have found my social work practicum textbook prince after kissing a lot of textbook frogs.”

Pamela Higgins Saulsberry

Finally—a text that captures the many concepts and challenges experienced in field and provides useful and practical ways in which students and field instructors can navigate those challenges together.”

Kiana Webb-Robinson

This text was written with the goal of integration of fieldwork practice and the competencies of social work education. The activities and infusion of competencies help the teacher teach and make it possible to have meaningful online class time in a course that is traditionally live.”

Jennifer A. Pax

This is a practical field workbook that intertwines practice theory and field practice into a toolbox that can be used by students, field instructors, and faculty.”

Michelle Meer