scholarly journals A Situational Analysis Of Issues And Challenges Faced By Social Work Students During Their Field Placements In Karachi, Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Sakina Riaz
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Situational Analysis ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
The Social

Field work is viewed as the important pillar of Social Work profession. The aim of this study is to examine the issues and challenges faced by the Social Work Students during their Field Placement in different agency settings. This study articulates the teaching philosophy, conceptual framework, and fieldwork practices followed by Student of Social Work Department at Karachi University. Qualitative research design was employed in this study and purposive sampling strategy was used for data collection. The results of the study drawn that the main constraints stem from a lack of social work agency supervisors, lack of training for agency supervisors, the lack of a fieldwork curriculum and nonexistent or insufficient funding of fieldwork related activities.

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.  

Everyday sexuality in social work field placement

2020 ◽  
pp. 002087282090156
Author(s):  
Maya Lavie-Ajayi
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Work Settings

Little research attention has been given to exploring manifestations of sexuality in social work field placement. Based on a thematic analysis of 17 semi-structured interviews with Israeli social work students, this study gives empirical depth to our understanding of the ways in which sexuality, as a concept, emerges in interactions between social work students on field placements and service users. The analysis identified seven issues and four emotional reactions that commonly manifested in these discussions and encounters. The findings expand the existing theoretical discussion regarding the notion of ‘everyday sexuality’ in social work settings.

The Dynamics of the Social Worker-Client Relationship

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Social Service Agencies ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Many

While the effectiveness of direct social work practice always requires one’s competence in providing a variety of intervention modalities, outcomes are also dependent on the social worker’s ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with clients. This book describes in depth the many ways that such relationships can be developed with clients who display a wide range of presenting problems in many types of social service agencies. Each chapter focuses on a particular challenge that social workers may encounter in that process, including the benefits and limitations of theory selection, boundaries, the use of self, the working alliance, relationship ruptures, special issues presented by children and adolescents, terminations and transfers, clients about whom a social worker experiences highly positive or negative feelings, the uses of touch and humor, working with psychotic clients, and the uses of technology. The book is filled with case studies written by students to illustrate how relationships can be formed and challenges can be resolved. The book is targeted to social work students in their field placements, although it can also be useful for practicing professionals.

Sexual Harassment of BSW Field Placement Students: Is It A Problem?

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-29
Author(s):  
Sondra J. Fogel ◽  
Martha L. Ellison
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Field Education ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Social Work Programs

This research investigates the prevalence of sexual harassment in Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) field placement settings. A survey distributed to a random sample of230 accredited field social work programs with a BSW component asked whether field students were harassed, who the perpetrators were, what corrective actions were taken, and if the program had a specific sexual harassment policy related to field placements. Responses from Directors of Field Education revealed that incidents of sexual harassment in BSW programs are relatively common, indicating the urgent need for specific attention to this issue in field placements. Furthermore, the results of this work, as well as studies of sexual harassment of graduate social work students, suggest the need for a coordinated longitudinal research effort among schools of social work to document the types of harassment occurring in field placements and methods of effective interventions.

FIELDWORK SUPERVISION: MEETING REQUIREMENTS OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION THROUGH CRITICAL THINKING

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
SEEMA SHARMA
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Third World ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Structural Inequality ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Education

This paper highlights the process of supervision that aims to developing critical thinking amongst social work students by consciously creating spaces for them, so as to enable them to reflect upon their own position and the social context within which the individuals, groups and societies exist. It is hoped that the paper will generate debate as well as a critical and constructive evaluation of the role of supervision in the context of third world countries, which face the problem of structural inequality in their societies. The paper is also expected to provide insights for fieldwork supervisors who may wish to challenge their students to question the existing status quo in the society. The paper is based entirely on the author's experiences as a field work supervisor, her observations and discussions with students during individual conferences, group meetings, community field visits and through fieldwork reports of the students.

Social Work Students’ Experiences of Ethical Difficulties in Field Placements: A Qualitative Study in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wu ◽  
Yunong Huang ◽  
Qiang Chen ◽  
Yu Shi
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Field Staff ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Social Work Values ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
In The Beginning

Abstract Field placements provide social work students with opportunities to learn to handle ethical difficulties in a professional manner. In many developed countries, field staff are generally employed to supervise social work students’ field placements. ‘Code of Ethics’ and other ethics documents have also been developed to guide students’ professional activities. However, there is a lack of field staff, ‘Code of Ethics’ and other ethics documents in China, which may lead to ethical difficulties amongst students during their field placements. Based on the interviews of twenty-four social work students who completed field placements in 2016 at a university in China, this research revealed that students encountered many ethical difficulties in field placements. They tried to handle the difficulties in the beginning, but gradually adapted to the difficulties passively due to the lack of support. Most students also reported that they adhered to social work values and ethics in field placements and learned from field placements. The findings suggested that social work profession associations, Departments or Schools of Social Work, social work agencies and social work academia in China need to collaborate to create a more professional and supportive environment for students’ field placements.

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.

What's the problem with disaster? Anthropology, social work, and the qualitative slot

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1496-1516
Author(s):  
Tisha Joseph Holmes ◽  
John Mathias ◽  
Tyler McCreary ◽  
James Brian Elsner
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Problem Definition ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
The Social ◽  
Disaster Anthropology ◽  
Political Economic

On March 3, 2019, an EF4 tornado devastated the rural Alabama communities of Beauregard and Smith Station, killing 23 people and causing direct injuries to another 97. This storm was unusually devastating, with twice the predicted casualty rate based on the tornado’s power, the impacted population, and impacted housing stock. In this paper, we apply qualitative methods from anthropology, geography, and planning to better understand the social context of this unusually devastating tornado. Recognizing that there are multiple formulations of the problem of disasters, we aim to highlight how interdisciplinary qualitative research can deepen our understanding of tornado disasters. Combining policy analysis, political economic critique, and ethnographic description, we seek to showcase how qualitative research enables us to interrogate and reimagine the problem of disasters. Rather than simply juxtaposing qualitative and quantitative methods, we emphasize how the heterogeneity of qualitative research methods can strengthen interdisciplinary research projects by generating dialogue about the multiple contexts relevant to understanding a social problem. While problem definition remains a central challenge to establishing a dialogue between anthropology and social work, here, we intend to extend this discussion to larger interdisciplinary collaborations. Situating the issue of problem formation within a broader ecology of qualitative inquiry, we highlight how dialogue about problem definition can, itself, produce meaningful insights into how we understand disasters.

scholarly journals The Use of Metaphor as an Important Tool for Understanding Oppression

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Hillock
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Written Assignments ◽  
Systems Of Domination

Using an anti-oppressive practice (AOP) theoretical framework and an exploratory qualitative research design, featuring semi-structured interviews and written assignments, a group of ten social workers were asked to describe their understandings of the concept of oppression. The study found that, in the case of these particular social workers, they used metaphor as a key conceptualization process to more vividly describe and understand the concept of oppression within their social work practice. This article analyzes eight categories of metaphor themes the participants used to explain their understanding of oppression: (a) pressure; (b) earth; (c) quest; (d) nature of society;  (e) seeing; (f) building; (g) dancing; and (h) water. The research findings are intended to open up dialogue and thinking about the concept of oppression, increase our knowledge base and understandings of oppression within social work practice, and assist the social work profession to build a stronger conceptual framework for understanding and naming oppression with the end goal of assisting social workers to better respond to and resist systems of domination.

scholarly journals Dynamics of assertive behavior in the social work students

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (28) ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Anton Stoykov
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Assertive Behavior ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Main Components

The article deals with the dynamics of assertive behavior in the Social Work students as assertiveness is one of the most important personal skills needed for the successful interaction between them and their Clients who face a difficult life situation. The characteristics of assertiveness have been theoretically determined paying special attention to the specifics of its manifestations in the interaction between the Social Worker and the Client. On the basis of the conducted empirical study involving Social Work students, analyzed is the dynamics of their assertive behavior based on some of its main components and on their integrity as a personal quality. Considering the research results, justified is the need of including in the educational process specially elaborated programmes with a main focus on the development of assertive behavior.

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