Description
| In the Field: A Guide for the Social Work Practicum is a down-to-earth, practice-based book which helps students move from the world of the classroom, textbook, and theory to the world of real practice. |
Table of Contents
IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction: Before You Embark On Your Journey
Chapter 1: Making the Leap from Theory to Real Life
Chapter 2: Ethics
Chapter 3: Beginning at the Beginning
Chapter 4: Staying the Course—Routines
Chapter 5: Navigating the Hazards
Chapter 6: Saying Goodbye
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Before You Embark On Your Journey
How to get the most from this book
Twenty skills you will learn
Do your homework
Placement Interview Questions
Elephant in the room
Preparing Your Attitudes
You Will Make Mistakes
Disagreements with Your Supervisor
Stay Out of Controversies That Don’t Concern You
Assessing Your Self
Building Your Professional Wardrobe
The Not So Average Social Work Student
House Rules
Accountability
Personal Technology Usage
Transporting Clients
Supervision, Placements, and Support from the College
Learning Contracts
Chapter 1: Making the Leap from Theory to Real Life
Your Mental Health First-aid Kit
Time management
Safety
Mistakes: Errors of technique vs. Errors of the heart
Paper Work
Group Notes and Meetings
Recording Errors
Process recordings
Chapter 2: Ethics
Ethics Demystified Social Work Ethics
Ethical Thinking
Confidentiality Issues in Agencies
Family Contact: Appropriate and Inappropriate
Chapter 3: Beginning at the Beginning
Emotional Readiness: Standing in the Rain
The First Day
Understanding Your Client
Open-ended Questions
Getting Comfortable with Your Client
Student Safety
Leaving Space
Becoming the Least Motivated Person in the Room
Asking
Learning to Tolerate Ambiguity and Ambivalence
Learning to Trust and Use Your Feelings
Paying attention to your body
Care and Feeding of On-Site Supervisors Macro Experiences
Chapter 4: Staying the Course—Routines
Team and Agency as Systems
Multi-Cultural Interview and Culture Competence
Assessments
Seeing the Big Picture
Coloring in the Picture
Chapter 5: Navigating the Hazards
Stress and Anxiety
Transference and Counter-transference
Helpless and Hopeless: Bad Feelings or Good Feelings?
Three Common Mistakes:
Uncomfortable topics
Gimmicks and props
Chapter 6: Saying Goodbye
Termination
Your Termination
Client Termination
Staff and the Agency Termination
Focus Group Suggested Learning Elements
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